The Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center (RMEOC) works to create a more just, inclusive, and sustainable economy throughout Colorado by expanding employee ownership and cooperative business models.
Through cooperative business conversions, cooperative incubation, education, and technical assistance, we help businesses transition to employee ownership and support workers in building and sustaining businesses they can collectively own.
We believe that the people who build successful businesses should have the opportunity to share in their success. Employee ownership can strengthen business resilience and profitability while creating pathways for workers to build wealth, participate in decision-making, and have a greater stake in their economic future.
By keeping businesses locally rooted and wealth within communities, employee ownership helps create stronger workers, stronger businesses, and more prosperous communities across Colorado.
Mission
Working alongside employees and business owners to build a more just and sustainable economy through employee ownership. We are committed to:
"RMEOC's strategy session was more than a training to our team members and company. We have already started seeing the positive outcomes of considering/becoming an employee-owned company. We appreciate your hard work."
-Umit Kaya, small business owner
"Every business should attend RMEOC's events whether or not they are thinking of selling or transitioning. So many businesses close their doors rather than looking at creative ways to transfer ownership to their key staff. This was very informative. So glad I attended." -Small business owner
"RMEOC is the crucible of resources and support for employee ownership and alternative financing models in the state of Colorado." -Amy Herman, small business owner
Working alongside employees and business owners to build a more just and sustainable economy through employee ownership
We are committed to:
-Empowering marginalized communities to build collective economic power
-Supporting the transition of ownership, wealth, and legacy from owners to employees
-Leading policy reform to shape a stronger EO ecosystem
Founded as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in 2012, RMEOC works across the state of Colorado to promote and advocate for employee ownership, provide education on employee-owned business models, and work one-on-one with businesses to help them become employee-owned. We have diverse programs: employee ownership conversion, cooperative incubation, employee ownership education, employee ownership research, and policy.
Colorado is facing a business succession crisis, as baby boomer business owners get ready to retire and seek buyers for their businesses. For many companies, finding a buyer will be difficult and businesses will close, negatively impacting local communities. Employee ownership provides business owners with a viable way to grow their businesses and/or create succession plans, continue their legacies, and save jobs. Employee ownership reduces wealth inequality by creating companies where employees become owners, sharing in profits and having a voice in their workplace.
Organization name
Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center
other names
RMEOC
2012
Tax id (EIN)
45-2465671
Category
Employment, Public & Societal Benefit, Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Social Science
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
3000 Lawrence St #120Mailing
3000 Lawrence St. #120Denver County, CO, US