Beloved Community Incubator is a solidarity economy movement organization, incubator, lender, and worker self-directed non-profit in the Washington, DC metro region. BCI focuses on building a regional solidarity economy that centers people, especially poor and working-class workers and people of color, over profit.

We provide incubation for worker-owned cooperatives, as well as back end support for cooperatives, collectives, and solidarity economy projects through the BCI Network. We offer non-extractive lending to local cooperatives through the DC Solidarity Economy Loan Fund, and organize for worker power and collective control of resources in DC through community organizing, broad-based campaigns, and mutual aid.

cooperative Support

We provide cooperative incubation from idea to launch, and back end technical, administrative, and legal support for cooperatives, collectives, and solidarity economy projects via the BCI Network.

lending

Through the DC Solidarity Economy Loan Fund (DC SELF), we provide non-extractive loans that help local cooperatives thrive and sustain themselves.

Organizing

We organize with workers to fight for policies and laws that support a regional solidarity economy through broad-based campaigns, mutual aid, and community organizing.