Ensure the future of coffee
Our member companies fund essential, innovative, open research to:
- Increase cup quality
- Sustain coffee supplies in the short and long terms
- Enhance the livelihoods of coffee producers and their families
Featured Donor
Mercon Group
“At Mercon, building a better coffee world means systematically working to strengthen farmers and farming communities. The work done by WCR globally in facilitating the adoption of the best existing varieties alongside their best agricultural packages will have a long- term legacy for the coffee origins. —Giacomo Celi, Sustainability Director, MERCON
How to become a member
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$/€ 500-$10,000
- Smaller or midsize roasters or importers
- Cafes
- Individuals
- Allied business
Check-Off Program
Pennies per pound/kilo
- Midsize or larger roasters (>1 million lbs./year) that buy green coffee from participating suppliers
- Suppliers who want to match roaster contributions or contribute on your own
- Companies with sustainability commitments and supply chain assurance goals
Major Donors
Gifts larger than $/€ 10,000
- Larger volume roasters, importers, or allied business
- Companies focused on supply chain assurance
- Companies with major sustainability commitments
Members
Our members—companies and organizations large and small—help set the global agenda for coffee research. Their annual support is the foundation for a vibrant and sustainable coffee sector.
- $250,000 to $500,000
- J.M. Smucker Company
- Keurig Dr Pepper
- National DCP and Dunkin'
- Taylors of Harrogate
- $100,000 to $249,999
- Allegro Coffee Company
- illycaffè
- Jacobs Douwe Egberts
- Lavazza Foundation
- Peet’s Coffee & Tea
- Starbucks
- The Starbucks Foundation
- $40,000 to $99,999
- Coffee Circle
- Community Coffee Company
- Foodbuy and Farmer Brothers
- KEYCOFFEE Y.S Foundation
- Lavazza Professional
- Mercon Coffee Group
- PROBAT
- Tchibo
- Westrock Coffee Company
- $10,000 to $39,999
- Asahi Group
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Caravela Coffee
- Clif Bar & Company
- Counter Culture Coffee
- Descamex
- EFICO Group
- Expocaccer Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores do Cerrado
- Falcon Coffees
- Gaviña & Sons
- Intelligentsia Coffee
- KEY COFFEE INC.
- La Marzocco International, LLC
- Lincoln & York Coffee Roasters
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- OLAM Specialty Coffee
- Philz Coffee
- Royal Cup Coffee
- Sucden coffee
- Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company
- Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. / NovaSource
- $1,000 to $9,999
- Atlas Coffee Importers
- Beck Flavors
- Belco
- Cafcom
- Cafe Fadie (Kyokuto Fadie Co., Ltd.)
- Cafés Lobodis
- Calendar Coffee
- Camel Coffee Company
- C-COOP
- Chameleon Cold-Brew
- Coffee Libre
- Demus
- Driftaway Coffee
- DRWakefield
- Dunn Brothers
- Equator Coffees
- Friday Coffee Roasters
- Honey Coffee, Inc.
- InterAmerican Coffee -UK
- Irving Farm Coffee Roasters
- Ishimitsu
- Java City
- Kaldi's Coffee
- Marubeni Foods Corporation
- Melbourne Coffee Merchants
- Mr. Espresso
- Origin Coffee Roasters
- Pacific Espresso
- Rave Coffee UK
- Red Cedar Coffee Company
- Reily Foods
- Roast House Coffee
- Sarutahiko Coffee, Inc
- Single O
- Small Batch Coffee Roasters
- Solberg & Hansen
- Specialty Coffee Association
- Specialty Coffee Association of Japan
- Specialty Coffee Association - United Kingdom Chapter
- Sucafina Specialty
- Sustainable Harvest
- Sweet Maria’s Coffee
- Tata Coffee
- Tata Global Beverages
- Terarosa (Haksan Co Ltd)
- The Coffee Source
- The Seed
- Toby's Estate
- Transcend Coffee
- Vides58 Coffee
- Walker Coffee Trading
- Wilbur Curtis
- Wonderstate Coffee
- Workshop Coffee
- Up to $999
- Amcafe USA LLC
- Au jardin
- Be Brave Café
- Be Green Trading
- Blendin Coffee Club
- Blume Coffee Traders
- Bolt Coffee Company
- Brian Gaffney
- Bridge Coffee Company
- Buckman Coffee Factory
- Cafe Cultura Laboratorio
- Cafe Virtuoso
- Camino Real
- Coastal Coffee Traders LLC
- Coffea Arabica Limited
- Coffee by Tate
- Coffee Medley
- Coffee Nexus
- Coffee Traders
- Colour Coffee Roasting
- Crankhouse Coffee
- Curve Coffee Roasters
- Dark Woods Coffee
- Dave's Koffiebranderij
- Dear Green Coffee
- Dispatch Coffee
- East Africa Coffee Co.
- Espanola Coffee Roasters
- Etrusca Comercial S.A. de C.V.
- Exportadora de Café Guaxupé
- Fulcrum Coffee
- Genius Coffee
- Greenway Coffee Company
- Hacienda La Minita
- Huckleberry Roasters
- InterContinental Coffee Trading
- Iron & Fire Speciality Coffee Roaster
- Jake Robinson
- Lüna Coffee
- Macondo Coffee Ltd
- Mad Llama Company
- Marigold Coffee
- Market Lane
- Method Roastery
- Metric
- Mundo Novo Coffee
- North Fork Coffee Roasters
- Ome Project LLP
- Ozo Coffee
- Pedro Ros Casanova
- Quaffee
- Rimini Coffee
- Ritual Coffee Roasters Tasmania
- Rose N Cranz Roasting Company
- Rose Park Roasters
- Ross Street Roasting
- SCS Global Services
- Sintercafé
- South Texas Coffee Initiative
- Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co.
- Square Mile Coffee
- Square One Coffee Roaster
- Swan Song Coffee
- Taf Coffee
- Taiwan Coffee Laboratory
- Tony's Coffee
- Vagabond Coffee Roasters
- Vessel Coffee Roasters
- Wakuli
- WB.coffee / Amsterdam Coffee Lab
- West Cork Coffee
Checkoff Program Participants
Through the Checkoff Program, roasters and importers directly support the future of coffee by contributing pennies per pound on every green coffee purchase.
- Checkoff Program
- Participating Importers
- Algrano
- American Coffee Corporation
- Atlantic Speciality Coffee
- Atlas Coffee Importers
- Be Green Trading
- Benchmark Coffee Traders
- Bourbon Specialty Coffees
- Cafe Imports
- Cape Horn Coffees Inc
- Capricorn Coffee Comercio Internacional
- Caravela Coffee Australia Pacific
- Caravela Coffee Europe
- Caravela Coffee USA
- COFCO International
- Condesa Co.Lab
- Coopfam
- Crop to Cup Coffee importers
- Descamex
- DRWakefield
- East Africa Coffee Co.
- Excelco Trading
- Expocaccer Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores do Cerrado
- Exportadora de Café Guaxupé
- Falcon Coffees
- Gollücke & Rothfos
- Greencof
- Hacienda La Minita
- InterAmerican Coffee -UK
- InterAmerican Coffee -US
- InterContinental Coffee Trading
- International Coffee Traders
- Kawacom
- La Bastilla Coffee Estates
- List + Beisler
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Melbourne Coffee Merchants
- Mercon Coffee Group
- Mercon Specialty Coffee
- Nordic Approach
- OLAM International
- OLAM Specialty Coffee (Europe)
- OLAM Specialty Coffee (N. America)
- Onyx Coffee
- Osito Coffee
- Paragon Coffee Trading
- Primavera Coffee Importers
- Racafe
- RGC Coffee
- Rothfos
- Royal Coffee
- Sucafina Specialty EMEA
- Sucafina Specialty North America
- Sustainable Harvest
- Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company
- The Coffee Source
- The Green Coffee Company
- Trabocca
- Village Coffee Imports
- Volcafe Specialty
- Walker Coffee Trading
- Zephyr Green Coffee
- Checkoff Program
- Participating Roasters
- 1Cup Coffee Roasters
- Allegro Coffee Company
- Asahi Group
- Bäckerei Happ GmbH & Co. KG
- Barrie House
- Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters
- Beanstock Coffee Roasters
- Black Oak Coffee Roasters
- Blackstar Coffee Roasters
- Blossom Coffee Roasters
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Blume Coffee Traders
- Bolt Coffee Company
- Boon Boona Coffee
- Boxcar Coffee Roasters
- Brewpoint Coffee
- Cafe do Capitao
- Cafe Virtuoso
- Calendar Coffee
- Camino Real
- Caravan Coffee Australia Pacific
- Casa Espresso
- Chameleon Cold-Brew
- Coffee Bros.
- Coffee by Tate
- Coffee Factory
- Coldblow Coffee
- Colour Coffee Roasting
- Counter Culture Coffee
- Crankhouse Coffee
- Cuppers Choice
- Curve Coffee Roasters
- Dark Woods Coffee
- Dave's Koffiebranderij
- Dispatch Coffee
- Driftaway Coffee
- Dunn Brothers
- Ensemble Coffee Research + Education
- Equator Coffees
- Fort Findlay Coffee
- Fortitude Coffee Roasters
- Full City Rooster
- Greenway Coffee Company
- Heart & Graft Coffee
- Horsham Coffee Roaster
- Huckleberry Roasters
- Imbibe Coffee Roasters
- Intelligentsia Coffee
- Irving Farm Coffee Roasters
- Java City
- Johann Jacobs Haus GmbH
- Jones Coffee Roasters
- Junker's Café-Rösterei
- Kaldi's Coffee
- Kiss the Hippo
- Kittel Coffee
- Landmark Specialty Coffee
- Limini Coffee
- Lüna Coffee
- Marigold Coffee
- Market Lane
- Metric
- Monastery Coffee
- MoonGoat Coffee
- Mr. Espresso
- North Fork Coffee Roasters
- Olisipo Coffee
- Origin Coffee Roasters
- Ozo Coffee
- Philz Coffee
- Public Coffee House
- Quaffee
- Rabbit Hole Roasters
- Rave Coffee UK
- Rimini Coffee
- Ringtons
- River City Coffee
- Roast House Coffee
- Rose N Cranz Roasting Company
- Rose Park Roasters
- Ross Street Roasting
- Saint Henri - Micro Torrefacteur
- Sample Coffee Roasters
- Single O
- Small Batch Coffee Roasters
- Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co.
- Square Mile Coffee
- Square One Coffee Roaster
- Structure Coffee Roasters
- Taylors of Harrogate
- Temple Coffee Roasters
- The Roastery
- Tony's Coffee
- True Stone Coffee Roasters
- Vagabond Coffee Roasters
- Vessel Coffee Roasters
- West Cork Coffee
- Whizz Coffee
- Workshop Coffee
- Zen Coffee Roasters
- Checkoff Program
- Participating Retailers
- National DCP and Dunkin'