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Innovation Inspiration From Nonprofits
What can your business learn from the innovative ways nonprofits operate today? We've tapped the best ideas and business strategies from seven nonprofits.
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The Social Entrepreneurship Spectrum: Nonprofits
For these organizations, the mission matters more than the money.
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The Social Entrepreneurship Spectrum: Nonprofits With Earned Income
Who ever said that nonprofits can't have an income?
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The Social Entrepreneurship Spectrum: Hybrids
It's very complicated, but you can link together a nonprofit and a for-profit. Here's how.
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Using Charitable Donations to Motivate Employees
Taking on pro bono work can burnish your reputation, while keeping employees sharp and motivated between projects. And it just might lead to more paying customers.
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How a Business Can Change the World
A special report on the innovative business models social entrepreneurs are inventing Read more
Boston Approves Non-Profit Wireless Network
The city hopes its plan will open up opportunity for smaller tech firms, instead of telecom giants. Read more
Boston Approves Non-Profit Wireless Network
The city hopes its plan will open up opportunity for smaller tech firms, instead of telecom giants. Read more
How to Become a Benefit Corporation
Community-minded entrepreneurs can legally structure their businesses to provide a social benefit and to turn a profit. Read more
The Surprise Economy
The delicate art of selling to nonprofits. Read more
Valley Legend's Biggest Road Show Ever
Venture capital icon Gib Myers is rallying support for an audacious new project: getting start-ups to give time and equity to non-profits -- before those sta... Read more
Five Reasons to Incorporate Your Nonprofit Association
Americans are famous for volunteering for good causes and for banding together to get things done,whether the goal is wildlife rescue or low-income housin... Read more
Upstarts: Serving Nonprofits
It's a new age for philanthropy: people have more to give, so charities have more to do. A new group of start-ups is ready to help nonprofits become more pro... Read more
Nonprofit Corporations Can Do Good Works and Make Money, Too
Nonprofit corporations, by definition, exist not to make money but to fulfill one of the purposes recognized by federal law: charitable, educational, reli... Read more
The Nonprofit's Motive
A look at how Charles Lief, president of the nonprofit Greyston Foundation, is devising for-profit ventures to generate income, create jobs, and expand his o... Read more
How to Give Wisely
Inc.'s finance editor explodes some of the myths about small-business philanthropy. Read more
Volunteering: The New Employee Perk
A look at some companies that are using volunteer-work programs to strengthen their corporate culture. Read more
The New Dog-Eat-Dog Nonprofit
The profile of a non-profit educational camp for at-risk kids and how it learned to compete for corporate funding. Read more
Bored With the Board
Reader-to-reader advice. Read more
Probing a Charity's Financials
Discerning the financial viability of different nonprofits before making charitable donations. Read more
Smart Gifts
How to set up a charitable-giving program and take advantage of IRS incentives. Read more
Structuring Pro Bono Work
How to get your company connected with a nonprofit Read more
New Proflts For Nonprofits
Pinched by cutbacks in government funding, nonprofit organizations are entering the marketplace in more and more aggressive ways. That has prompted compla... Read more
A Day Care Start-up
To clarify the start-up history of Children's Village, described in "The Bottom Line on Day Care" (May): It was conceived by me, while I was employed by A... Read more
Mission and Money: A Dangerous Mix
Are so-called hybrid organizations such as B Corporations and Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies (or L3Cs) good models for social entrepreneurs? Read more
No More Mr. Nice Guy
A CEO who set up a foundation to support nonprofits demands proof that nonprofits are having an impact. Read more
Charitable Giving
Many small business owners engage in charitable giving, either as private individuals or in their corporate capacity. This charitable giving can take many... Read more
Nonprofit Organizations, and Human Resources Management
Staffing decisions are among the most important decisions that nonprofit organizations make. Just as businesses and organizations of all sizes and areas o... Read more
Nonprofit Organizations, and Taxes
In recognition of the "public good"-oriented goals and objectives of nonprofit organizations, U.S. law grants these groups a number of special privileges.... Read more
Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit organizations are institutions that conduct their affairs for the purpose of assisting other individuals, groups, or causes rather than garnerin... Read more
How to Start a Volunteer Program
Encouraging your company employees to volunteer in their community can improve morale and attract new business. Read more
Shark Bytes
Internet vendor Rudy Socha is a flouter of norms. He doesn't promote his Web site. He discards customer data. And he gives away money. Lots of money. Yet ... Read more
Giving Back as a Company
At Torch Technologies, employees run and fund a nonprofit that gives charity donations. Read more
BoA Boosts Rural Small Business Loans
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has made a $5 million investment to provide financing to small businesses in rural areas across New York state. The invest... Read more
Shaking the Foundations
For years philanthropy has been the preserve of the super-rich. Now entrepreneurs are bringing it to the mass market. Read more
Untaxed Competitors
Voters have brought unfair competition on themselves with their desire to cut fat from national, state, and local spending. For years, nonprofit agencies... Read more
Exit Strategies for Social Entrepreneurs
When your business has a heartfelt social mission, the concept of "selling out" takes on a whole different meaning. Read more
Where To Find More Information
The Special Committee for Workplace Product Liability Reform, Suite 708, 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 223-6851. A nonprofit co... Read more
Untaxed Competitors
I agree that it is unfair for nonprofit corporations to run unrelated businesses and then avoid taxation ("Tax Advantaged," Washington, August). However, ... Read more
Hot Tip: Community Involvement
Looking for a high-impact alternative to plain old charitable donations? At Bagel Works Inc., a $4-million retail bagel chain based in Keene, N.H., each o... Read more
Cause-Related Marketing: An Eye for Free Publicity
A quick look at the benefits of one company's involvement with a community-outreach program. Read more
Rachel Chong, CEO of Catchafire
She is founder and CEO of Catchafire, a website that acts as a matching service for skilled professionals and nonprofits looking for volunteers. Watch video
The Future of Venture for America
They're wide-eyed students interested in entrepreneurship, but they're eschewing incubators and sidestepping venture funding. What gives? Read more
Another Look at Healthcare Marketing
Not long ago, I did a Public Radio commentary that predicted a new era o... Read more
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