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Help Black Coffee Co-op find a new home!

We've outgrown our current space and are ready to find our forever-home.

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Help Black Coffee Co-op find a new home!

Help Black Coffee Co-op find a new home!

Help Black Coffee Co-op find a new home!

Help Black Coffee Co-op find a new home!

Help Black Coffee Co-op find a new home!

We've outgrown our current space and are ready to find our forever-home.

We've outgrown our current space and are ready to find our forever-home.

We've outgrown our current space and are ready to find our forever-home.

We've outgrown our current space and are ready to find our forever-home.

Black Coffee Co-op
Black Coffee Co-op
Black Coffee Co-op
Black Coffee Co-op
1 Campaign |
Seattle, United States
$8,883 USD 125 backers
29% of $30,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

The Gist of it:

Black Coffee is a worker’s cooperative, café, community space & infoshop in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Black Coffee serves specialty coffee & tea, vegan food & pastries, and delicious beer. In addition, the Black Coffee Co-op hosts all sort of community events, maintains a small public library, and has a selection of independently produced literature. 


The first two years of the cooperative have been spent at 501 E. Pine St in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle.  Over that time the co-op has GROWN, from infancy to toddlerhood, We have made leaps and bounds, and now we are ready to grow some more!  We want to grow our capacity to serve our communities, and we need to move into a long-term home where we can build for years to come.  Black Coffee Co-op is looking for funding to help with the deposit and build-out costs associated with moving into a new space.  


What We Need & What You Get

The details.  We need to raise money to offset the costs of the following:

  • Accounting and permitting fees to help with move-in logistics
  • First months rent, last months rent, and deposit on a new beautiful space
  • A storage unit to house our equipment while we do construction on the new space
  • Construction costs, specifically: carpentry, plumbing and electrical, counters, and sinks!
Further details.  Why should you donate:
  • For the swag!  Perks include black coffee mugs, t-shirts, free drinks, and stickers
  • 10% off all your purchases for a month
  • Coffee classes. Learn how to brew with the best of em
  • The individual who shares our IndieGogo with the most friends, who then also donate, will get a drink named in their honor!
  • Keep it in the community, So far we have received amazing support from our local community and families.  We haven't borrowed any money from big banks! Lets keep this a truly community supported project, the only investors we want to answer to are YOU! 


Stretch Goals. If we exceed our goals we will spend any extra money on:
  • Expanding our inventory.  We support local artists by buying their work and selling it in our retail store.  Any extra money raised will allow us to invest back in the community and grow our retail inventory. 
  • Black masks for everyone!

The Impact

Black Coffee pushes forward a new way of thinking about work & the economy: worker cooperatives eliminate hierarchy and increase the level of personal  fulfillment for all workers. This in turn keeps the value of the business in line with the values of the workers, and by extension the local community as well.

Black Coffee Coop is committed to a non-hierarchical structure of work & a not-for-profit model of commerce. In creating the Black Coffee Cooperative, the individuals that currently comprise it work to create a number of beneficial tools, for example:

> Physical space for culture and community, from fundraisers to film screenings, book releases to belly dancing, skill-shares to silk-screening. Black Coffee is a hub for events, meetings, or just drinking a brew with comrades.

> A non-hierarchical workplace, where we truly work together, and share the fruits of our work equally.

> A “Safer-space,” This means we actively attempt to keep the space free of oppression & intimidation (look over our Safer Spaces Agreement). This also means we are always open to learning how to become more safe and welcoming.

> An info-shop and mini-library.

>A home for other projects such as Anarres Press

>Support for other coops. We buy from other cooperatives whenever possible. For example we source our coffee from Equal Exchange and Just Coffee



Your contribution will not only help create a cafe that the whole community will enjoy, you will empower fellow Seattlites to create fulfilling work for themselves and for future workers, & you will help inspire a new, grassroots economy that values people over profits.

The (A) Team

You can trust that this project will be a success because we've got a crew with all the right talents and experience. Black Coffee’s team is made up of six committed individuals who come from a background of activism, community organizing, small-business, non-profit management, catering, conflict resolution, art promotion, and of course, coffee!  We’ve got a bold, determined, and responsible team that is more than ready to take this to the next level.

    Other Ways You Can Help

    We value all the ways our community contributes to the cafe, not just financial.  So don't worry if you can't contribute in that way right now, we've got other ideas for you.

    • Send this page to 5 individuals you think would donate
    • Share this page on your facebook
    • Got skills? We need folks with trucks and strong arms to help us move, folks with strong wrists to help us paint, folks with strong fingers to draw cool posters for fund raising parties, you get the idea.  Let us know what you can do and we'll find a way to plug you in ;)
    • Acts of solidarity are also appreciated! ;)


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    Choose your Perk

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    and a cozie!

    $45 USD
    We sold out of mugs so we thought we would offer a hand crocheted mug COZIE, for all of you mug owners out there. The cozies are each one of a kind and handmade by worker-owner Rebecca. Get 'em while they last!
    4 out of 15 of claimed

    Stick with us!

    $5 USD
    Donate $5 and we'll mail you a Black Coffee sticker!
    18 out of 100 of claimed

    On the house

    $15 USD
    For a donation of $15 you can have a coffee, on us, at our new location. You will also take home a Black Coffee original sticker and a special Anarres Press zine, redeemable when you come to enjoy your coffee!
    23 out of 50 of claimed

    Sweet Sweet Tunes

    $25 USD
    The Magic Cards went like hot cakes, so this week we've got a new perk at the $25 level! For a donation of $25 worker-owner Brandon will make you a unique mix-tape featuring his awesome and eclectic musical tastes!! You might have heard his musical stylings on stage as part of the band Smashie Smashie.
    7 out of 20 of claimed

    Surprise package

    $75 USD
    Receive a special package prepared by Anarres Press. Will include zines, merch, and digital media. Put your fate in these wise hand and you wont be disappointed!
    2 out of 25 of claimed

    Dress it up

    $100 USD
    Do you love that your Black Coffee baristas are always rocking their Black Coffee T-Shirts? Want to look like a worker-owner? Now you can, with your very own Black Coffee T-Shirt, available in fitted or loose cuts, size s-xl.
    10 out of 30 of claimed

    Neoglyphic Media Grab Bag

    $125 USD
    A grab bag of graphic novels, art books, and more all created by artists in the Pacific NorthWest and published by Bellingham based Neoglyphic Media. http://neoglyphicmedia.com/
    1 out of 7 of claimed

    Hoods Up!

    $200 USD
    Get a never before seen artist-designed Black Coffee hoodie! These are going to be as beautiful as you are :)
    4 out of 15 of claimed

    Get Knowledge

    $250 USD
    For a donation of $250 we welcome you to join our whole series of Barista classes, at our new location! Learn about the origins of the coffee we brew, the different brewing methods we use, and learn the art of pulling a shot & pouring latte art. Dates TBD
    0 out of 24 of claimed

    Discount city!

    $500 USD
    Are you a coffee addict? Can't go without your daily brew? We feel you. For a donation of $500 we'll give you the discount of 10% off your coffee purchases, for 1 YEAR!
    3 out of 15 of claimed

    Radical Coffee Subscription

    $1,000 USD
    We are so grateful for your generous donation! Let us show our appreciation with a year of monthly deliveries of thoughtfully selected whole bean coffee varieties. You can expect a 1 lb bag and a zine from Anarres Press in the mail each month, with a description of the origin of the bean, and recommendations on how best to enjoy it!
    0 out of 10 of claimed

    Your Coffee Party

    $1,500 USD
    Cheers to you! We'll throw an event for you & up to 10 friends for an evening in our new space. Hand-made specialty coffee service, fine food & microbrews, and live music will be our thank you for being such a strong supporter. Consider gathering funds with your friends to win this perk!
    0 out of 1 of claimed

    WOWZAH

    $3,000 USD
    We are humbled and forever in your debt!! For a donation of this grand scale we would like to honor you with a physical dedication in our new space!
    0 out of 5 of claimed
    sold out

    It's MAGIC!

    $25 USD
    5 out of 5 of claimed
    sold out

    And a mug!

    $50 USD
    20 out of 20 of claimed

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