EOX Storytelling Grants
Funding Amount
$49,500 total awarded
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Virginia-based funder; supports story collection and amplification across the EOX State Center Network
Focus Areas:
- Amplifying transformative work happening across the State Center Network
- Capturing stories of business owners and employee-owners
- Creating awareness about impact of employee ownership
- Documenting real-world EO experiences in communities
- Stories that inspire, clarify, connect, and compel
Funding Details:
- $49,500 total awarded (as of 2026)
- Central to EOX's mission
- Stories used to demonstrate impact of employee ownership
- Shared across State Center Network
Featured Stories Include:
- Missouri: CK Supply — owner honoring employees who built the business
- Michigan: Mackinac Environmental — protecting environment and professional legacy via Worker Co-op
- Alabama: AlaTrade — largest 100% employee-owned company making impact for migrant workers
- Colorado: Empowered Energy Systems — "new energy" embracing new business model for resilience
- Ohio: CLAMPCO — efforts to keep legacy local
- Tennessee: Good Future — EO importance for workforce development
- Vermont: ESOP story (coming soon)
Storytelling Purpose:
- Surface moments that matter
- Capture real-world impact
- Turn impact into awareness
- Inspire broader EO movement
- Investment in movement growth beyond advocacy
Contact Information:
- Email: info@eoxnetwork.org
- Phone: (651) 319-1874
- Address: 1405 S Fern Street Box 534, Arlington, VA 22202
What Employee Ownership Expansion Network actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 16
- Total given
- $681K
- Median grant
- $37K
- Range
- $9,000–$137K
- By dollars: Michigan 20%, Virginia 10%, Illinois 9%. Top recipient cities: Arlington, VA; Mount Pleasant, MI; Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 31% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Michigan Center for Employee Ownership · Mount Pleasant, MI
Continuing support
$137K
Illinois Center for Employee Ownership · Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Continuing support
$61K
Tennessee Center for Employee Ownership · Nashville, TN
Continuing support
$59K
Texas Center for Employee Ownership · Houston, TX
Continuing support
$57K
North Carolina Center for Employee Ownership · Durham, NC
Continuing support
$45K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
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