{"id":5190,"date":"2024-03-20T17:43:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/?page_id=5190"},"modified":"2024-03-25T10:43:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T14:43:18","slug":"our-investments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theworkingworld.org\/us\/our-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Working World invests in cooperatives and the worker-owners who drive them.<\/h2>

Over the years, we have invested in and supported many cooperatives throughout New York City. Here are just a few examples. <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Bright Learning Stars<\/h2>\n

Bright Learning Stars is a worker-owned cooperative daycare located in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. The cooperative was born out of a collaboration between parents and daycare workers reacting to the sudden closure of a neighborhood daycare business in 2016. The worker-owners at Bright Learning Stars worked with The Working World to create a business plan, identify a suitable location, and get their license. They opened in 2018, expanded in 2019, weathered a six-month shut-down during the pandemic, and came back stronger than ever. The worker-owners have been able to pay themselves an end-of-year profit share for three years in a row, and are almost done paying off their loans with The Working World. Bright Learning Stars stands as an example of how cooperative ownership can help workers build wealth in a low-income industry such as childcare. <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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