We envision a just, resilient, and cooperative world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive in community.
For 75+ years, the Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC) has been stewarding partnerships with thousands of intentional communities around the world.
We understand the power of cooperative culture and intentional community living, and we believe it is an essential part of shifting our culture towards one that justly serves us all.
Social Connection
Addressing isolation, division, disconnection, and trauma in our communities
Justice & Equity
Fighting inequality, injustice, oppression, and exploitation
Ecological Resilience
Responding to climate disruption and ecological system collapse
People need community. Communities need people.
People and communities meet at ic.org.
FIC champions social, ecological, and economic justice and resiliency through the support and growth of cooperative culture and intentional communities.
We envision a just, resilient, and cooperative world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive in community.
Relationships that recognize interdependence and create mutual benefit for all
Communities respond to adversity by regenerating social and ecological health
Removing barriers to the resources and opportunities people need to thrive
The Foundation for Intentional Community has taken many shapes, dating as far back as 1937. Today, the FIC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit serving as a resource hub, publisher, network builder, and fiscal sponsor to the intentional communities movement. Read more about our history
We acknowledge our position in perpetuating oppression and marginalization, and are committed to the work of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ) in the work we’ve done so far, and the goals we have. Read our DEI Statemet
Our online directory of intentional communities is searched by 500,000+ people every year, and the numbers continue to grow. Our directory now includes profiles of communitarians and partnering organizations. Using our visual map, you can see the network of community-building worldwide.
We host online workshops, network events, and live and pre-recorded courses aimed to educate and inspire intentional community dreamers, seekers and builders. We partner with experts within and beyond our network to challenge how we think about cooperative culture and show us new ways of being and relating. We keep classes affordable and accessible for everyone to attend, and all registrants receive the recording to watch later.
Our online bookstore provides a wealth of information and resources on how to start, join and build intentional community. We feature hundreds of free, by donation, and for purchase books, in both print and digital formats, as well as videos, articles and free downloads. A world of knowledge awaits you! Check out what is new in the bookstore.
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