Colorado just passed HB25-1021—a landmark law expanding tax incentives for businesses transitioning to employee ownership. Starting in 2027, business owners can subtract capital gains, worker co-ops can deduct up to $1M in income, and nonprofits and advisors are newly eligible for support credits. It’s a major win for inclusive, locally rooted economies and the employee ownership movement.
How Generative AI Enhances Our Mission-Driven Legal Practice
Estimated reading time: 3-3.5 min. At our law firm, we are always looking for ways to better serve our clients and support their mission-driven organizations. One of the most exciting tools we’ve recently adopted is generative artificial intelligence (AI). As your legal partners, we believe it’s important to share how we’re using AI technology to …
COOP OF THE MONTH – MAY 2025
Strange Birds is a small, worker-owned marketing cooperative founded by Anna Hetzel (they/them) and Janel Torkington (she/her). Rooted in shared ownership, equal pay, and sustainable practices, they blend strategy and creativity with a values-driven approach—proving business can be joyful, collaborative, and built for people first.
How Worker Co-ops Make Decisions (Without Burning Out or Voting Everyone Down)
🕒 7-Minute Read If you’ve ever been in a group trying to decide something big—what to spend money on, how to grow, when to stop and reassess—you know it can get messy fast. Now imagine that group is the business. That’s how things work in a worker cooperative: the people who do the work also …
Mad Markets – Legal Infrastructure for Innovating Impact Investing in Organic Food Systems
At Jason Wiener|p.c., we are honored to work alongside founders who are advancing a more equitable, climate-aligned economy—leaders like Alex Heilman and Phil Taylor, co-founders of Mad Markets. Building on the success of the Mad Cap spin-off from their parent company Mad Agriculture, which has supported over 100 farmers transition to regenerative practices across 30,000 acres, Mad Markets represents an innovative evolution in sustainable agriculture financing.
Learn how Mad Markets navigated a tough investment climate to close a transformative deal—and how our team helped design a scalable legal framework to fuel a new era of mission-driven acquisitions in sustainable food through a values-driven investment fund.
Is a Cooperative the Right Choice for Your Business?
Introduction With the United Nations designating 2025 as the “International Year of Cooperatives,” it’s an opportune time to explore whether a cooperative is the right choice for someone exploring business entity options. When it comes to starting or structuring a business, founders have many options available – from traditional sole proprietorships and partnerships, to corporations …
COOP OF THE MONTH – APRIL 2025
Comradery Worker Cooperative is a worker-owned platform cooperative empowering independent creators to earn sustainable income through low-fee subscriptions while resisting tech monopolies. With a democratic structure, mutual aid network, and slow-growth model, it builds long-term stability and fosters cooperative organizing across creative industries.
COOP OF THE MONTH – MARCH 2025
Farm Generations Cooperative, creator of GrownBy, empowers farmers through a farmer-owned e-commerce platform that supports local food systems, offers equity to members, and champions food justice. Despite capital challenges, they innovate with SNAP accessibility and mission-aligned crowdfunding to build a sustainable, farmer-first marketplace.
COOPERATIVES BUILD A BETTER WORLD
2025 has been designated the “International Year of Cooperatives” by the United Nations, and our firm is committed to educating the public and the business community about how cooperatives can create more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable economic opportunities. So why are cooperatives increasingly recognized as a powerful vehicle for building economic justice and a better …
Grantmaking by Public Charities to other Nonprofits and to For-Profit Organizations
One of the ways tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations can further their missions is through grantmaking – providing financial support to other organizations (nonprofit or for-profit) working on related initiatives. However, when 501(c)(3) organizations want to engage in grantmaking, they need to be weary of some the federal tax-exempt requirements that may affect their ability to provide …
