Membership

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We are 190+ companies in 30 countries working to ensure the future of coffee.

Your Support

Why invest in the future of coffee?

The challenges facing coffee are bigger than any one company can solve. Through collaborative investment in agricultural R&D, we create the foundation for a vibrant and sustainable coffee sector in diverse coffee origins.

Improve coffee’s goodness.

Through research, we improve how good coffee tastes, how good it is for the planet, and how good it is for people who grow it.

Sustain origin diversity and global supply.

Working in strategic geographies, we ensure the long-term supply of quality coffee from diverse origins.

Address the climate crisis.

R&D creates tools, technology and knowledge to reduce the risk that farmers and companies face from climate change.

HEAR FROM OUR MEMBERS

Forging the future of coffee

Why companies large and small from 29 countries have come together to invest in agricultural innovation for the coffee sector.

Become a Member

Two ways to join.

Membership is open to any company whose business depends on or involves coffee and whose membership is consistent with WCR’s mission. Membership fees support all of WCR’s vital research activities.

Checkoff Program


Contribution tied to coffee purchasing volumes.


For companies that purchase or trade coffee and want their WCR contribution built into the cost of coffee.


Annual Contribution


A fixed contribution amount each year.


Works for any kind of company (roasters, retailers, allied, etc.) funding across departments (R&D, marketing, sustainability).


Support Calculator

Not sure which membership is right for your business? Use our support calculator to best determine your investment and impact. New membership provides for a three-year period of increasing investment. Please contact us to discuss in more detail, and ways we can help build internal stakeholder support.

Checkoff Program

Annual Contribution

Fixed Value

Helpful Documents

Learn more about membership.

FAQ

Common Questions

World Coffee Research is a 501(c)(5) nonprofit agricultural organization. As such, WCR is exempt from U.S. federal income tax. In the U.S., contributions to WCR may be tax-deductible as trade or business expenses. WCR is not a 501c3, therefore contributions are not tax deductible for individuals. Please consult your tax advisor to determine whether and to the extent to which your donation may be deductible.

In 2022, WCR transitioned to a new membership model that links contribution amount to coffee purchase volumes or annual revenue. The transition provides greater equity and transparency among member companies and is more appropriate for securing the kind of long-term, sustainable funding required for agricultural research. Membership fees are unrestricted contributions that provide critical funding for all of WCR’s research activities.

We adopted a simple, straight-forward membership fee structure with four (4) primary categories for industry stakeholders to partner with us: brand roasters/manufacturers/retailers, business-to-business roasters/manufacturers, green coffee suppliers/traders/decaffeinators, and allied companies in the coffee value chain (including equipment, flavoring, food, producers, consulting). If you don't see that your business fits into these categories but are keen to become a member, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss options with you.

Placement in volume/revenue bands is made using current-year figures, to determine membership rate for the following year. WCR membership will be on a calendar year basis. If a member company’s green coffee volume or volume-equivalent increases such that the company would move into a higher membership band, the member will have two years to reach the new target level. At the time of annual renewal, members can also change between the Fixed Rate annual contributions and Checkoff options.


Companies are encouraged to become members of WCR at their appropriate level, and new membership provides for a three-year period of increasing investment to reach the target level. Making a financial contribution to WCR at a lower amount is possible, but does not come with member benefits. Please contact us to discuss further.

World Coffee Research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come.

In support of engaging companies in WCR’s work, we offer additional benefits proportionate to contribution and customize each membership. Please see our Member Benefits document above.

Our Members

Industry-driven, collaborative, and global.

Our members—companies large and small—come together precompetitively to set a shared global agenda for coffee research. Their participation is a critical foundation for a vibrant and sustainable coffee sector.

Members

Thank you to all the companies who generously support our work and make it possible.

Coffee tree ($$$$$)

  1. illycaffè
  2. KEY COFFEE
  3. Tim Hortons

Seed ($$)

  1. 7000 Coffee Trees
  2. Apex Coffee
  3. Bäckerei Happ GmbH & Co.
  4. Bagavathi Organogenic Molecular Mineralised Coffee
  5. Bell Lane Coffee
  6. Black Subtle Notes Coffee
  7. Bodum Roasting
  8. Bontain Coffee Co.
  9. Bontain Coffee Co.
  10. Brewpoint Coffee
  11. Bridge Coffee Co.
  12. Bun Coffee Byron Bay
  13. BUNA
  14. CafeTracker
  15. Caravan Coffee
  16. Ceremony Coffee Roasters
  17. Chouette Torréfacteur Laboratoire
  18. Coastal Coffee Traders
  19. Coffee Nexus
  20. Coffee Unified
  21. Coffeebar
  22. Coffein Compagnie
  23. Covoya Ltd.
  24. CuBa BIOTEC
  25. Cultivar Coffee South Africa
  26. Cup north
  27. CUPRIMA
  28. Dancing Goats Coffee
  29. Dear Green Coffee Roasters
  30. Demus S.p.A.
  31. Dispatch Coffee
  32. Driftaway Coffee
  33. Espanola Coffee Roasters
  34. Established Coffee
  35. Exhale Coffee
  36. Fadie Sasaguri Roastery Corporation
  37. Falcon Coffees Peru
  38. Firsthand Coffee
  39. FiXX Coffee
  40. Forecast Coffee Company
  41. Fort Findlay Coffee & Doughnut Shoppe
  42. Fortitude Coffee Roasters
  43. Friday Coffee Roasters
  44. Fuglen Coffee Roasters Oslo
  45. Fuglen Coffee Roasters Tokyo
  46. Gaia Artisan Coffee
  47. Honey Coffee
  48. Horiguchi Coffee Research Institute
  49. I & M Smith
  50. Imbibe Coffee Roasters
  51. IRC (Instituto Regional del Café)
  52. Jones Coffee Roasters
  53. Kelachandra Coffee
  54. Kerchanshe
  55. Kiss the Hippo Coffee
  56. Klatch Coffee
  57. Kua Coffee
  58. Kurasu LLC
  59. La Baia Coffee Supply
  60. Limini Coffee
  61. Madcap Coffee Company
  62. Market Lane Coffee
  63. Metric Coffee Co.
  64. Moplaco Trading PLC
  65. Mount Sunzu Coffee Ltd
  66. Murnauer Kaffeerösterei
  67. Nemesis Coffee
  68. Nincomsoup
  69. Nylon Coffee
  70. Ome by Spacebar Coffee
  71. One Village Coffee
  72. Origin Coffee Lab
  73. Peak Coffee Co
  74. Peekskill Coffee
  75. Philippine Coffee and Barista Insitute
  76. Prometheus Coffee Roasters
  77. Raw Bean Limited
  78. Red Cedar Coffee Co.
  79. RGC Coffee
  80. Rimini Coffee
  81. Ringtons Ltd.
  82. Rio Coffee
  83. Riposo Coffee Roasters
  84. Roundtable Coffee Works
  85. Samadool Coffee
  86. Sample Coffee Roasters
  87. Satoru Coffee
  88. SCS Global Services
  89. SEY
  90. Small Planes Coffee
  91. South India Coffee Company
  92. South Texas Coffee Initiative
  93. Specialty Grade Coffee
  94. Specialty Grade Coffee
  95. Sucafina N.V.
  96. Supremo
  97. Taf Coffee
  98. TBD Coffee Co
  99. TCPL Beverages and Foods Limited
  100. The Artisanal Bean
  101. This Side Up Coffee
  102. True Stone Coffee Roasters
  103. Vides58Coffees
  104. Whittard of Chelsea
  105. Workshop Coffee

Checkoff Program Participants

Thank you to all the roasters, retailers and suppliers that make this program possible