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Employee Ownership is an extraordinary opportunity that should be available to everyone
When employee owned businesses prosper, everyone shares in the rewards.
Businesses grow and gain competitive advantage, employees become stakeholders and grow their wealth, and local economies gain valuable services and stable jobs.
Since 1991, we’ve been on a mission to show the world how exceptional we all can be when work—and all of its reward—become a shared experience.
Donations fund all of our efforts
The Employee Ownership Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the employee ownership model of business. We promote employee ownership to the public and catalyze independent, academic research about the issues those businesses face. Our activities help spark and nurture action among business owners and leaders, policy makers, employees, and the media. Our goal is for more employees to have an ownership stake in the businesses where they work and for these types of businesses to be rewarded in the market.
Contribution FAQs
- Help company owners learn about the option of selling their businesses to their employees.
- Pay for practical research aimed at helping existing employee owned firms excel.
- Fund programs and academic fellowships.
- Are fully tax deductible.
EVENTS FROM THE EMPLOYEE OWNED COMMUNITY
Upcoming events
Apr 05 - 06, 2023 2:00 pm CDT
Texas/Oklahoma Chapter - 2023 Spring Conference
Apr 06 - 07, 2023 10:00 am EDT
New England Chapter- 2023 CEO Spring Conference
Apr 11, 2023 7:30 am EDT
Iowa Nebraska Chapter Women in ESOP Event: Biscuits with the Bosses
Apr 11, 2023 8:30 am EDT
Michigan Spring Conference 2023
Apr 12, 2023 8:30 am CDT
Minnesota/Dakotas Chapter - 2023 Board of Directors Conference
Leading in an ownership setting: the program for ceos
This unique program helps top executives maximize their ESOPs by fostering employee owner engagement and participation that impacts the company’s bottom line.
This intensive two-week program offers an unparalleled opportunity to learn with and from other ESOP executives, forming relationships and networks that last long after the program ends. (The program facilitates ongoing networking for program alumni.)
This program is for current CEOs or Presidents of ESOP companies, or their designated successors.
The EOP/UPENN program will take place in sequential sessions. Participants should attend both sessions.
Part I: July 9-14, 2023
Part II: December 3-7, 2023
Employee Ownership is the new American Dream. When you own a stake in the company where you work, you have an unbeatable opportunity to build a better tomorrow for yourself and your family.
- Jim Bonham, President, Employee Ownership Foundation
EDMUNSON SCHOLARSHIP HELPS PAY FOR EMPLOYEE OWNER TRAINING
The Edmunson Scholarship, which helps defray the cost of sending non-management employee owners to programs that promote and offer education on employee ownership.
The scholarship can be used at events offered by the Employee Ownership Foundation or The ESOP Association.
Several scholarships are awarded each year, and companies can split the award between two employee owners.
Applications will be accepted between June 1 and July 15, 2023.
For updates, please visit our Edmunson Scholarship page.