Sector: Banking and Credit

COMSTAR Federal Credit Union

Name: COMSTAR Federal Credit Union	N° of Employees: 70
City: Frederick	N° of Members: 20000
Country: United States	Year of formation: 1933
Website: http://www.comstarfcu.org

COMSTAR Federal Credit Union is a cooperative, not-for-profit financial institution dedicated to promoting each member’s financial well-being.

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Sector: Agriculture - About: coffee , local development , network

521. Coffee Farmers Build a Global Cooperative

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: Colombia , Coomeva , Liderazgo , Medicina

519. Víctor H. Pinzón Parra: una vida dedicada al cooperativismo

Sector: Health - About: africa , cooperation and development , health cooperative financing , sustainable development

506. HealthPartners in Uganda

Sector: .coop member - About: .coop member , student housing , youth

505. North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: inclusive finance

486. Encouraging savings with an innovative on-site deposit service in Benin and Mali

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: organic , sustainability

480. Desjardins unveils the tallest indoor living wall in the world

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: identity , local development , sustainability

479. The Jardins of Desjardins

Sector: Consumer - About: art , coffee , coop district , culture , food , worker coop

470. San Francisco Bay Area Coops: A Photo Journey

Sector: Agriculture - About: cooperation amongst coops , food , organic , women , worker coop

468. Valley Green Feast & Boston Collective Delivery – Creating a closed loop worker co-op supply chain to increase food access.

Sector: Industry and Services - About: childcare , worker coop

467. To Child Care and Beyond

Sector: Consumer - About: identity , worker coop

466. Why a worker cooperative?

Sector: Industry and Services - About: ICT , worker coop

465. Out of the Bubble and into the Community

Sector: Industry and Services - About: culture , worker coop

464. 200 Artists, One Great Idea

Sector: Industry and Services - About: education-training , identity

462. Fun and Games and Cooperatives

Sector: Industry and Services - About: advocacy , electrification

456. America’s Electric Cooperatives: Showing the Way to a Sustainable Future?

Sector: Industry and Services - About: culture

453. Bound together through Change

Sector: Consumer - About: coffee , fair trade , organic

451. Café Revolution: Better than Fair Trade

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: microfinance , rural development

446. Protecting small rice growers thanks to an innovative index-based crop insurance product

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: local development

439. Finnish Cooperative Banks Shape Their Own Destiny

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: microfinance

434. Peace of Mind in a Time of Mourning Thanks to Loan Life Insurance

Sector: Industry and Services - About: education-training

432. Trade School – a learning space that runs on barter

Sector: Housing - About: youth

425. A Brief History of Students’ Co-op Incorporated

Sector: Uncategorized - About: consultancy , legal framework

423. CLARITY The Cooperative Law and Regulation Initiative

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: consultancy

406. Another type of banking

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: coop district

400. The Almería Agricultural Cooperative Model: Building successful economic and social communities

Sector: Industry and Services - About: worker coop

399. Co-operative empowerment in the red light district

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: women

397. Closing the Gender Gap in Cooperative Banking

Sector: Housing - About: construction

395. City of Berkeley Applauds Sherman Hall Earthquake Retrofit

Sector: Housing - About: cooperation amongst coops , youth

394. Korean Students Learn from the BSC

Sector: Housing - About: youth

393. Berkeley Student Cooperative Lowers Rent for 2012-2013

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: physicians

391. Take Two Credit Lines and Call Me in the Morning

Sector: Housing - About: elders

385. So Happy Together: Cooperative Housing for Retirees

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: microfinance

384. A home of their own thanks to housing finance

Sector: Industry and Services - About: coffee , microfinance , sustainability

379. One Bean at a Time

Sector: Apex - About: worker coop

378. Sowing best practices in agriculture with cooperatives

Sector: Industry and Services - About: culture , IYC 2012

377. Rymel Serrano Uribe prize to promote cooperation in Colombia

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: local development

375. In the Time of the Cooperative: One Large Credit Union on One Small Island

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: rural development , sustainability

371. Making farm credit work, from the USA to Armenia

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: capital , women

364. Empowering women through their own SACCOS

Sector: Uncategorized - About: food

354. A hope to feed nine billion by 2050

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: IYC 2012

348. Co-ops helping co-ops

Sector: Uncategorized - About: cooperation amongst coops

344. Cooperation among cooperatives

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: capital

342. Frances Crédit Coopératif leads the way in ethical banking

Sector: Apex - About: IYC 2012

340. 2012 Cooperative Week – October 13-20, 2012

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: IYC 2012

338. An invitation to the International Summit of Cooperatives

Sector: Consumer - About: education-training , food , sustainability

337. Field Trip Day at the Co-op Gardens

Sector: Agriculture - About: organic , worker coop

330. (Doing) Real Good from the Ground Up

Sector: Travel - About: cooperation amongst coops , participation , worker coop

325. Reflections on Co-Cycle, worker co-ops, and hope

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: IYC 2012

324. Cirque du Soleil: an artistic example of cooperation

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: capital , retail

302. Integrity and respect

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: capital , microfinance

299. Bringing Islamic Microfinance to the Women of Rural Cameroon

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: microfinance

298. The cooperative model in microfinance: More current and pertinent than ever

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: microfinance , youth

297. A focus on youth in rural Uganda

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: identity

295. Serving the cooperative movement in Cyprus

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: capital

292. More than 50 years of experience in banking sector

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: cooperation amongst coops , local development

291. Bulgarian cooperative supports tiny town

Sector: Industry and Services - About: participation , women

284. Cooperative Development Program in Paraguay: Helping Women Become Agricultural Leaders

Sector: Industry and Services - About: ICT

278. Intelligent and sustainable financial futures

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: participation

275. A brief history of Coomeva

Sector: Travel - About: IYC 2012

273. To The Moon day of co-ops teaser

Sector: Travel - About: social inclusion

272. 4th of July at “The Flat”

Sector: Housing - About: participation

260. A Utopian Vision of University Housing

Sector: Consumer - About: sustainability

255. Consumer Co-op in Boston Provides Affordable Materials for Home Improvement

Sector: Health - About: identity , participation , worker coop

254. Center Point’s Understanding of the Seven Principles & Cooperative Solidarity

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: participation , sustainability

252. “Les Choix de Marguerite”, winner of the Ruralia-Desjardins Award

Sector: Travel - About: sport

244. Missoula, Montana!

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: microfinance , youth

235. A Life Long Commitment

Sector: Consumer - About: funeral

234. How a funeral co-op was born

Sector: Consumer - About: food , identity

233. Perennial Plate Visits Food Co-ops

Sector: Travel - About: sport

230. Pedalpalooza in Portland

Sector: Industry and Services - About: electrification

229. Yei Electric Cooperative, South Sudan

Sector: Industry and Services - About: electrification , legal framework

228. N.Y. Co-op Helps Preserve Jobs

Sector: Industry and Services - About: electrification

225. Electricity a catalyst for development

Sector: Consumer - About: food

224. Weavers Way hosts Cooperative Conference in Philadelphia

Sector: Industry and Services - About: consultancy

219. We Are ACDI/VOCA

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: consultancy

216. Inter-cooperation: Going Beyond Reconstruction in Haiti

Sector: Travel - About: sport

213. Co-Cycle visits the North Coast Co-op

Sector: Travel - About: microfinance , sport

208. Redwood Credit Union

Sector: Industry and Services - About: artisan , women

206. Patti Carpenter, Entrepreneur and ACDI/VOCA Volunteer, on the Value of Women in Cooperatives

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: capital

195. Four Thousand Three Hundred Kilometers of Credit

Sector: Travel - About: sport

194. First Stop!

Sector: Travel - About: IYC 2012 , youth

186. TO THE MOON

Sector: Consumer - About: food , organic

182. The Hottest Plot in the Garden

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: identity , IYC 2012

181. The Cooperative Spirit

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: youth

179. New England Mutual Community Partnership with Tamworth Adventure Playground

Sector: Agriculture - About: organic , sustainability

175. An Economic Environmentalist Ploughing for Vanity

Sector: Apex - About: ICT

174. Mobile Technology Transforms African Farmers into Cooperative Entrepreneurs

Sector: Agriculture - About: food , organic

170. A tight-knit community of organic farmers

Sector: Agriculture - About: milk

163. Cows, Community and Cooperation: Ugandan Dairy Farmers Change their Lives

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: education-training , recycling , retail

158. Member stories – Kitunda SACCO, Tanzania

Sector: Agriculture - About: transport , women , worker coop

148. Valley Green Feast – A sustainable choice with a collective voice

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: capital

147. A bank not solely geared to profit

Sector: Consumer - About: food , retail

142. People Not Profits

Sector: Consumer - About: food , organic , retail

138. VNF Principles Video 3

Sector: Consumer - About: food , organic , retail

137. VNF Principles Video 2

Sector: Consumer - About: food , organic , retail

136. VNF Principles Video 1

Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , retail

123. A New Breed of Farm

Sector: Agriculture - About: IYC 2012

120. Land O’Lakes’ Big IDEA Launches International Year of Cooperatives

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: microfinance , rural development

117. Supporting rural communities with more than finance – Gromada Credit Union Ukraine

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: identity

114. Co-operation can move mountains

Sector: Apex - About: cooperation amongst coops , education-training

109. Increasing sustainability through training

Sector: Health - About: sustainability

102. Making Acupuncture and Wellbeing Affordable

Sector: Consumer - About: food , organic , retail

93. The History of the CFC, Bozeman

Sector: Consumer - About: food , retail

92. Bozeman Co-op Supporting Local Growers

Sector: Consumer - About: retail

91. Rockin’ the Co-op

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: microfinance , women

90. Bringing power to India’s poorest women workers

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: animals

86. People Helping Pets!

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: identity

85. People Helping People

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: IYC 2012

83. International Year of Cooperatives Spokester Style

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: capital , youth

82. “The Credit Union Difference” presented by the Young & Free Spokesters

Sector: Industry and Services - About: women , worker coop

79. Bertha’s Story: A founding members describes the power of cooperative development

Sector: Industry and Services - About: women , worker coop

78. WAGES Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security

Sector: Agriculture - About: food

75. The Fifth Season Cooperative…working together to build local food infrastructure.

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: cooperation amongst coops

69. Intercooperation with Haiti

Sector: Consumer - About: culture

64. ModCloth’s Show and Tell with Art House Co-op

Sector: Health - About: disabled , elders , worker coop

63. Circle of Life Caregiver Cooperative

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: fair trade , organic

62. Meru Herbs Rural Sacco Ltd. Kenya

Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , retail

60. Celebrity Farmers

Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , organic

59. Grow Where You’re Planted

Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , retail

58. A Community of Shared Values

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: salt , sustainability

57. Costa Rican Farmers Cooperative Diversify and Succeed

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: coffee , fair trade , organic

56. Coop Oikocredit CHAJUL – Guatemala

Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012

53. Three Generations of Cooperation: Putney Food Co-op

Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012

51. Wheatsville R.O.C.K.S

Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012

49. OMG!

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: capital , education-training

47. Traditional Credit Union

Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012

45. Ozark Natural Foods

Sector: Consumer - About: food , retail

37. Kokua Market

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: microfinance , women

34. Of fish and happiness

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: participation

33. Clockwise Credit Union

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: cooperation amongst coops , local development , youth

32. Summit Credit Union We Do More Together

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: local development , social inclusion

31. Legends Park: A Community Revitalized

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: local development , social inclusion

30. Fueling Companies That Fuel the Delta

Sector: Consumer - About: advocacy , worker coop

29. Ashland Food Co-op Mic Check

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: local development , microfinance

27. Building a Better Pasadena: Member-Owned Pasadena FCU is Standing Strong

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: cooperation amongst coops

24. The Global Development Co-operative

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: IYC 2012

19. The Co-operative Bank NZ

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: fair trade , organic

18. The single voice of a cooperative

Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , retail

15. Cooperative Like You

Sector: Industry and Services - About: electrification

11. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Sector: Consumer - About: food , IYC 2012 , retail

10. Our Co-op’s Like Whoa!

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: worker coop

9. Agricultural Company Cornesti: Collective Farming after Communism

Sector: Housing - About: youth

8. Stanford Cooperative Houses

Sector: Banking and Credit - About: retail , women

6. Oikocredit – Cocovico – women empowerment and entrepreneurship

Sector: Consumer - About: education-training , retail

1. People’s Food Co-op of Kalamazoo