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 Co./Folger Coffee
- National DCP and Dunkin'
- $100,000 to $249,999
- Farmer Brothers/Coffee Bean International
- illycaffè
- Jacobs Douwe Egberts
- Keurig Green Mountain Inc.
- Lavazza
- Peet’s Coffee & Tea
- S&D Coffee Roasters
- Starbucks
- Taylors of Harrogate
- $40,000 to $99,999
- Allegro Coffee Company
- Caravela Coffee
- Community Coffee Company
- Foodbuy
- KEYCOFFEE Y.S Foundation
- Lavazza Professional
- Mercon
- PROBAT
- $10,000 to $39,999
- Clif Bar
- Coffee Circle
- Counter Culture Coffee
- Descamex
- EFICO Group
- Expocaccer Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores do Cerrado
- Falcon Coffees
- Fundacion Fonalledas, Inc.
- Gaviña & Sons
- Intelligentsia Coffee
- Java City
- KEY COFFEE INC.
- La Marzocco International, LLC
- Lincoln & York Coffee Roasters
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- OLAM Specialty Coffee Americas
- Philz Coffee
- Royal Cup Coffee
- Sucafina
- Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company
- Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. / NovaSource
- $1,000 to $9,999
- Atlas Coffee Importers
- Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters
- 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 Coffee and Tea
- Honey Coffee, Inc.
- InterAmerican Coffee
- Irving Farm Coffee Roasters
- Ishimitsu
- Kaldi's Coffee
- Marubeni Foods Corporation
- Melbourne Coffee Merchants
- Mr. Espresso
- N.J. Douek/Uniglobe Coffee
- Olam Specialty Coffee of Europe
- 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
- Specialty Coffee Association
- Specialty Coffee Association of Japan
- Specialty Coffee Association - United Kingdom Chapter
- 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
- Abira Colombia S.A.S.
- Amcafe USA LLC
- Au jardin
- Be Brave Café
- Be Green Trading
- Blendin Coffee Club
- Blowback Coffee Roasters
- Blume Coffee Traders
- Bolt Coffee Company
- Brian Gaffney
- Bridge Coffee Company
- Buckman Coffee Factory
- Cafe Cultura Laboratorio
- Cafe Virtuoso
- Camino Real
- Caravan Coffee
- Chouette Torrefacteur Laboratoire
- Coastal Coffee Traders LLC
- Coffea Arabica Limited
- Coffee by Tate
- Coffee Medley
- Coffee Nexus
- Coffee Traders
- Colour Coffee Roasting
- Condesa Co.Lab
- Crankhouse Coffee
- Crop to Cup 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
- NEAT Coffee
- Nicholas Rivolta
- North Fork Coffee Roasters
- OLAM International
- 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
- Roundtable Coffee Works
- SCS Global Services
- Sintercafé
- South Texas Coffee Initiative
- Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co.
- Square Mile Coffee
- Square One Coffee Roaster
- Sucafina Specialty
- Taf Coffee
- Taiwan Coffee Laboratory
- The Excellent Cup
- 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
- Abira Colombia S.A.S.
- Agrano
- American Coffee Corporation
- Atlantic Speciality Coffee
- Atlas Coffee Importers
- Be Green Trading
- Benchmark Coffee Traders
- Bourbon Coffees
- Cafe Imports
- Cape Horn Coffees Inc
- Capricorn Coffee
- Caravela Coffee
- COFCO International
- Condesa Co.Lab
- Crop to Cup Coffee
- 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
- InterContinental Coffee Trading
- Kawacom (ECOM Uganda)
- La Bastilla Coffee Estates
- List + Beisler
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Melbourne Coffee Merchants
- N.J. Douek/Uniglobe Coffee
- Nordic Approach/Tropiq
- OLAM International
- OLAM Specialty Coffee Americas
- Olam Specialty Coffee of Europe
- Onyx Coffee
- Osito Coffee
- Paragon Coffee Trading Company
- Primavera Coffee Importers
- Racafe
- Red Goni
- RGC Coffee
- Rothfos
- Royal Coffee
- Sucafina
- Sucafina Specialty
- Sustainable Harvest
- Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company
- The Coffee Source
- Trabocca
- Village Coffee Imports
- Volcafe Specialty
- Walker Coffee Trading
- Zephyr Green Coffee
- Checkoff Program
- Participating Roasters
- African Coffee Roasters
- Allegro Coffee Company
- Barrie House
- Beanstock Coffee Roasters
- Blossom Coffee Roasters
- Blowback Coffee Roasters
- Blume Coffee Traders
- Bolt Coffee Company
- Boon Boona Coffee
- Boxcar Coffee Roasters
- Cafe Virtuoso
- Calendar Coffee
- Camino Real
- Caravan Coffee
- Casa Espresso
- Chameleon Cold-Brew
- Chouette Torrefacteur Laboratoire
- Coffee by Tate
- Coffee Factory
- Colour Coffee Roasting
- Counter Culture Coffee
- Crankhouse Coffee
- Curve Coffee Roasters
- Dark Woods Coffee
- Dave's Koffiebranderij
- Dispatch Coffee
- Driftaway Coffee
- Dunn Brothers
- Equator Coffee and Tea
- 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
- Jones Coffee Roasters
- Junker's Café-Rösterei
- Kaldi's Coffee
- Kiss the Hippo
- Limini Coffee
- Lüna Coffee
- Marigold Coffee
- Market Lane
- Monastery Coffee
- Mr. Espresso
- NEAT Coffee
- North Fork Coffee Roasters
- Olisipo Coffee
- Origin Coffee Roasters
- Ozo Coffee
- Philz Coffee
- Quaffee
- Rave Coffee UK
- Rimini Coffee
- Ringtons
- Roast House Coffee
- Rose N Cranz Roasting Company
- Rose Park Roasters
- Ross Street Roasting
- Roundtable Coffee Works
- Sample Coffee Roasters
- Single O
- Small Batch Coffee Roasters
- Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co.
- Square Mile Coffee
- Square One Coffee Roaster
- Taylors of Harrogate
- Temple Coffee Roasters
- The Coffee Factory
- The Excellent Cup
- The Roastery
- Tony's Coffee
- True Stone Coffee Roasters
- Vagabond Coffee Roasters
- Verve Coffee
- Vessel Coffee Roasters
- West Cork Coffee
- Workshop Coffee
- Checkoff Program
- Participating Retailers
- National DCP and Dunkin'