EOX is excited to announce that we have completed our next 3-year Strategic Plan! Reflecting on the first six years of our work, we are proud of the progress we’ve made across many fronts. Chief among our achievements is the realization of our #1 goal—ensuring that 70% of the U.S. population lives in a state with a Center for Employee Ownership. We have accomplished this by directly supporting and guiding the launch of 16 new State Centers. 

Our 2025-2028 Strategic Plan represents a significant milestone as we embark on Phase 2 of our mission to expand employee ownership across the United States. Building upon the foundation established in our 2019 Strategic Plan and our belief that employee ownership is a powerful tool to reduce income and wealth inequality, build community wealth, and foster a more vibrant, participatory economy, this new roadmap outlines our path forward. We have a renewed focus on further strengthening our support for the network of 24 State Centers for Employee Ownership and advocating as the national voice for both the State Centers and the broader employee ownership movement.

Our strategy will prioritize three Ownership Accelerators - key strategic goals for EOX - that will enhance the Network’s capability to drive EO awareness. 

You can find the full plan on our website (link).

Strengthen Our State Center Network

EOX significantly expands employee ownership across the United States by convening, uniting, and supporting a network of State Centers. Our goal is to stabilize and strengthen the existing network to ensure State Center sustainability, success, and credibility in their States. By leveraging collective strength through capacity-building, funding, best practices, and meaningful collaborations, we will achieve more for employee ownership together.

Elevate Our National Voice

EOX envisions an America where employee ownership transforms the economy and strengthens communities to create greater wealth equality. We ensure this by being at the forefront of EO discussions, by providing education and resources at the local level, maintaining a national voice and partnering with organizations to spread employee ownership across the United States.

Source Sustainable Funding

In order to promote employee ownership as a strategy to increase community wealth and create a more vibrant, participatory economy, EOX must have the funding to support itself and the State Centers. Internal capacity and special projects dedicated to our vision and mission require a sustainable funding strategy where we are not overly dependent on one funding source to ensure the work continues.

We are particularly grateful to the EOX Board of Directors and the Strategic Planning Committee for their time and dedication to making this strategic plan possible. 

If you would like to help support this plan, the future of EOX, and our State Center Network, please consider donating to our Capacity Campaign below.