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Fellowship for Intentional Community
PROMOTING COMMUNITY LIVING AND COOPERATIVE LIFESTYLES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA
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The original Fellowship of Intentional Communities was established in 1948 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, at a conference organized by Community Service, Inc. After that gathering, annual meetings were hosted by intentional communities in the eastern third of the U. S. In 1952, FIC created the Homer Morris Loan Fund -- which has subsequently provided over $200,000 in small loans to intentional community businesses and associated enterprises. When the FIC's activities decreased in the '60s, the loan fund continued separately as the non-profit Community Educational Service Council, Inc.(CESCI), and the FIC held annual gatherings of communitarians in conjunction with CESCI's board meetings.
In the mid '80s, inspired by the earlier FIC and other regional community networks, a number of community activists sensed that the time was ripe to organize a continental communities network. Incorporated in 1986 as the Fellowship for Intentional Community, the FIC is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable educational organization (meaning that all donations are fully tax-deductible). Participation has been expanded to include most of North America -- the Fellowship now includes a wide range of individuals, well over a hundred intentional communities, and various support organizations.
Fellowship for Intentional Community
RR 1 Box 156-W
Rutledge MO 63563-9720
USA
Email: fic@ic.org
Phone: (660) 883-5545
Fax: (660) 883-5535
 The FIC is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization; all donations are tax deductible.
We happily link to the following organizations, all of whom share our strong commitment to promoting community and a more cooperative world:
Cohousing The Federation of Egalitarian Communities - Communes Coop Community Cooperative Sustainable Intentional North American Students of Cooperation Global Ecovillage Network
Special thanks to the sponsors of our Art of Community Events.
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