PROGRAMS

Community Purchasing Alliance Co-op is a social purpose purchasing cooperative. Our programs pool the buying power of community-serving nonprofits, schools, and houses of worship to negotiate competitive rates and protective terms on essential operations & facilities services.

How it works

Join a purchase

Organizations don’t have to be a member-owner of CPA Co-op to participate in our programs, and there are opportunities to get engaged outside of each program’s group bid. Check out the programs below for how you can get more information on the programs that interest your organization.

Active programs

• Copiers

• Electricity

• Food Service

• Insurance

• HVAC

• Janitorial Services

• Natural Gas

• Security

• Solar

• Trash Hauling

• ADP Discount

Together, we can achieve several interconnected goals that collectively further the solidarity economy:

1. Allow community institutions to focus on the work that matters by reducing administrative burdens of purchasing and shrinking operational costs

2. Create market access for local, women-owned, BIPOC-owned, and/or employee-owned businesses to close the racial wealth gap

3. Build solidarity between mission-oriented institutions by joining their purchasing power together

4. Strengthen community organizations that are on the front lines of addressing racial disparities

5. Bring community institutions together for problem-solving and resource-sharing on issues of sustainability, equity, and resilience

Are you interested in a program not listed above? Contact CPA to let us know.