A public, community-curated catalog of U.S. trust-owned businesses maintained by the Purpose Trust Ownership Network (PTON). Tracks Employee Ownership Trusts, Perpetual Purpose Trusts, Long-Term Benefit Trusts, Stewardship Trusts, and related structures across 79 entries — with company size, industry, location, and year of trust formation.
The Trust-Owned Businesses Database is a community-curated reference maintained by the Purpose Trust Ownership Network (PTON), with program management by Elizabeth "Issie" Corvi. It catalogs U.S. companies that have adopted a trust-based ownership structure — including Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs), Perpetual Purpose Trusts (PPTs), Long-Term Benefit Trusts, Stewardship Trusts, Purpose Trusts, and domain-specific variants such as the Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust.
Heaviest state concentrations: California (18), Oregon (8), New York (5), Texas (4)
Entries
1. ACP International
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1986 · Trust formed: 2022
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Arlington, TX, USA (TX)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Manufacturing / 20 Industrials
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: ACP International started by selling splice sleeves and has grown to include a variety of products that support the utility, telecom, pipeline, CATV, government and commercial industries and applications.
2. Anthropic
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2021 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Long Term Benefit Trust
Additional designations: Public Benefit Corporation
Primary stakeholder(s): Responsible Technology
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: F: 501-1000 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Research - AI / 20 Industrials
Advisors & service providers: John Morley; Wilson Sonsini; Ethical Compass Advisors LLC
Self-description: Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
3. Arbor Assays
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2007 · Trust formed: 2017
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Additional designations: Certified EO
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA (MI)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Research supplies / 20 Industrials
Advisors & service providers: Deborah Groban Olson; EOT Advisors; Center for Community-Based Enterprise (C2BE)
Self-description: Arbor Assays offers robust assay and enzyme activity kits with the highest quality detection and immunoassay products.
4. Berrett-Koehler
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1992 · Trust formed: 2020
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Additional designations: ESOP; California Benefit Corporation
Location: Oakland, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Book publishing / 50 Communicaiton Services
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust; Stronghold Ownership (formerly Lumo Group)
Self-description: Berrett-Koehler Publishers creates books and training materials to bring people together around one central idea: change.
5. Bicycle Technologies International
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1993 · Trust formed: 2021
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Additional designations: Certified EO
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Santa Fe, NM, USA (NM)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Sports equipment - distribution / 20 Industrials
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: Bicycle Technologies International Ltd distributes over 23,000 unique components, accessories and clothing from over 350 premium brands. BTI supplies local bike shops in your community with high performance products from around the globe.
6. Biohabitats
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1982 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Additional designations: B Corp
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA (MD)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Consulting - environmental services / 20 Industrials
Self-description: We provide nature-based solutions that help create a resilient world of abundant biodiversity, clean water, and community wellbeing.
7. BioWorks
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1993 · Trust formed: 2020
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Rochester, NY, USA (NY)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Food and agriculture / 15 Materials
Advisors & service providers: Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Self-description: BioWorks provides integrated plant health management products and programs to growers in the horticulture and specialty agriculture markets.
8. Breaking Ground
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2021 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Responsible Technology
Location: DE, USA (DE)
Employees: B: 2-10 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Aerospace / 20 Industrials
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust
Self-description: We are prototyping policies for managing lunar resources in a way that is sustainable, lawful, and multilateral.
9. Bridgeway Capital Management
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1993 · Trust formed: 2021
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Location: Houston, TX, USA (TX)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Financial Services / 40 Financials
Self-description: We practice relational investing, an approach that unites investment results and returns for humanity by taking an innovative approach to asset management.
10. Caboose
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1938 · Trust formed: 2020
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Lakewood, CO, USA (CO)
Employees: — · Going concern: No - 2021
Industry / Sector: Toys and hobbies - retail / 25 Consumer Discretionary
11. California Harvesters
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2018 · Trust formed: 2018
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Bakersfield, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: F: 501-1000 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Food and agriculture - farm labor / 30 Consumer Staples
Advisors & service providers: Tuttle Law Group; EOT Advisors
Self-description: California Harvesters, Inc. (CHI) is an employee benefit company supplying agricultural labor to growers in California’s Central Valley. This first-of-its-kind farm labor contracting company is designed to create high-quality farm labor jobs connected to an ecosystem of support.
12. Cambrian Granite & Stone
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1997 · Trust formed: 2024
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Cedar Falls, IA, USA (IA)
Employees: — · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Home furnishings - countertops / 25 Consumer Discretionary / 252010 Household Durables
Advisors & service providers: Ownershift; Generational Group
Self-description: At Cambrian Granite and Stone, we take pride in being the premier supplier of high-quality countertops, offering expert installation and fabrication services throughout Central and Northeast Iowa, Southwest Wisconsin, and Northern Illinois.
13. Career Pro Occupational Express
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: — · Trust formed: 2024
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Memphis, TN, USA (TN)
Employees: — · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Occupational health / 35 Health Care / 351020 Health Care Providers & Services
Advisors & service providers: Ownershift
Self-description: CareerPro Occupational Express
is a locally owned and operated business that concentrates its efforts around the field of occupational health services such as; drug and alcohol testing, physicals, vaccinations and background checks; just to name a [LOCKED_ICON] are the premier administrator of substance abuse testing.
14. Central Fresno Neighborhood Trust (CFNT)
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2022 · Trust formed: 2022
Trust form: Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Housing
Location: Fresno, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: A: 0-1 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Real estate / 60 Real Estate
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust; Trust Neighborhoods
Self-description: Preserving affordable rental housing in Central Fresno while preventing displacement and improving living standards.
Self-description: Premier auto repair in Utah County.
16. CMG Landscape Architecture
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2000 · Trust formed: 2026
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: San Francisco, CA (CA)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Architecture - Landscape / 20 Industrials / 202020 Professional Services
Self-description: CMG is a mission-oriented studio working to increase social and ecological wellbeing through artful design.
17. CodeWeavers
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1996 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: St. Paul, MN, USA (MN)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Software development / 45 Information Technology / 451030 Software
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust; Project Equity
Self-description: We're rebels. We're misfits. But mostly, we're software liberators. And we're very, very good at what we do. We have to be. Lots of developers work with open source, but only a tiny fraction of those are good enough to get software that was designed for one platform to work on another one.
18. Concept2
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1976 · Trust formed: 2025
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Local Community
Suppliers
Self-description: Concept2 is the leading manufacturer of sport-based ergometers, including the RowErg, SkiErg, BikeErg and StrengthErg.
19. Consumer Direct Holdings, Inc.
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1990 · Trust formed: 2025
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Additional designations: Certified EO
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Missoula, MT, USA (MT)
Employees: I: 10001-50000 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Home Health Care Services / 35 Health Care / 351020 Health Care Providers & Services
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust; Holland & Hart LLP
Self-description: Consumer Direct Care Network (CDCN) assists people who self-direct their in-home personal care. Self-direction empowers people to manage their own services and supports, so they have more choice and control over how their care is delivered.
20. Craftsman Technology Group
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2015 · Trust formed: 2022
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Additional designations: B Corp
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Boston, MA, USA (MA)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Technology consulting / 45 Information Technology / 451020 IT Services
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: We specialize in thoughtful systems design and implementation, data analysis and business intelligence, and Salesforce administration for nonprofits.
Self-description: Professional seafood aquarium company specializing in commercial lobster tank service, parts & supplies.
22. Cypress Valley Meat Company
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2010 · Trust formed: 2025
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Pottsville, AR, USA (AR)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Food and agriculture / 30 Consumer Staples / 302020 Food Products
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust
Self-description: Cypress Valley Meat Company is Arkansas’ most trusted slaughterhouse solution for independent meat producers.
23. Dependable Machine
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2010 · Trust formed: —
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Hayden, ID, USA (ID)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: —
Industry / Sector: Manufacturing equipment / 20 Industrials
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: DMI-CNC offers sales of advanced manufacturing solutions, dedicated servicing, preventative maintenance, 24/7 emergency support, and low-cost financing.
24. Design Build Associates
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: — · Trust formed: 2025
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Westlake Village, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: — · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Consulting - construction project management / 20 Industrials / 202020 Professional Services
Advisors & service providers: Ownershift
Self-description: Design Build Associates is a full-service Construction Management Consulting company
25. Drew Collaborative Works
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2014 · Trust formed: 2025
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Seattle, WA, USA (WA)
Employees: B: 2-10 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Consulting - construction project management / 20 Industrials / 202020 Professional Services
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: Supporting innovative design teams and project owners with smart management strategies, design-based cost consulting and project management.
26. Earth Regeneration Alliance
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2015 · Trust formed: 2025
Trust form: Purpose Trust
Legal form: Nevada Dynasty Trust
Additional designations: Non-profit
Primary stakeholder(s): Planet / Environment
Location: — (NV)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Self-description: The purpose of the ERA Purpose Trust is to realign humanity with all Life on Earth. It exists to protect the mission, steward assets, and ensure that yields flow to regeneration across generations of Life.
27. East Boston Neighborhood Trust (EBNT)
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2022 · Trust formed: 2022
Trust form: Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Housing
Location: Boston, MA, USA (MA)
Employees: A: 0-1 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Real estate / 60 Real Estate
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust; Trust Neighborhoods
Self-description: The East Boston Neighborhood Trust (EBNT) was formed in order to reclaim local control of more real estate in East Boston, where we are seeing unprecedented displacement of our low and moderate income, immigrant community. The Trust oversees all aspects of the portfolio, from its capital needs to its leasing and operations.
28. East Colfax Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust (ECMINT)
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2024 · Trust formed: 2024
Trust form: Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Housing
Location: Denver, CO, USA (CO)
Employees: B: 2-10 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Real estate / 60 Real Estate
Advisors & service providers: Trust Neighborhoods
Self-description: Through the Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust (MINT) Project, we acquire and preserve rental housing in the East Colfax Corridor.
Industry / Sector: Healthcare / 35 Health Care / 351030 Health Care Technology
Self-description: Founded in a basement in 1979 with three half-time employees, Epic develops software to help people get well, help people stay well, and help future generations be healthier.
30. Equity Atlas
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2016 · Trust formed: 2016
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Beaverton, OR, USA (OR)
Employees: B: 2-10 · Going concern: —
Industry / Sector: Mortgage and financial services / 40 Financials
31. Euro Line Designe
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: — · Trust formed: 2024
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Somers Point, NJ, USA (NJ)
Employees: — · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Home furnishings - cabinetry / 25 Consumer Discretionary / 252010 Household Durables
Advisors & service providers: Ownershift
Self-description: Fine custom cabinetry
32. Falcon Ambulance
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1998 · Trust formed: 2025
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Concord, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: E: 201-500 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Healthcare / 35 Health Care / 351020 Health Care Providers & Services
Advisors & service providers: Torana Group - Essential Owners Fund
Self-description: Falcon Ambulance is your partner for non-emergency ambulance transport. With stations throughout Northern California, Falcon has provided 24/7 medical transportation services for over 20 years.
33. Firebrand Artisan Breads
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2008 · Trust formed: 2020
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Oakland, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Food and agriculture - restaurant/retail / 25 Consumer Discretionary / 253010 Hotels Restaurants & Leisure
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust
Self-description: Firebrand is a mission-driven bakery creating quality jobs through the craft of artisan baking.
34. Forestry Suppliers, Inc.
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1949 · Trust formed: —
Location: Jackson, MS, USA (MS)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Retail
Self-description: Forestry Suppliers, Inc. is a direct-mail supplier for natural resource professionals worldwide.
35. Geoship
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2017 · Trust formed: —
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Location: Nevada City, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Architecture and Planning
Self-description: Geoship designs and manufactures affordable, zero-carbon, climate-resilient homes and creates a platform for homebuyers to connect and collaborate in building regenerative communities.
36. Grand Central Bakery
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1989 · Trust formed: —
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Additional designations: B Corp
Location: Seattle, WA, USA (WA)
Employees: E: 201-500 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Food and agriculture - restaurant/retail / 25 Consumer Discretionary / 253010 Hotels Restaurants & Leisure
Advisors & service providers: Impact Exit Partners; Lynch Murphy McLane; Purpose Owned; White Summers; Stronghold Ownership (formerly Lumo Group)
Self-description: Welcome to Grand Central Bakery, where scratch bakers use locally sourced ingredients to create the perfect balance of flavor, texture, and beauty. The result is gorgeous artisan breads, irresistibly flaky pastries, and satisfying sandwiches served all day at our bakeries in Portland and Seattle.
37. Guidon
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2011 · Trust formed: 2025
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA (IN)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Commercial Architecture and Engineering / 20 Industrials / 202020 Professional Services
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust; EverBridge Law Group; Krieg DeVault
Self-description: Guidon is a dynamic and collaborative architecture, engineering, and design firm focused on providing high-quality design solutions to our clients with a focus on sustainability. Guidon is experienced in a wide variety of healthcare, life science, governmental, campus and community projects.
Self-description: At Heath Ceramics, we design, manufacture and sell dinnerware and architectural tile of good and enduring design. We believe in the benefits of local manufacturing and support a growing community of people committed to and inspired by the process of designing, making and sharing.
Self-description: Our expert team designs and builds systems that can operate in the most critical and severe environments for applications in industries such as oil and gas, power generation, wastewater management, chemical and petrochemical processing and others.
Self-description: HMS Motorsport is the leading motorsport safety supplier.
41. Hobby Lobby
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1972 · Trust formed: 2022
Trust form: Stewardship Trust
Location: Oklahoma City, OK, USA (OK)
Employees: I: 10001-50000 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Toys and hobbies - retail / 25 Consumer Discretionary
Self-description: Hobby Lobby is an industry leading retailer offering more than 70,000 arts, crafts, hobbies, home décor, Holiday, and seasonal products.
42. Home Again Wilmington
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: — · Trust formed: 2024
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Wilmington, NC, USA (NC)
Employees: — · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Home furnishings - retail & consignment
Advisors & service providers: Ownershift
Self-description: On-trend new & consigned home furnishings at great prices
43. Hummingbird Wholesale
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1973 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Eugene, OR, USA (OR)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Food and agriculture - wholesale / 30 Consumer Staples / 302020 Food Products
Self-description: Distributing the finest organic food, with integrity and purpose. 92% certified organic. 79% of US origin. 64% of Pacific Northwest origin.
44. Impact Conveners Trust
Founded: — · Trust formed: 2021
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Location: Santa Cruz, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: — · Going concern: Yes
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust
45. Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood Trust (KWNT)
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2021 · Trust formed: 2021
Trust form: Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Housing
Location: Tulsa, OK, USA (OK)
Employees: B: 2-10 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Real estate / 60 Real Estate
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust; Trust Neighborhoods
Self-description: Growing Together is a place-based community Nonprofit organization established in 2011 to bring organizations and residents together to improve their neighborhoods and schools. In Kendall-Whittier, Growing Together is dedicated to enhancing the community through the development of mixed-income housing that supports inclusive growth.
46. Kensington Corridor Trust (KCT)
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2019 · Trust formed: 2019
Trust form: Neighborhood Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Housing
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA (PA)
Employees: B: 2-10 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Real estate / 60 Real Estate
Self-description: We leverage a neighborhood trust model to maintain local control of property use and values in perpetuity while using profit to reinvest for the existing community.
47. LiveOak Living Community
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2002 · Trust formed: 2025
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Martindale, TX, USA (TX)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Residential care / 35 Health Care / 351020 Health Care Providers & Services
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: LiveOak is an intentional community that provides people with cognitive disabilities a caring and supportive community where they can grow and thrive throughout their lifetime. We are comprised of three different locations; LiveOak Ranch, LiveOak Apartments, and SmithHouse. Each location provides different supports and opportunities to meet the unique wants and needs for each individual.
48. Local Ocean Seafoods
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2002 · Trust formed: 2022
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Suppliers
Local Community
Location: Newport, OR, USA (OR)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Food and agriculture - restaurant/retail / 25 Consumer Discretionary / 253010 Hotels Restaurants & Leisure
Self-description: Mainscape, founded in 1980, has grown into one of the leading landscape management companies in America. For over 15 years Mainscape has consistently ranked in the Top 100 Companies by Lawn and Landscape. The company’s strengths and successes are centered on partnering with the customer to provide the highest standard of customer satisfaction.
50. Management Science Associates
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1963 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA (PA)
Employees: F: 501-1000 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: IT services / 45 Information Technology / 451020 IT Services
Self-description: Management Science Associates, Inc. is a diversified information management company that for over five decades has given market leaders the competitive edge in data management, advanced analytics and technology.
51. Metis Construction
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2009 · Trust formed: 2016
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Additional designations: Worker Cooperative
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Seattle, WA, USA (WA)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Architecture and Construction / 20 Industrials / 201030 Construction & Engineering
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: Worker-owned construction company committed to the cultivation of craft and a collaborative building process.
Industry / Sector: Entertainment / 50 Communicaiton Services / 502020 Entertainment
Advisors & service providers: Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC); Jason Wiener, p.c.; Porter Wright
Self-description: A unique, two-story concert & event venue on the Cuyahoga River.
54. Natural Investments
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1985 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Additional designations: B Corp
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Finance / 40 Financials
Advisors & service providers: Impact Exit Partners; Kassan Group; Purpose Owned; RSF Social Finance; Stronghold Ownership (formerly Lumo Group)
Self-description: Natural Investments is a nationwide investment advisory firm specializing in Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) and Impact Investing since 1985.
55. Northeast Neighborhood Trust (NENT)
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2021 · Trust formed: 2021
Trust form: Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Housing
Location: Kansas City, MO, USA (MO)
Employees: A: 0-1 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Real estate / 60 Real Estate / 6010 Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Advisors & service providers: Trust Neighborhoods
56. NW Media Inc
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1985 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Location: Eugene, OR, USA (OR)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Producer of online media courses / 50 Communicaiton Services
Advisors & service providers: Lynch Murphy McLane
Self-description: NWM operates [LOCKED_ICON] and is dedicated to its mission to improve the lives of children and youth in care by providing research-based, online training to their caregivers and families.
57. Ocaquatics Swim School
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1994 · Trust formed: 2024
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Additional designations: B Corp; 1% for the Planet
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Miami, FL, USA (FL)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Athletic & fitness centers
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: Ocaquatics Swim School has been teaching families to love swimming and become safer, more comfortable and more responsible in, on, and around the water since 1994.
58. Optimax
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1991 · Trust formed: 2020
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Rochester, NY, USA (NY)
Employees: E: 201-500 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Scientific research / 20 Industrials
Self-description: America's largest optics manufacturer, Optimax is on the cutting edge of future applications in space, high-energy lasers, and semiconductor.
59. Organically Grown Company
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1978 · Trust formed: 2018
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Additional designations: Benefit Company
Primary stakeholder(s): Planet / Environment
Suppliers
Local Community
Employees
Location: Eugene, OR, USA (OR)
Employees: E: 201-500 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Food and agriculture - wholesale / 30 Consumer Staples
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust; First Republic Trust Company Oregon; Purpose Group; Purpose Owned; RSF Social Finance; Stoel Rives; EOT Advisors; Stronghold Ownership (formerly Lumo Group)
Self-description: We have been committed to providing our customers with fresh and flavorful organic produce since 1978. Our passion for organic produce has helped us become the largest wholesaler of organic fruits, vegetables and herbs in the Pacific Northwest.
60. Oversight Board
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2019 · Trust formed: 2019
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Legal form: Delaware Non-charitable Purpose Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Responsible Technology
Employees: — · Going concern: Yes
Self-description: The Oversight Board’s mission is to improve how Meta treats people and communities around the world. We apply Facebook, Instagram and Threads’ content standards in a way that protects freedom of expression and other global human rights standards. We do this by providing an independent check on Meta’s content moderation, making binding decisions on the most challenging content issues. We deliver policy recommendations that push Meta to improve its rules, act more transparently and treat all users fairly.
61. Paras and Associates
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2004 · Trust formed: 2019
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Berkeley, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: B: 2-10 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Software / 45 Information Technology
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: Paras and Associates is an employee owned company that provides interpreter systems that enable immediate access to language interpreting via video and telephone.
62. Patagonia
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1973 · Trust formed: 2022
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Additional designations: B Corp; 1% for the Planet
Primary stakeholder(s): Planet / Environment
Location: Ventura, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: G: 1001-5000 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Retail / 25 Consumer Discretionary
Advisors & service providers: Morrison Forester
Self-description: Patagonia is a designer of outdoor clothing and gear for the silent sports: climbing, surfing, skiing and snowboarding, fly fishing, and trail running.
63. RainTech
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2001 · Trust formed: 2026
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Colorado Springs, CO, USA (CO)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: IT services / 45 Information Technology / 451020 IT Services
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust
Self-description: RainTech has been providing innovative, cost-effective IT solutions to businesses since 2001. We strongly believe in the value of outstanding service, and have designed our solutions to reflect the needs of companies that require smooth and secure operations of their IT environments.
64. Resource Development Associates
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1984 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Oakland, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Consulting / 20 Industrials / 202020 Professional Services
Advisors & service providers: Community Vision; Impact Matters Law LLP (formerly Gundzik, Gundzik, Heeger); Kilberg Law; Mission Driven Finance; Project Equity
Self-description: Founded in 1984 as a grant writing firm, RDA Consulting has evolved into a full-service consultancy providing an integrated approach to organizational development, facilitation and training, assessment and planning, research and evaluation, resource development, and data system development.
65. Samamkaya Back Care & Scoliosis Yoga
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2015 · Trust formed: 2015
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Additional designations: Worker Cooperative
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: New York, NY, USA (NY)
Employees: B: 2-10 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Athletic & fitness centers
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: Samamkaya is a democratically run workers cooperative and is devoted exclusively to scoliosis, back care, teacher education in therapeutics, and adaptive yoga
66. Sandias Executive Search
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1998 · Trust formed: 2021
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA (NM)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Consulting / 20 Industrials / 202020 Professional Services
Advisors & service providers: EOT Advisors
Self-description: Sandias Executive Search (SES) is an Employee Owned Executive Search firm that has been operating in the same location in Albuquerque, NM under the same leadership, for 25 years. Our industry specialties are Commercial Construction, Banking and Finance and Mortgage banking.
67. Schoenstein & Co.
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1877 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Benicia, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Music
Self-description: Schoenstein & Co. is the oldest and largest organ factory in the Western United States.
68. ShopBot Tools
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1996 · Trust formed: 2021
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Durham, NC, USA (NC)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Manufacturing / 20 Industrials
Advisors & service providers: Broughton Consulting; PathLight Law (formerly Cutting Edge Counsel); EOT Advisors
Self-description: Founded in 1996 in Durham, North Carolina, ShopBot Tools, Inc., designs, manufactures and distributes CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) routers for milling, drilling, and cutting of wood, plastic, metals and other materials — powerfully, precisely, and affordably.
Advisors & service providers: Project Equity; Impact Matters Law LLP (formerly Gundzik, Gundzik, Heeger)
Self-description: Softstar Shoes has been designing and handcrafting minimal footwear since 1985. Proudly made in the USA. We offer adult, youth and children’s shoes, placing an emphasis on extraordinary comfort and top-notch customer service.
70. Sundance Natural Foods
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1971 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Location: Eugene, OR, USA (OR)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Food and agricutlure - retail / 30 Consumer Staples / 302020 Food Products
Advisors & service providers: Kilberg Law; Purpose Owned
Self-description: We focus on providing food that is organically grown, minimally processed, equitably and sustainably produced, cruelty-free, and locally sourced.
71. Text-Em-All
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2005 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Location: Frisco, TX, USA (TX)
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Software - cloud communications / 45 Information Technology / 451030 Software
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust
Self-description: Text-Em-All is an SMS marketing platform that helps organizations connect with their audiences through clear, personal, and responsible messaging.
72. The Illuminator Art Collective
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2012 · Trust formed: —
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA (NY)
Employees: A: 0-1 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Arts & entertainment / 50 Communicaiton Services
Self-description: The Illuminator is an art-activist collective comprised of visual artists, educators, filmmakers, and technologists living and working in New York City.
73. The Ready
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2015 · Trust formed: 2025
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Additional designations: Public Benefit Corporation
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: USA
Employees: C: 11-50 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Business Consulting and Services / 20 Industrials / 202020 Professional Services
Advisors & service providers: Common Trust
Self-description: The Ready is a future-of-work consultancy. We help organizations—100-year-old companies, start-ups, and everything in between—stay ahead of the curve as the future of work meets the present moment.
74. The Walker Group
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1986 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Additional designations: B Corp
Location: Farmington, CT, USA (CT)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: IT services / 45 Information Technology / 451020 IT Services
Advisors & service providers: Kassan Group
Self-description: The Walker Group delivers premier technology solutions, digital marketing services, and support for organizations aiming to maximize their technology investments.
75. Trimtab Impact
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 2022 · Trust formed: 2022
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Additional designations: Public Benefit Corporation
Employees: B: 2-10 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Financial services / 40 Financials
Self-description: Trimtab is an unapologetically impact-first financial institution — a living experiment in financial systems change.
Grounded in the belief that capital should create, not just extract, our innovative investment models are designed not only to question the investment system as it is, but to build beyond it.
We free our community of investors, partners, and practitioners to explore a different possibility for the role of money in the world, unlocking something more rooted, replicable, and yes — radical.
76. Vernier Science Education
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1981 · Trust formed: 2023
Trust form: Perpetual Purpose Trust
Location: Beaverton, OR, USA (OR)
Employees: D: 51-200 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Science Education & Software Development / 45 Information Technology / 451030 Software
Self-description: Vernier Science Education is committed to using our experience, knowledge, and passion to create the best and most reliable solutions for STEM education. Our comprehensive solutions include hardware, software, content, assessment, professional development, and technical support.
77. WATG
Website: [LOCKED_ICON]
LinkedIn: [LOCKED_ICON]
Founded: 1945 · Trust formed: 2014
Trust form: Employee Ownership Trust
Primary stakeholder(s): Employees
Location: Irvine, CA, USA (CA)
Employees: E: 201-500 · Going concern: Yes
Industry / Sector: Architecture and Construction / 25 Consumer Discretionary / 252010 Household Durables