The ESOP Association is the only national, non-profit association dedicated to employee ownership with a focus on ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) and employee ownership. Companies with employee ownership and service providers with a professional commitment to these plans form the Association's membership. The Association is the prime source of educational materials and meetings necessary for the successful management of employee-owned companies. Companies and service providers rely on the Association to be their voice in our nation's capital. The Association is the leading advocate before Congress and regulatory agencies for employee ownership laws. If so, join us!
ESOP Association membership is an opportunity like none other for employee-owned companies and service providers to share and access resources that will ensure employee ownership success. If you are not maximizing your employee ownership value, or if you are not making employee ownership work for you, the multitude of services offered by the Association will alter your current situation. Membership will bring you tangible benefits from the moment you join.
We believe that employee ownership improves American competitiveness… That it strengthens our free enterprise economy and creates a broader distribution of wealth… That it increases productivity through greater employee participation in the workplace… And that it maximizes human potential by enhancing the self-worth, dignity, and well-being of our people.
No one can educate you more about making employee ownership work for you and your company than your peers who have "real-world" experience managing and working in an employee-owned company. By joining The ESOP Association, opportunities to participate in activities designed to maximize the benefits of employee ownership and gain vital knowledge are numerous. We currently offer the following networking and knowledge building opportunities:
Local Chapters: Your local chapter holds easy-to-get-to, and affordable, meetings throughout the year, where you will network with your counterparts.
Two Day Technical Conference: The only annual conference in America dedicated to the unique operations of an employee-owned company.
Communications Seminar: Attendees learn and experience how to put employee ownership communications into action.
Employee Owner Retreat: Provides employee owners the opportunity to learn what employee ownership can mean for them.
ESOP S Corp Seminar: Provides S corporations with an ESOP, or those considering an ESOP, the knowledge and information needed for successful ESOP implementation.
Website: Members have at their fingertips access and links to the world's largest community of employee-owned companies, resources, and professionals through the Association's website.
Building Tools
To meet the employee ownership market's demand for tools to help in the communication process, the Association has developed high quality, professional materials.
The Publications & Products Department is ready to assist you by providing members with professional videos, brochures, pamphlets, and ownership building products.
News & Information
Another benefit of membership is the delivery of the latest employee-ownership news through the monthly ESOP Report. This highly acclaimed newsletter provides hot-off-the-press employee-ownership law and regulation changes, company profiles, communication ideas and programs, operational and managerial practices, and much more.
Technical Services
The ESOP Association provides its members with quick answers to technical questions involving employee-ownership operations and management issues. While not serving as a substitute for the competent and necessary professionals specializing in employee ownership creation and operation, the Association has on staff persons knowledgeable about employee ownership, plus numerous technical publications.
The technical staff also provides members with a referral service, a complimentary membership directory when you join, and easy-access to a list of professional members through our Website.
Government Relations
The latest news you need to ensure that your ESOP and employee ownership will continue to be favored by law and regulations is in your hands within hours because of your membership. And, the Association's volunteers, with the Association staff that has 30 years of government relations experience, works with you and your fellow association members to persuade decision makers in Congress, in the regulatory agencies, and in the White House to take pro-employee ownership steps.
Media & Research Services
The ESOP Association's Media Department stands ready to help each member with their media needs. The Department works with members on getting media placement, working with reporters, writing press releases, and even helps with internal communications such as the employee ownership-related company newsletter or brochure. The Association also maintains a wealth of statistical data for members to plug into their communications, showing participants and the media how your employee ownership stacks up and why it's worth their interest.
What do our members have to say?
"The Association's sessions at its Annual Conference and Employee Owner Retreat specifically developed for employee owners are invaluable. I am receiving more from Bimba Manufacturing's employee-ownership structure because we are active participants in the ESOP Association."
JOYCE GREEP
Bimba Manufacturing Company
"The local chapters are the most important tool The ESOP Association has in networking and communicating the power of our vision statement across America."
DEE THOMAS
Ewing & Thomas, Inc.
"The ESOP Association has proved resourceful in formulating, articulating and coordinating strategies to answer past Congressional attacks and strategies to pass legislation to enhance and spread the opportunity of employee ownership. This benefit alone is worth the cost of membership."
GILES HEUER
Krause Publications
Our Members Cover All Industries and Sizes… Meeting our Member's Specific Needs is our Goal and Focus
The Association is dedicated to meeting your employee-ownership needs through member services specifically focused on you. For example:
Small companies faced with communicating employee ownership with limited resources can obtain ESOP Association brochures, pamphlets, and videos through the Publications & Products Department at substantial member discounts.
S Corporation companies considering an ESOP can gain the knowledge needed through the Association's ESOP S Corp Seminar and related materials.
Public and large employers have access to issues relating to them specifically such as ESOP and 401(k) information, ESOP dividend issues, employer securities concerns, and the opportunity to network directly with other large and public employer representatives through the Association's Public & Large employer developments through a section newsletter and the only national annual Public & Large Employer Securities Seminar.
Mid-sized companies facing repurchase obligation issues can access programs, materials, and technical assistance to manage these obligations.
The ESOP Association is working to ensure that employee ownership works for you today and tomorrow. To make sure your company's employee ownership is protected, informed, and successful - you must join us.
To discuss your employee-ownership needs further, please contact the Membership Development Department at (202) 293-2971.