National Center for Employee Ownership
A nonprofit started in 1981 by two Senate staffers whose first grant applications went nowhere, which made itself self sustaining by selling what it knew and became the reference desk of the employee ownership field.
Financial profile
National Center For Employee Ownership · EIN 52-1210536 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $5,368,786 | $1,349,554 | $3,725,164 | $5,637,782 | $2,028,681 | Dec 2025 |
| FY2024 | $5,275,433 | $1,717,190 | $3,249,628 | $4,940,094 | $2,297,677 | Dec 2024 |
| FY2023 | $4,442,185 | $1,181,717 | $3,060,726 | $4,225,396 | $1,962,338 | Dec 2023 |
| FY2022 | $3,999,060 | $1,086,007 | $2,722,814 | $3,731,685 | $1,586,564 | Dec 2022 |
| FY2021 | $3,448,060 | $1,444,336 | $1,734,961 | $2,668,265 | $1,594,929 | Dec 2021 |
| FY2020 | $2,470,099 | $1,051,431 | $1,073,166 | $2,320,329 | $815,134 | Dec 2020 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies NCEO is read alongside.
USFWC
United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives
A national federation where worker owned businesses pool their voice, their peer knowledge, and their…
NCBA
National Cooperative Business Association
The cross-sector champion of the cooperative business model in the United States and abroad, advancing…
IFEBP
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
A nonpartisan educational organization for the employee benefits field, serving the professionals who…
227 companies named
W
WorldatWork
The professional home and credentialing authority for the total rewards discipline, where compensation…
79 companies named
The ESOP Association
The ESOP Association
The Washington voice of America's ESOP companies, more than four decades old, which turns employee owners…
37 companies named
Who backs NCEO
Every company NCEO names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Blue & Co. | Meeting sponsor | ACSA AHIMA CLI DSCUS FHCA +3 |
| CLA | Meeting sponsor | AHCA A ALGA CBA CA +3 |
| Eide Bailly | Meeting sponsor | AEE BCC BMCE CBA CADA +3 |
| Forvis Mazars | Meeting sponsor | AHCA ABA ACEC AFA AHLA +3 |
| J.P. Morgan | Meeting sponsor | ASCA AFP AGA CFC GFOA +3 |
| Morgan StanleyPublished as The ESOP Group at Morgan Stanley | Meeting sponsor | AAUW AFA AFA AFP ATW +3 |
| PNC | Meeting sponsor | AFP AFP AWSF BGACC CRCC +3 |
| Raymond James | Meeting sponsor | ABA ACUMA ASCU CBA CUNA +3 |
| RSM | Meeting sponsor | AAA AFSA A ACMP AGA +3 |
| UBSPublished as The Captial ESOP Group-UBS | Meeting sponsor | AHEPA AFP CPARF CFC ECF +3 |
| McDermott Will & Schulte | Meeting sponsor | ACB DSCUS MFA NLADA The ESOP Association |
| EOS Worldwide | Meeting sponsor | CACC GMCC IFCC TCRCC |
| Chartwell | Meeting sponsor | ACEC The ESOP Association |
| RBC Wealth ManagementPublished as RBC Wealth Management The ESOP Group | Meeting sponsor | EP NCPA |
| Blue Ridge ESOP AssociatesPublished as Blue Ridge | Meeting sponsor | The ESOP Association |
| Butcher Joseph & Co.Published as Butcher Joseph | Meeting sponsor | The ESOP Association |
| Empire Valuation Consultants | Meeting sponsor | The ESOP Association |
| ESOP One | Meeting sponsor | The ESOP Association |
| ESOP Partners | Meeting sponsor | The ESOP Association |
| GreatBanc Trust CompanyPublished as GreatBanc | Meeting sponsor | The ESOP Association |
| Praxis Consulting GroupPublished as Praxis | Meeting sponsor | The ESOP Association |
| SES ESOP StrategiesPublished as SES ESOP Strategies, a Stevens & Lee Company | Meeting sponsor | The ESOP Association |
| TI-TRUST | Meeting sponsor | The ESOP Association |
| 3LS Professional Services | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| 6 Levers | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| Boulay Group | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| Certified EO | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| ESI Equity | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| Grassi Advisors | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| Great Lakes Retirement Plan Consultants | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| GRITT Business Coaching | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| Grossman Yanak & Ford | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| Levenfeld Pearlstein | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| Markey's | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| PCE Investment Bankers | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| Prairie Capital AdvisorsPublished as Prairie | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| SKOR | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| Strategic Talent Partners | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| The DVS Group | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| The Great Game of Business | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| The Menke Group | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
| Vrakas CPAs + Advisors | Meeting sponsor | Only NCEO, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read October 2026
Thank You to Our 2027 Sponsors. Read October 14, 2026. Sponsors of the 2027 Annual Employee Ownership Conference in Pittsburgh.
Who backs NCEO's peers, but not NCEO
Companies named publicly by at least one of NCEO's five peer societies, and not found in NCEO's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A nonprofit started in 1981 by two Senate staffers whose first grant applications went nowhere, which made itself self sustaining by selling what it knew and became the reference desk of the employee ownership field.
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Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Frontier and The Village.
Strengths
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