Private company

Rainbow Grocery Cooperative

Logo: rainbow.coop3

Worker-owned food cooperative in California, US

Rainbow Grocery Cooperative is a worker-owned and run food cooperative located in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1975, Rainbow Grocery is a member of NoBAWC and the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1975Founded1
13th St. Entrance—May 2021
Photo: Haus of Qwert, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Rainbow Grocery Cooperative is a worker-owned and run food cooperative located in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1975, Rainbow Grocery is a member of NoBAWC and the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives.2

Timeline

  1. 1975Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$2.4M 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $2.4M in all. PPP loans $2.4M.$0$1M$2M$3M2020 · PPP loans: $2.4M2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$2.4M$2.4M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA5. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Jun 15, 2020$2.4M PPP loan (first draw) from Tri Counties Bank5To RAINBOW GROCERY COOPERATIVE, INC., San Francisco CA; $2.5M forgiven Jun 28, 2021