Three Introductory Resources on Perpetual Purpose Trusts

Perpetual purpose trusts, in plain(ish) English

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1. In a 2019 article for RSF Social Finance, Virginia Gewin asks Can Mission-Driven Food Companies Scale Up Without Selling Out?

2. Berrett-Koehler published their 2020 Series B fundraising pitch deck, which includes a two-page, investor-focused summary of their perpetual purpose trust ownership, which they describe as “multi-stakeholder steward ownership.”

3. In 2021 Christina Sjahli, a Toronto-based small business finance consultant, hosted Alternative Ownership Advisors’ Natalie Reitman-White on her 2021 podcast, which she also summarizes in Understanding the Perpetual Purpose Trust Model.