National Cooperative Business Association

National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International
Company typeCooperative association
IndustryCooperative Business Association, International Development
FoundedMarch 18, 1916 (March 18, 1916)
Headquarters,
Area served
United States
Key people
Doug O'Brien, President & CEO
Number of employees
HQ: 75 Worldwide: 700+
Websitencba.coop

The National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) is a United States membership organization for cooperatives, which are businesses that are jointly owned and democratically controlled.

The association was founded in 1916 as the Cooperative League of the United States of America. Its founding president was medical doctor James Peter Warbasse, who served in that role until 1941.[1]

NCBA members include some well-known United States consumer brands, such as Ace Hardware, Nationwide Insurance, Cabot Creamery, Organic Valley, Land O'Lakes, and CHS Inc.

  1. ^ "Dr. James Peter Warbasse (1866–1957)". Cooperative Hall of Fame. Washington DC: Cooperative Development Foundation. Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2008-10-18.