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Field Builders for Steward Ownership
Meet the field builders from around the world: nonprofits and innovators developing new ideas and solutions around steward ownership in different countries. We connect with them and help to open up their knowledge to everyone.
The broader steward ownership ecosystem is shaped by a wide range of actors – from entrepreneurs and investors to researchers, policymakers and innovators – all contributing in different ways. Within this ecosystem, certain innovators build and nurture the field in specific regions by researching and providing free knowledge about steward ownership in their region. The map shows the location of each innovator (pin) as well as the area of activity (shown in brackets).
Building a connected global field for steward ownership
Steward ownership is a deeply human idea that transcends cultures, regions, sectors, and jurisdictions. However, its adoption depends on local translation into narratives, legal structures, and financial ecosystems.
Today, key structural challenges remain around awareness and understanding of steward ownership, viable legal frameworks, and access to aligned capital – challenges that cannot be addressed at a global level alone.
Enter: The global field building champions.
While we, the Purpose Foundation, took over the role to "steward" the global movement of steward ownership, one key pillar of our work is to nurture a network of independent field builders who anchor and develop steward ownership in their countries and local contexts.
Together, we form a highly aligned, loosely structured network built on shared principles and continuous exchange.
We believe this network is essential to grow knowledge around steward ownership in healthy, diverse, and context-sensitive ways, not driven by one central actor, but shaped by strong local initiatives connected through trust and learning.
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People you can learn from in your region
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Check below, if you want to research the idea in your region, help the knowledge around steward ownership grow and reach more people locally.
You want to bring steward ownership to life locally?
Joining the field builder network starts with an initial conversation with Annika from the Purpose Foundation, followed by a mutual learning phase. In this phase, you get access to core materials and are invited into a working project to research steward ownership opportunities and implementation pathways as a nonprofit in your country or region. You are also invited to join learning sessions with the other field builders to get a feel for the network. Throughout this process, we explore our alignment on values, understanding of steward ownership principles, organisational readiness, and relational fit with the wider network. If there is mutual interest to continue, the partnership is formalized through a joint agreement, followed by ongoing collaboration, annual reflections, and participation in the wider field builder network, including invitations to network exchanges and working groups.
As part of our international work, we aim to provide coherence, visibility, and orientation for steward ownership globally while working in close collaboration with regional field builders. You can expect us to steward the global narrative and core materials, showcase steward ownership actors across regions, and offer shared learnings. At the same time, we remain committed to a highly collaborative, non-central role – supporting your work locally, learning continuously with you, and strengthening the ecosystem through mutual exchange.