Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC
THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $417,650 to it, the largest being ROBERT E AND PATRICIA SCHMIDT FOUNDATION ($140,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $418k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What The Employee Ownership Foundation Inc does
Mission
The employee ownership foundation's primary purpose is to support programs that will increase the level of awareness and appreciation of the benefits of employee ownership and increase the number of employees who have access to this benefit.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation was the lead sponsor of the 9th annual oxford symposium on employee ownership. The symposium is an annual gathering of top leaders, stakeholders, and government officials in the international employee ownership movement from more than 20 countries. The 2 day program was held at oxford university, the over 80 attendees included government officials, practioners, and employee owners.
$325,071 spentof which $13,132 as grants$48,525 earned by the program27% of program spendingThe foundation sponsors a certificate program, that is co-sponsored with the university of pennsylvania's school of social policy and practice, for ceo's and ceo designees of employee owned companies. The program invoices 9 days over two weeks of classroom work led by faculty of the university of pennsylvania, and with sessions led by prominent faculty members of other major academic universities located in the eastern part of the us.
$152,392 spent$315,000 earned by the program12% of program spendingThe foundation sponsors the esop employee accelerator program to develop culture of ownership among employees. This one-day program teaches lifelong business and esop knowledge and helps employees think and act like the owners.
$33,029 spent$50,400 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe foundation sponsors various events and scholarships.
$712,912 spentof which $66,551 as grants$29,700 earned by the program58% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,223,404.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.1M to $2.6M (+23%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
James Bonham
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $13k → $83k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $248k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Esop Association). These are real filings, and they are not money THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 100% · 2019 57% · 2020 39% · 2021 43% · 2022 41% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
43% of THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $73k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- The Esop Association · exempt
- Esop PAC · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC?
- THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $417,650 to it, the largest being ROBERT E AND PATRICIA SCHMIDT FOUNDATION ($140,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $417,650 in grants to THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC?
- ROBERT E AND PATRICIA SCHMIDT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing