Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund (NCDF) changed its name to Shared Capital Cooperative in 2016. Shared Capital Cooperative is a cooperatively owned community-development loan fund whose mission is to build a just, equitable and democratic economy by investing in cooperative enterprises. Based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, Shared Capital currently serves more than 300 member cooperatives throughout the US, including natural food, consumer, producer, housing and worker-owned cooperatives. Since its founding as NCDF in 1978, Shared Capital Cooperative has originated over $70 million in cooperative financing.