Prairie Food Co-op Tests CoApp

Prairie Food Co-op (PFC) in Lombard, IL recently launched its capital campaign to raise $3 million dollars using the first-of-its-kind capital campaign management app designed specifically for co-ops by long time co-op volunteer Jess Buttimer and capital campaign expert Katie Novak.

The system is improving every day with the great feedback provided by the PFC volunteer crew and is designed to allow start-up grocery co-ops to track and manage the HUGE volume of data associated with raising funds.

In the co-op world we often make-do with products and services that don’t meet all of our needs. We use free tools or non-profit tools, or we make up our own systems. This tool is designed for co-ops WITH co-ops. Want to learn more? Get in touch and let’s talk!


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