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Entities

Category	Oldest Active Organizations
Cooperative Associations	1. The Philadelphia Contributionship (1752)
	2. Fenwick Weavers' Society (1761)
	3. Mondragon Corporation (1956)
Mutual Benefit Organizations	1. Independent Order of Odd Fellows (1819)
	2. Ancient Order of United Workmen (1868)
	3. Foresters Friendly Society (1834)
Endowments	1. Harvard University Endowment (1638)
	2. Yale University Endowment (1718)
	3. Princeton University Endowment (1746)

Meta-Entities

Organization Name	Domain	Focus/Purpose	Notes
California Center for Cooperative Development (CCCD)	calcoho.org/cccd	Cooperative development and advocacy in California	A dedicated nonprofit supporting cooperative models across diverse sectors in California.
Project Equity	project-equity.org	Research and analysis on cooperative models	Publishes comprehensive reports on California’s cooperative landscape, collaborating with partners (including CCCD) to inform policy.
Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC)	theselc.org	Legal advocacy for sustainable and cooperative economies	While its scope is broad, SELC actively supports legal reforms and initiatives that benefit cooperatives and community-based enterprises.

Tech for Non-Profits

Organization	Country	Tax Classification	2023 Tax Filing (PDF)	2024 Tax Filing (PDF)	YouTube URL	SaaS Product (Most Popular)	IaaS Product (Most Popular)	Careers
GreenGeeks	USA	For-profit (B Corp)	Not publicly available	Not publicly available	youtube.com/@GreenGeeks	GreenGeeks Web Hosting Dashboard	GreenGeeks VPS Hosting	https://careers.greengeeks.com/
A2 Hosting	USA	For-profit (Privately held)	Not publicly available	Not publicly available	youtube.com/@a2hosting	A2 Turbo Shared Hosting Panel	A2 VPS & Dedicated Cloud	a2hosting.com/careers
CloudOps	Canada	For-profit (Private)	CloudMC (Multi-cloud management)	Managed Kubernetes & Bare Metal	youtube.com/@CloudOps	cloudops.com/careers

Tech for Municipalities

grant_street_group_and_us_local_government_peers_with_linkedin:
  - Grant_Street_Group:
      focus: Government SaaS for tax, payments, and auctions
      specialties:
        - Property tax billing (TaxSys)
        - E-payments (PaymentExpress)
        - DMV renewals (RenewExpress)
        - Online bond/tax lien auctions
      clientele: State, county, and municipal governments (U.S.)
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grant-street-group/

  - Local_Government_Corporation:
      focus: Software for local government operations
      specialties:
        - Tax collection
        - Utility billing
        - Court and school systems
      clientele: County and municipal governments (U.S.)
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/local-government-corporation/

  - NIC (a Tyler Technologies company):
      focus: Digital government portals and payments
      specialties:
        - Online licensing and renewals
        - eGov payment processing
        - Citizen service portals
      clientele: State and local government agencies (U.S.)
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nic-inc/

  - Tyler_Technologies:
      focus: ERP and civic services for public sector
      specialties:
        - Property tax systems
        - Court and justice solutions
        - Public safety and records
      clientele: State, county, and municipal governments (U.S.)
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tyler-technologies/

Benefit Cooperatives

Name	Classification	Website	Founded	Founder(s)
Patagonia, Inc.	For-profit (Certified B Corporation, Benefit Corp)	patagonia.com	1973-05-09	Yvon Chouinard
REI Co-op	For-profit (Consumer Cooperative)	rei.com	1938	Lloyd and Mary Anderson
Warby Parker	For-profit (Certified B Corporation)	warbyparker.com	2010-02	Neil Blumenthal, Andrew Hunt, David Gilboa, Jeffrey Raider
Vital Farms	For-profit (Certified B Corporation)	vitalfarms.com	2007	Matt O'Hayer
Seventh Generation	For-profit (Certified B Corporation)	seventhgeneration.com	1988	Jeffrey Hollender, Alan Newman
Dr. Bronner's	For-profit (Certified B Corporation)	drbronner.com	1948	Emanuel Bronner
Equal Exchange	Worker Cooperative (Certified B Corporation)	equalexchange.coop	1986	Rink Dickinson, Jonathan Rosenthal, Michael Rozyne
Alvarado Street Bakery	Worker Cooperative	alvaradostreetbakery.com	1979	Red Clover Worker's Brigade (notable early members)
Organic Valley	Farmer Cooperative	organicvalley.coop	1988	George Siemon, Wisconsin family farmers
Cabot Creamery Co-operative	Dairy Cooperative	cabotcheese.coop	1919	94 Vermont dairy farmers
Frontier Co-op	Worker Cooperative (Certified B Corporation)	frontiercoop.com	1976	Rick Stewart
PCC Community Markets	Consumer Food Cooperative	pccmarkets.com	1953	John Affolter

Sub-Entities

Organization Name	Domain	Industry/Focus	Notes
California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corporation	crmbc.com	Workers’ comp self‐insurance for restaurants	Serves California’s restaurant industry with a member-focused model.
Cornerstone Comp, Inc.	cornerstonecomp.com	Workers’ comp coverage for churches and private schools	Established in 2004, it bands together religious and educational entities.
Better Living Comp, Inc.	betterlivingcomp.com	Workers’ comp self‐insurance for construction and specialty trades	Tailors self-insurance solutions to the construction industry.
Tahoe Restaurant Group (TRG)	trg.com	Workers’ comp solutions for restaurant businesses in the Tahoe region	Focuses on mutual benefit operations for restaurant owners around Tahoe.

Media

Category	Title	Director	Age at Time of Release
No Director (role unfilled)	The Red Balloon (1956)	—	—
Non-Human Director (non–Homo sapiens)	Leviathan (2012)	Ocean, gravity, cameras	N/A
Pseudonymous Director (no birth/death certificate)	Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)	Alan Smithee	N/A
Multiple Directors (≥2 female, ≥2 male)	The Animatrix (2003)	Mahiro Maeda, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Koji Morimoto, Peter Chung, Shinichiro Watanabe, Andy & Lana Wachowski	Range: 30s–40s
Director Over Age 90	Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros (2023)	Frederick Wiseman	93
Director Over Age 95	Um filme falado (2003; A Talking Picture))	Manoel de Oliveira	95
Director Over Age 100	O Gebo e a sombra (2012; Gebo and the Shadow)	Manoel de Oliveira	104

Multimedia

Media Equivalents: 2024 vs. 1994 vs. 1954

A look at how today’s digital formats evolved from earlier media eras, with examples from Canadian public and government-sponsored media in 1954.

Modern Format	1994 Equivalent	1954 Canadian Equivalent
Blog	Personal homepage or online diary	Local newspaper op-eds or educational segments on CBC Television
Podcast	Internet talk radio	CBC Radio talk shows such as Citizens Forum
RSS Feed	Netscape channels or manually refreshed bookmarks	Daily digests via CBC News or bulletins from Canada Year Book 1954
Email Newsletter	Usenet mailing lists or CompuServe forums	School-distributed bulletins from the Department of National Health and Welfare
Live Streaming	MBone multicast or RealPlayer beta streams	CBC live coverage of national events such as royal visits or Parliament openings
Live Blogging	IRC chat rooms or BBS thread updates during events	Real-time radio coverage via CBC Radio, especially during breaking news
Memes	ASCII art, plan files, viral catchphrases	Government PSAs and posters, including Keep Canada Beautiful campaigns and National Film Board animations like The Energy Carol
Indigenous Media	Community forums or niche websites	CBC Northern Service shortwave radio and community bulletins in Inuktitut and Cree

Contextual Notes

CBC Television was Canada’s public broadcaster and began expanding nationally in the early 1950s.

Citizens Forum was a CBC panel show funded in part by the Canadian Association for Adult Education, similar in format to modern podcasts.

The Canada Year Book 1954 was a government-published statistical digest, widely distributed and referenced.

The National Film Board of Canada produced animated shorts and public service films that functioned like proto-memes in schools and community centers.

CBC’s Northern Service began shortwave broadcasts in the mid-1950s, including early programming in Indigenous languages like Inuktitut. These broadcasts served remote communities and laid the groundwork for later Indigenous-run media initiatives.

Posters and slogans from federal campaigns on health, environment, and safety were distributed in schools and public buildings, often with recurring characters or visual motifs.

Rewriters

collective_avoidance_cases_bce:
  - event: "Battle of Kadesh"
    date: "c. 1274 BCE"
    parties: ["Egypt", "Hittites"]
    official_narrative: "Pharaoh Ramesses II declared a great victory"
    reality: "Likely a stalemate followed by peace treaty"
    historical_mechanism: 
      - monumental inscriptions
      - triumphalist propaganda
    avoidance_method: "Failure reframed as victory through state-controlled narrative"

  - event: "Sicilian Expedition"
    date: "415–413 BCE"
    parties: ["Athens"]
    official_narrative: "Later rhetoric emphasized betrayal or noble intentions"
    reality: "Catastrophic military failure"
    historical_mechanism:
      - scapegoating leaders (e.g., Alcibiades)
      - shifting blame
    avoidance_method: "Moral redirection and reputational preservation"

  - event: "Battle of the Caudine Forks"
    date: "321 BCE"
    parties: ["Rome", "Samnites"]
    official_narrative: "Roman resilience and honor emphasized"
    reality: "Roman consuls surrendered and suffered ritual humiliation"
    historical_mechanism:
      - sanitized annals
      - symbolic reinterpretation
    avoidance_method: "Ritual acknowledgment reframed as moral strength"

  - event: "Fall of Nineveh"
    date: "612 BCE"
    parties: ["Assyrian Empire", "Babylon and Media"]
    official_narrative: "Largely erased by lack of Assyrian records"
    reality: "Decisive fall of a major power"
    historical_mechanism:
      - narrative controlled by successor states
      - demonization of fallen empire
    avoidance_method: "Erasure and moralization by victors"

Deadlines

date_driven_kpis:
  - name: "Annual Tax Filing Deadline"
    description: "Deadline for filing Form 1120 or 990 for exempt organizations."
    date: "April 15"
    applicable_to: "All U.S. incorporated entities with exemptions"
    notes: "Can be extended to October 15 with Form 7004."

  - name: "Quarterly Estimated Tax Payments"
    description: "Deadlines for submitting estimated tax payments (Form 1040-ES or 1120-W)."
    dates:
      - "April 15"
      - "June 15"
      - "September 15"
      - "January 15 (following year)"
    applicable_to: "Entities with taxable income"
    notes: "Avoid penalties by paying at least 90% of the current year's tax liability."

  - name: "Annual Audit Completion"
    description: "Deadline for completing financial audits for exempt organizations."
    date: "Varies by fiscal year-end"
    applicable_to: "Organizations required to undergo audits"
    notes: "Typically 3-6 months after fiscal year-end."

  - name: "State Compliance Filings"
    description: "Annual reports or franchise tax filings required by state governments."
    date: "Varies by state"
    applicable_to: "All incorporated entities"
    notes: "Check specific state requirements for deadlines."

  - name: "IRS Form 990 Submission"
    description: "Deadline for exempt organizations to file Form 990 (Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax)."
    date: "May 15"
    applicable_to: "Nonprofits and exempt organizations"
    notes: "Can be extended to November 15 with Form 8868."

  - name: "Employer Payroll Tax Filings"
    description: "Quarterly filing of Form 941 to report payroll taxes withheld."
    dates:
      - "April 30"
      - "July 31"
      - "October 31"
      - "January 31 (following year)"
    applicable_to: "Employers"
    notes: "Ensure timely deposits to avoid penalties."

  - name: "Compliance Check for Exempt Status"
    description: "Periodic review to ensure compliance with IRS exemption requirements."
    frequency: "Annually"
    applicable_to: "Exempt organizations"
    notes: "Failure to comply may result in revocation of exempt status."

  - name: "State Charitable Registration Renewal"
    description: "Deadline for renewing charitable solicitation registrations with state authorities."
    date: "Varies by state"
    applicable_to: "Nonprofits soliciting donations"
    notes: "Typically required annually."

  - name: "Government Contract Reporting"
    description: "Submission of compliance reports for entities with government contracts."
    frequency: "Quarterly or annually"
    applicable_to: "Entities with federal or state contracts"
    notes: "Deadlines depend on contract terms."

  - name: "OSHA Form 300A Posting Removal"
    description: "Deadline to remove OSHA Form 300A summarizing work-related injuries and illnesses."
    date: "April 30"
    applicable_to: "Employers subject to OSHA reporting"
    notes: "Maintain records for at least five years."

Preservationists

• https://www.pca.org/connect/special-interest-groups

SChapman

• https://www.sitepoint.com/author/schapman/
• https://www.sitepoint.com/community/t/in-memoriam-felgall/239102/2
• http://javascript.felgall.com/sitemap.php