ANNUAL REVIEW 2014

As we struggle with the profound injustices

and consequences of the old economy, NEC is
leading the way forward, lifting up inspiring
models of change, while building the solidarity
across organizations and movements that we
need to get there.
STACY MITCHELL

Institute for Local Self-Reliance

ANNUAL REVIEW 2014

OUR
VISION
At the New Economy Coalition,
were driven by a belief that all
our strugglesfor racial, economic,
and climate justice; for true democratic governance and community
ownership; for prosperity rooted
in interdependence with the earths
natural systemsare deeply interconnected. Rising to the challenge
of building a better world demands
that we fundamentally transform our
economic and political systems.
We must imagine and create a future
where capital (wealth and the means
of creating it) is a tool of the people,
not the other way around. What we
need is a new systema new economy
that meets human needs, enhances
the quality of life, and allows us to live
in balance with nature. Far from a
dream, this new economy is bursting
forth through the cracks of the current
system as people experiment with new
forms of business, governance, and
culture that give life to the claim that
another world is possible.

OUR
MISSION
The New Economy Coalition (NEC)
is a network of organizations
imagining and building a future
where people, communities, and
ecosystems thrive. Together, we
are creating deep change in our
economy and politicsplacing
power in the hands of people and
uprooting legacies of harmso that
a fundamentally new system can
take root.
Our network advances change in
three main ways:
1. We convene and connect leaders
to tackle common challenges
in their work to build a new
economy.
2. We amplify stories, tools, and
analysis, weaving a collective
new economy narrative that
can build shared identity, shift
culture and policy, and promote
a clear vision of the next system.
3. We lift up the work of communities on the frontlines of interrelated economic and ecological
crises who are organizing for
transformative change, through
right relationships and direct
support.

NEW ECONOMY COALITION

LAUNCHING
THE NEW
ECONOMY
COALITION
A Letter from the Co-chairs

This is a moment of great promise and opportunity.

In the midst of crisis, people are rising up and demanding something different. All around us, innovators and
organizers are building community-owned enterprises,
reclaiming the commons, and democratizing finance
finding new ways to share resources, measure success,
and meet human needs on a finite planet. They are also
in the streets, from New York and Ferguson, to Athens
and Madrid, building power to resist and displace
unjust systems.
A movement is emerging that could change our society
and the world. The New Economy Coalition (NEC) is
uniquely poised to support that movement with the kind
of visionary thinking and action that can move us closer
to a new economy.

In just 18 months, the coalition has grown to more than

100 member organizations from across the US and Canada.
As NEC coalesces into a thriving network, we are creating
new opportunities for collective action and strategic
breakthroughs. Through convenings like CommonBound
and New Economy Week, we connect leaders from different regions and areas of work, deepening relationships
and helping us all tackle common challenges. We create
spaces where big, bold ideas can emerge and grow, facilitating the collective development of a vision for a new
economic system.
While we carve out spaces for this growing movement to
blossom, we also need to sustain the important organizing
that is already happening. NEC provides direct support
for work on the frontlines of ecological and economic
crises. Our regranting program has provided resources
and support, including more than $50,000 in micro-
grants, to young people piloting new economy projects
in their communities.

Whats the cost of continuing with the old economy? Expanding inequality, rising
inequity by race and gender, and a planet in growing distress. These are big problems and they demand a movement-scale response. Thankfully the New Economy
Coalition exists to do exactly this bring us all together to focus our collective
efforts on a just transition toward a new economy.
JAMES MUMM
Managing Director, NPA

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Over the past year, weve engaged deeply with questions

about what it means to center communities most impacted by
centuries of structural oppression, many of whom have long
been at the forefront of building new economies. Through
our Racial and Economic Justice Initiative, we developed new
organizational relationships, attended convenings, and hosted
over 25 trainings and public conversations on the role of race
and class in the new economy movement.
As we reflect on all that happened this year, were also excited
about what 2015 holds. With your support, NEC will continue
to build strength as a network and movement-support organization with an emerging vision for a just, resilient, and
democratic future. Together, we can imagine and create a new
economy where people, communities, and ecosystems thrive.
Sincerely,

Aaron Tanaka and Leah Hunt-Hendrix

Co-chairs of the Board of Directors, New Economy Coalition

NEW ECONOMY COALITION

NEC MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

(as of March 1, 2015. For the most up-to-date list of member organizations, visit newconomy.net/members)

1WORKER1VOTE

COOPERATIVE FUND OF NEW ENGLAND

350.ORG

CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY INTERNATIONAL

ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND PROSPERITY

COWORKER.ORG

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE

CROATAN INSTITUTE

AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COUNCIL

CUTTING EDGE CAPITAL

ANTI-OPPRESSION RESOURCE AND TRAINING ALLIANCE (AORTA)

DEMAND PROGRESS

ASSOCIATION FOR ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY

THE DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE

B LAB

DEMOS

BALDWIN BROTHERS INC.

DOMINI SOCIAL INVESTMENTS

THE BOARD OF CHANGE

DONELLA MEADOWS INSTITUTE

BOSTON IMPACT INITIATIVE

EARTH ACTION

BRING IT LOCAL

EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE

BUSINESS ALLIANCE FOR LOCAL LIVING ECONOMIES (BALLE)

ECONOMISTS FOR EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT

CAMAS PARTNERS

ECOTRUST

CANADIAN COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NETWORK

EQUAL EXCHANGE

CANADIAN WORKER CO-OP FEDERATION

THE EQUITY TRUST

THE CAPITAL INSTITUTE

FOOD FIRST

CARING ECONOMY CAMPAIGN

FOUNDATION EARTH

THE CARROT PROJECT

FREELANCERS UNION

CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN DREAM

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY

FUND FOR DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITIES

CENTER FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION

THE GARDEN PROJECT

CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF

THE STEADY STATE ECONOMY

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE

AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY

CENTER ON WISCONSIN STRATEGY

GLOBAL WELLBEING INSTITUTE

CLASS ACTION

GRAND ASPIRATIONS

COOPERATIVE FOOD EMPOWERMENT DIRECTIVE (COFED)

GREENAMERICA

COMMUNITY BUILDERS OF LONG ISLAND

GREEN FOR ALL

COMMUNITY PURCHASING ALLIANCE

GREEN MAP SYSTEM

COMMUNITY SOURCED CAPITAL

GROUNDSWELL

COMPRESSION INSTITUTE

GUND INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

CONCORD CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK

THE HAPPATHON PROJECT

CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION

HOURWORLD

COOPZONE DEVELOPERS COOPERATIVE

IMPACT HUB DC

COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

INITIATIVE FOR EQUALITY

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NECs visionary members are key to achieving our shared vision. Our membership, which increased by
over 40% in 2014, includes an exciting range of groups from across the US and Canada engaged in every
facet of building the New Economy, from theorizing, to organizing and building community wealth.
Were grateful for their continued engagement and look forward to deeper collaboration in 2015.
INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND TRADE POLICY

PUBLIC BANKING INSTITUTE

INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL SELF RELIANCE

PUBLIC WORKS

INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES

REAL FOOD CHALLENGE

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGY AND CULTURE

REDESIGN READING

IOBY

RESPONSIBLE ENDOWMENTS COALITION

JAMAICA PLAIN NEW ECONOMY TRANSITION

RSF SOCIAL FINANCE

LABOR NETWORK FORW SUSTAINABILITY

SCHUMACHER CENTER FOR A NEW ECONOMICS (SCNE)

THE LIBERTY TREE FOUNDATION

SECOND NATURE

LIVING ECONOMIES FORUM

SELF-HELP CREDIT UNION /

SELF-HELP FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

LOCAL ENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE FUND

THE MARION INSTITUTE
MISSOURIANS ORGANIZING FOR
REFORM & EMPOWERMENT (MORE)

SENIOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORKS

SHAREABLE
SLOW MONEY

MOVE TO AMEND

SMALL PLANET INSTITUTE

MOVEMENT GENERATION JUSTICE AND ECOLOGY PROJECT

SOUL OF THE NEXT ECONOMY

NATIONAL PEOPLES ACTION

THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN COMPANY

NATIONAL PRIORITIES PROJECT

SOSTENICA

NATURAL CAPITALISM SOLUTIONS

NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION (NEF)

SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION RESEARCH

AND ACTION INITIATIVE (SCORAI)

NEW ENGLAND GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENT FUND

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES LAW CENTER

NORTH AMERICAN STUDENTS OF COOPERATION

SUSTAINABLE ENDOWMENTS INSTITUTE

NORTHWEST ATLANTIC MARINE ALLIANCE

TAKE BACK YOUR TIME

NUCLEAR INFORMATION & RESOURCE SERVICE

TELLUS INSTITUTE

ONE EARTH

THE THOMAS MERTON CENTER

OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATES

TIMEBANKS USA

PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT

TRANSITION TOWN PETERBOROUGH

PATAGONIA

TRANSITION US

PEACE DEVELOPMENT FUND

TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT

PEERS

UNITED STUDENTS FOR FAIR TRADE

PHILADELPHIA AREA COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE

US FEDERATION OF WORKER COOPERATIVES

POLICYLINK

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST COMMUNITY COOPERATIVES

POST CARBON INSTITUTE

VERMONTERS FOR A NEW ECONOMY

POST GROWTH INSTITUTE

WORCESTER ROOTS PROJECT

PROGRAM IN NATURE-CULTURE-SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES AT RISD

THE WORKING WORLD

PROJECT EQUITY

YES! MAGAZINE

NEW ECONOMY COALITION

BUILDING OUR NETWORK

IN SERVICE OF A MOVEMENT
2014 was the year NEC came alive as a coalition. Together we
took major steps toward becoming a network that can nurture,
challenge, and take the risks necessary to build a new economy.
In June, NEC held its inaugural member meeting. Leaders from
fifty-six allied organizations working on the leading edge of this
movement came together to discuss vision and strategy, elect
new board members, and identify the kinds of resources we
could create to better serve the movement.
NEC staff took their input to heart. Our members asked for
help collaborating around big moments, so we hosted strategic
conversations in advance of the Peoples Climate March and
the release of Naomi Kleins This Changes Everything. They told
us they wanted to have deeper conversations about race, local
organizing, just transition, story-telling, and movementbuilding, so we created opportunities to do so through New
Economy Week and ongoing forums online and in-person.
They asked for more robust online infrastructure, so were
building it, starting with our website which will be re-launching
in the spring of 2015.
The work we did in 2014 laid the groundwork for much deeper
engagement between our members in the year ahead. Whether
its amplifying each others stories, swapping best practices,
or having tough conversations about narrative and strategy,
the New Economy Coalition is emerging as a trusted hub for
movement-level thinking and action.

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The New Economy Coalition is the connective tissue among those who are working
to create a sustainable future for the planet and its people. NEC helps build relationships and fosters the kind of collaboration that will move us toward a common
vision and a strategy to get us there.
JOE UEHLEIN

Labor Network for Sustainability

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NEW ECONOMY COALITION

NEW ECONOMY WEEK 2014

New Economy Week is a public exploration of creative
resistancean opportunity to shine a light on the thousands
upon thousands of efforts that everyday people are making
right now to bring forth a new kind of economy.
In its second year, New Economy Week 2014 created a space
for community leaders across the US and Canada to share
their work with a broader public. Our online map featured
121 events in 23 states and 7 Canadian provinces, nearly
50% more than 2013!
The week also provided a platform to discuss some of the big
questions that stand between us and a new economy. We put
forward five key questions that provided framing for each
day and helped our members to talk about their work in the
context of the broader struggle for social and environmental
justice. The questions were:

How can we honor and learn from the rich histories

of communities building New Economy institutions
on the frontlines of fights for racial, economic,
environmental justice?

How can we catalyze public conversation about

the need for systemic change and the viability of
economic alternatives that put people and the
planet first?

How can we connect and learn from successful

experiments, pilot projects, and campaigns to build
broad-based power and effect deep transformation
at scale?

How do we transition to a renewable economy

without leaving the workers, young people,
and communities most impacted by extractive
industries behind?

How can we support neighborhoods, cities, towns,

and regions as the fertile ground for the kind of
economy we need?

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In partnership with YES! Magazine, we put out a call for

written responses to the questions and organized 3 virtual
panel discussions.
11 of the written responses were featured on the YES! website
25 more were published on our blog
Read them all, watch the panels, and explore the map of events
at neweconomyweek.org

Im honored to have been elected by NECs membership to serve on our Board of

Directors. NEC plays a critical role at a pivotal time; were building the foundation
for a longterm national movement to transform the economy as we know it.
AARON TANAKA
Boston Impact Initiative

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NEW ECONOMY COALITION

SUPPORTING YOUNG LEADERS

ORGANIZING FOR A NEW ECONOMY
In the second year of NECs Youth and Student Regranting Program, we disbursed more than $50,000 to young
people imagining and building a new economy. We made twice the number of grants as we did in 2013, supporting
more than 30 projects, campaigns, and convenings across the US and Canada, including:
DIVESTMENT STUDENT
NETWORKS FOSSIL FUEL
DIVESTMENT CONVERGENCE

300 students came together to

discuss issues of climate justice,
build organizing skills, connect
with frontline organizers, form
collab-orative strategies, and
further develop the Divestment
Student Network.

combined a curriculum focused on

economic democracy and commu-
nity ownership with the planning
and development of a youth-led
cooperative project.
OUR POWER DETROIT

SUMMER ORGANIZING
PROGRAM IN BOSTON

Last summer, the Boston Center

for Community Ownership, the
City Schools Summer Leadership
Program, and the Center for Eco-
nomic Democracy put together an
organizing program for 100 youth
from low-income communities of
color in Boston. This program

Organized by the East Michigan

Environmental Action Council and
the Climate Justice Alliance, Our
Power Detroit brought together 70
youth from cities across the country
working on racial, economic, and
environmental justice issues. The
convening focused on the Detroit
Water Crisis and creative solutions
like setting up the Peoples Water
Station and canvassing neighborhoods to do community education
around the water shut-offs.

In May 2015, we will bring past

grantees together to strengthen
their connections to one another
and to help us evaluate and expand
the program moving forward.

The relationships built through
this program have established a
strong foundation for youth and
student engagement in all of NECs
programmatic work, and for new
collaborations to take root. In
particular, our focus this year
on supporting young people in
communities on the frontlines
of oppressive systems has been a
critical component of our work
to prioritize racial and economic
justice, and has allowed us to
strengthen our network with new
partners and allies.

DIVEST/REINVEST
Program staff have continued to play a key role in emerging efforts to run
reinvestment campaigns, linking student divestment organizing with
grassroots groups leading a just transition away from the extractive economy.
In collaboration with the Climate Justice Alliance, 350.org, the Responsible
Endowments Coalition, and the Divestment Student Network, program staff
are working to support the development of cooperative financial vehicles, to
develop regional partnerships for reinvestment, and to provide training and
technical assistance to the fossil fuel divestment movement so that they can
participate in this work. This is a critical movement effort that demonstrates
the ways in which cross-sector and cross-movement alliances can catalyze
the growth of new economic alternatives.

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NECS YOUTH AND STUDENT GRANT RECIPIENTS 2014

CoFEDs Cooperation Amongst Cooperatives
Divestment Student Networks
Fossil Fuel Divestment Convergence
CoFEDs Northeast Convergence
Oakleaf Urban Homestead
Local Inland Northwest Cooperative
Los Jardines Institutes
4 Directions Intergenerational Youth Exchange

Bay Bucks/Transition SFs

Living the New Economy Conference
Responsible Endowments Coalitions:
Philadelphia Reinvestment Training
Sub/urban Justice and YMORE
POWER San Francisco
Participatory Budgeting St. Louis
Aynah

US Federation of Worker Cooperatives Conference

United StudentS for Fair Trade

99Rise Occidental College

Grand Aspirationss August Gathering

Riverwest Cooperative Alliance

Enlace: Prison Divestment

Center for Story-Based Strategys Advanced Training

US Department of Arts and Culture

CommonBound Scholarships

Full Circles Foundation Strong Camp

Our Power Detroit

U-Pass Campaign

Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment

Grassroots Ecology Project

The Boston Center for Community Ownership,

The City Schools Summer Leadership Program,
and the Center for Economic Democracy

NASCO Institute 2014

Big 10 Real Food Challenge
Worcester Roots

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SUPPORTING THE FRONTLINES

CENTERING RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Communities that face the most direct
impacts of economic crisis are also
among the best positioned to understand the nature of the problem, and
are at the leading edge of devising
innovative, workable solutions.
These communities, which often have
very limited access to resources, must
have a central leadership role in the
movement for economic system change.
NEC has prioritized racial, economic,
and climate justice by lifting up the
leadership of frontline communities
while continuing to engage deeply with
a broader range of organizations who
have tremendous knowledge, technical
expertise, and resources to contribute
to building the next system.
In the spring of 2014 we launched our
Racial and Economic Justice Program.
The goal of the initiative was twofold:
1. To strengthen the understanding
among our coalition members of
how race (and racism) and class
(and classism) play a central role
in our current economic system.
2. To develop the leadership of
communities at the frontlines of
struggles for racial and economic
justice within NECs network and
the movement at large.
We focused on building relationships
with social justice leaders, learning
from the work taking place in com-
munities on the ground, conducting
research on the impacts of race in

F R ON T LI N E
CO MM U N I T I E S:
1. those most impacted
by interrelated economic
and ecological crises past,
present, and future who are
organizing for transformative
changein particular,
communities of color and
poor and marginalized
communities of all races.

various sectors of the new economy

movement, hosting over 25 conversations
on race and class in the new economy,
and providing trainings on anti-racism
and multi-racial organizing with various
members of our coalition.
In 2015, we aim to apply a racial and
economic justice lens to all our programmatic work, including our regranting
program, distributing targeted resources
to communities of color and lowwealth communities working on new
economy projects and campaigns. We
will also continue to connect trainers,
community organizers, and grassroots
groups with others in our network,
supporting frontline communities as
they offer their perspective, expertise,
and leadership in new economy spaces.
We recognize that this work cannot
happen without significant learning and
development within NECs staff, board,
and membership, and therefore will
also continue to do intentional internal
learning in 2015.

NEC is the prime perch

and meeting spot for activists, thinkers, and planners
who want to engage and
co-create the emerging new
economy movement.
Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies

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CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS
Key areas of focus: environmental, food & climate justice; labor; poverty, resilience, and community
wealth building; human rights; mass incarceration and the prison industrial complex.
COMMONBOUND 2014

NEW ECONOMY WEEK 2014

A Just Transition: What Does It Look Like? How Do We Get There?

Scaling Power for a Just Transition: Strategies to Catalyze

the New Economy

Care and the Economy: Rethinking Domestic Labor

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap to Build an Equitable Economy
Community Wealth Building and City Economic Development
Divesting from the Prison Industrial Complex
Economic Democracy and Community Wealth in Boston
Fighting for Food: Building a Just and Equitable Food System
Flexing Our Power: Movement Building for a Just Transition
Inclusion and Economic Democracy: Lessons from the Worker
Coop Movement
The Living Wage Fight in Context: A Rebirth of Worker Agency?
The Sharing Economy & Social Justice: Can Collaborative Consumption
Advance Equity?
Weaving Bonds, Moving Forward: People of Color Caucus
What Color is the New Economy?
Where is Everybody? Confronting Class and Building
an Inclusive Movement

Honoring our Histories, Fighting for our Future: Learning From

Communities on the Frontlines of a Just Transition
Displacing Injustice, Embracing Community: Lessons from Local
and Regional New Economy Organizing
Fighting Inequality and Climate Change through Localizing Economies:
A Community Renaissance in Greensboro
Just Transition and the Future of Economic Growth: Lessons
from Appalachia
We Cant Talk About A New Economy Without Talking About Race:
Race and the New Economy
Theres Nothing New About the New Economy
Survival, Struggle & Spiritual Healing: Creating Beloved
Community in the Time of Ferguson
Building a Movement for Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist,
Multi-Racial Coalition Building for a New Economy
(Training led by Chris Crass in Boston, MA)

KEY EVENTS ATTENDED AND COMMUNITIES VISITED:

JACKSON RISING NEW ECONOMIES CONFERENCE
NATIONAL PEOPLES ACTION/NATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS
ALLIANCE ORGANIZING SUMMIT
CLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE - OUR POWER CAMPAIGN
FACING RACE: A NATIONAL CONFERENCE
RACIAL CAPITALISM CONFERENCE @ CUNY
PEOPLES CLIMATE JUSTICE CONVERGENCE
FACILITATING RACIAL JUSTICE TRAINING
FERGUSON OCTOBER: WEEKEND OF MOBILIZATION

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COMMONBOUND MOVING TOGETHER

TOWARD A NEW ECONOMY
In June 2014, CommonBound: Moving
Together Toward a New Economy attracted
over 650 movement leaders, activists,
representatives from dozens of NEC
member organizations, practitioners,
and newcomers from across the United
States and Canada.

illustrate how the weekend

impacted participants connection with this work and each other:

COMMONBOUND EXIT SURVEYS

Over three days, participants engaged in

workshops, panels, visual and performance art, caucuses, new economy tours of
Boston, regional and sectoral breakouts,
and plenary sessions some of which were
live broadcasts viewed by thousands
around the world.
For some, CommonBound was an entry-
point to the movement, providing tools,
ideas, and networks that participants
could bring home with them. For others,
it was a critical moment for propelling
existing work forward, and provided an
opportunity to collaborate and connect
local efforts to the broader movement
for a new economy.
We strove to make this an accessible
gathering by providing scholarships
to over half of the participants.
The conference explored themes ranging
from fossil fuel divestment to community
reinvestment, from democratic ownership
models to participatory budgeting, from
economic curriculum reform to the cul-
tural work of building a new economy
and much more. The full program,
including videos of all plenary sessions,
is available at CommonBound.org.

86%

Identified or more strongly identified

with new economy work.

80%

Identified opportunities to work with

people from other sectors.

75%

Developed connections with others

engaged in new economy work in their
regions and beyond.

NECs CommonBound was the first conference

I attended since graduating college... I came in
assuming I was there to take in and look up at the
myriad ideas that constitute the new economy
constellation. What I came to realize while there,
was that I have a voice in this movement too.
HANNAH GOLD

CommonBound Participant

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WHAT COMES NEXT

NEC is uniquely poised to catalyze visionary thinking
and action for a new economy. By holding space for
deep engagement with big ideas, weaving and amplify-
ing our collective story, and offering direct support
to the leading edges of our movements, NEC plays a
critical role in helping us envision what the future can
and should look like. Next yearwith your helpwe
will continue to move forward as we build a network
that can support a movement for system change.

NETWORK BUILDING AND MEMBER ENGAGEMENT

NECs network of member organizations is the beating

heart of our work. In 2015, we will focus on deepening
relationships among members, building a shared sense
of identity and purpose, and explicitly engaging groups
to work in solidarity with frontline communities. In May
2015, we will hold our second annual members meeting
where we will elect new NEC board members and continue
to co-create a long term strategic agenda.
STORYTELLING AND RESOURCE SHARING

Building a new economy requires us to tell new stories

that can shift culture, create unity, and inspire people
to think differently about whats possible. Amplifying
the work of NECs members and crafting a powerful new
economy narrative is a priority, and we will be working
closely with partners inside and outside the network to
make it happen in 2015.
We will also collect and distribute tools that can support
groups and individuals to become more effective in
transforming their communities and the world. In the
spring, we will re-launch our website to feature the latest
new economy news, publications, and events from across
the US and Canada.
REGRANTING AND DIRECT MOVEMENT SUPPORT

In the past two years weve learned how NEC can play an
important role distributing resources to support new
economy projects and campaigns on the ground. Informed
by our experience, NECs regranting program will expand
in 2015 to support a wider range of initiatives, continuing
to support youth and students while also prioritizing work
happening on the frontlines of economic and environmental struggle. We will be making grants through targeted
interventions accompanied by deeper collaboration,
networking, and direct support to our grantees.
We will also continue to keep our ears open for new
opportunities to engage in movement conversations and
projectsand we hope you will join us along the way!

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DIRECTORS OF THE
NEW ECONOMY COALITION

FARHAD EBRAHIMI

DAVID M. ABROMOWITZ

GAR ALPEROVITZ

Interim Director of the New

Economy Coalition. Founder and
Chair of the Chorus Foundation,
which works for a just transition
to a regenerative economy in the
United States.

Chief Public Policy Officer at

YouthBuild USA and Senior
Fellow at the Center for
American Progress. David
also continues as an
affordable housing attorney
at Goulston & Storrs.

Former Lionel R. Bauman

Professor of Political Economy
at the University of Maryland
and Co-Founder of The
Democracy Collaborative.

HILDEGARDE HANNUM

LEAH HUNT-HENDRIX

RACHEL PLATTUS

(Emerita) Member of the board of

the Schumacher Center for a New
Economics and editor of the Annual
E. F. Schumacher Lectures. With
a Ph.D. in the history of German
language and literature, she was a
teacher of German and is a prizewinning translator.

Director of Solidaire, a
donor community dedicated
to funding social movements.
She recently completed her
PhD at Princeton University
and is currently writing a
book on the concept
of solidarity.

(2012-2014 Staff Representative)

is a Director of Programs at the
New Economy Coalition.

GUS SPETH

SARAH STRANAHAN

AARON TANAKA

Professor of Law at Vermont

Law School, formerly Dean of
the Yale School of Forestry
and Environmental Studies.

Strategic Development Director

at Free Speech for People,
serves on the Board of the
Stranahan Foundation.

Managing Director of the

Boston Impact Initiative,
Co-Founder of the Center for
Economic Democracy, and
Co-Founder and previous
Executive Director of the
Boston Workers Alliance.

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JESSICA BRACKMAN

JOHN FULLERTON

NEVA GOODWIN

Former CEO of FPG International,

a leading stock photography
agency, now works in the area of
social and environmental impact
documentary film. She is the
founder of the New Economy
Film Festival which launched in
New York City in 2013.

Founder and President of the

Capital Institute and the principal
of Level 3 Capital Advisors.

Co-Director of the Global

Development And Environment
Institute (GDAE) at Tufts University.

WILL RAAP

DEIRDRE SMITH

Founder and Chairman of

Gardeners Supply, an employeeowned family of companies known
for its innovative business and
socially responsible practices.
Founder and Chairman of Intervale
Center (VT) and Restoring Our
Watershed (Costa Rica).

National Organizer at 350.org,

building a grassroots global
climate movement in over 188
countries.

STEWART WALLIS

ED WHITFIELD

Executive Director of the New

Economics Foundation (NEF) in the UK.
Stewart is a Trustee of the Overseas
Development Institute and Vice-Chair
for the World Economic Forums
Global Agenda Council on Values.
He formerly served as International
Director of Oxfam.

Co-Founder and Co-Managing

Director of the Fund for Democratic
Communities, supporting
community-based initiatives and
institutions that foster authentic
economic democracy.

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NEW ECONOMY COALITION

2014 FINANCIALS

2014 SUPPORT AND REVENUE

$ 755,500

41%

$ 95,000

5%

Individual Supporters

$ 51,507

3%

Event sponsorships

$ 10,500

0.5%

Event registration

$ 101,797

5%

Foundations
Major Gifts

Income carried over from 2013

TOTAL

$1,843,643

$ 829,339

45%

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ANNUAL REVIEW 2014

2014 FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES

PROGRAMMATIC
30%

Programs

8%

Coalition Building

9%

Communications

19%

$ 356,792

$ 97,784
$ 114,232

CommonBound Conference

$ 225,398

ADMINISTRATIVE & SUPPORT

21%

Administration

13%

Fundraising
TOTAL

$1,217,246

$ 264,963

$ 158,077

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NEW ECONOMY COALITION

OUR SUPPORTERS
The New Economy Coalition gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the individuals
and foundations who made our work possible in 2014. Contributions of $250 or more are
listed here. We deeply appreciate our donors at all levels.

DONORS

David Abromowitz
Gar Alperovitz
Margaret Baldwin
Michael Baldwin
Maile Bay
Joshua Boger
Jessica Brackman
Robin Chase
Theo Yang Copley
Anne Delaney
Farhad Ebrahimi
Jonathan Eddy
John Fullerton
Neva Goodwin
Farha Joyce Haboucha
Robert Hall
Hildegarde Hannum
John Hunting
Charles and Angeliki Keil
Fran Korten
Richmond Mayo-Smith
David Michaelis
Ron Miller
Rodney North
Frank Phoenix
Clare Pierson and Peter Humphrey
Will Raap
John Rosenblum
Heather Ross
Charles Sandmel and Barbara Simonetti
June Sidman
Keri Smith
Gus Speth
Sarah Stranahan

Edward Strohbehn Jr.

Mary Timney
Ariane van Buren
Genevieve Vaughan
Ed Whitfield
Tim Wirth
FOUNDATIONS

Cloud Mountain Foundation

Hildegard Fund
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Kindle Project
New Visions Foundation
NoVo Foundation
Overbrook Foundation
Swift Foundation
Threshold Foundation
Thriving Resilient Communities Funding Circle
V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
Vervane Foundation
Wallace Global Fund
Whitney Foundation
COMMONBOUND SPONSORS

Compression Institute
Cooperative Development Institute
Cooperative Fund of New England
First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC
Green Century Funds
National Cooperative Bank
National Cooperative Business Association
Pax World Management, LLC
Small Planet Institute Friend
Trillium Asset Management

NEW ECONOMY COALITION STAFF

A I S H A SH I L L I N GFO RD , Co-Director of Organizing
A L I S M A R T , Development Director
B E L I N DA R O D R IGUEZ , Organizer
E L I F E G H A L I , Director of Communications and Online Organizing
E M I LY H A R DT , Operations Director
E M M A P U KA- B E ALS , Development Associate
E ST E B A N K E L LY , Staff Leadership Team Director
M I K E SA N D M E L , Manager of Coalition Engagement
R AC H E L P L AT T US , Co-Director of Organizing
R E N E P E R E Z , IT and Data Systems Coordinator
R I C H A R D H I N E S , Operations Manager
SAC H I E H O P K I N S H AYAKAWA , Organizer

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