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Purpose Trust ownership Network

Moving purpose trust ownership from the margins to the mainstream.

We are a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the growth of purpose trust ownership and employee ownership trusts in the United States.

What We Do

1. Develop public-facing educational resources, tools, and templates.2. Organize and support academic research and case studies.3. Educate the public about best practices in the creation and use of purpose trusts.4. Inform policy makers about supportive state and national policies.5. Document how purpose trust ownership can be a lever for addressing societal challenges such as wealth inequality, affordable housing, local economic sustainability, environmental degradation, and responsible technology.6. Support development of new financing mechanisms for purpose trust ownership.7. Coordinate with other nonprofits that support other forms of alternative ownership.

Founders and Board Members

- Brenna Davis, CEO of Organically Grown Company
- Jenny Everett, Social Impact Advisor at Everett Interests
- David Gray, Director, Client Services at Project Equity
- Mark Hand, Assistant Professor of at UT-Arlington, Founder of EO+WD
- Courtney Kemp, Senior Client Services Manager at Project Equity
- Peter Koehler, Founder and Principal at Lumo Group
- Natalie Reitman-White, Founder and Principal at Purpose Owned

Founding Supporters

Grant Sponsors: Gary Community Ventures, Prudential Foundation, Sorenson Impact FoundationMember Businesses/Organizations: Biohabitats, EO+WD | Employee Ownership + Workplace Democracy, Everett Interests, Just Money Advisors, Lumo Group, National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), Northern Trust, Organically Grown Company, Optimax, Project Equity, Purpose Foundation, Purpose Owned, Text-Em-All, RSF Social FinanceIndividual Donors: Dave and Christine Vernier, Jon Shell

Learn More and Stay in Touch

Read "Rethinking Ownership: Putting Purpose at the Center," written by some of our founders for the Harvard Social Review.

Our full website, blog, and resource page are coming soon.Please join our email list to get the most up-to-date information.

Purpose Trust Ownership Network is a U.S. tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. EIN 33-1284308.Reach out to us at hello [at] trustownership.org

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