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The Employee Ownership Action Network (EOAN) is a free-to-join, grassroots advocacy movement for anyone with a stake in ensuring employee ownership continues to grow and thrive in the US.
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“Membership in The ESOP Association is vital to an ESOP owned company. The advocacy and education services are invaluable and are not duplicated by any other organization.”
-David Kelly, CFO at Acadian Ambulance Service Inc.
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The #EO Solution
The ESOP Association and Project Equity have partnered to create state -by-state data that amplifies employee ownership as a common sense way to preserve businesses, strengthen jobs and build a more resilient post-pandemic economy.
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What is an ESOP?
An ESOP is a retirement plan—but also a way of living and running a company. For insights on both technical and cultural aspects of these plans—which provide benefits to employee owners, the company, the community, and exiting owners—and links to additional resources, see our web page titled What is an ESOP?
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ESOP News
June 25, 2025
As a former employee owner, TEA’s Aaron Moberger remembers wondering “What can we do to make the
ESOP News
January 29, 2025
Building Employee Understanding of the Trustee’s Role
A unique thing about ESOP companies is that the trustee is the shareholder of record for the corporation, not the ESOP participants, who are beneficial owners. The trustee is a critical player, but the concept of a trustee can be confusing and unfamiliar to employee-owners.
ESOP News
January 29, 2025
Elephant Sausage
Washington, DC is a town with a lot of sayings borne from the hard-earned political wisdom one acquires working here. Recently, with the release and withdrawal of the Biden Administration’s ideas of what constitutes Adequate Consideration for ESOPs, two of those sayings come to the top of my mind.
ESOP Brief
December 06, 2018
ESOP Brief #19 - ESOP Fiduciary Rules
A guide to the ERISA rules all ESOP fiduciaries need to know to fulfill their obligations.