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Resources & Partners

Leading organizations advancing employee ownership across America.

NCEO

National Center for Employee Ownership

The leading source of accurate, unbiased information on ESOPs, equity compensation plans, and ownership culture. Main publisher and research source in the field.

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ESOP Association

The ESOP Association

The largest employer-sponsored advocacy and education association focused on employee stock ownership plans in America, serving approximately 2,800 ESOP companies.

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Kelso Institute

The Kelso Institute

Dedicated to the work of Louis O. Kelso, inventor of the ESOP and pioneer of binary economics and the democratization of capital ownership.

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OEOC

Ohio Employee Ownership Center

A non-profit outreach center of Kent State University supporting broader ownership of productive assets to save jobs, create wealth, and grow the economy.

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VEOC

Vermont Employee Ownership Center

Statewide non-profit promoting employee ownership to broaden capital ownership, deepen participation, retain jobs, and stabilize communities.

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Beyster Institute

The Beyster Institute

At UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management – advancing the understanding and practice of employee ownership through education, research, and consulting.

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ESCA

ESCA – Employee-Owned S Corporations of America

Advocating for S corporation ESOPs that create jobs, generate economic activity, and promote retirement savings for hundreds of thousands of American workers.

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Citizen’s Share

The Citizen’s Share

Book and related work by Blasi, Freeman & Kruse making the case for restoring the middle class through broader ownership of productive capital.

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