revenue diversification Archives - Nonprofit Financial Commons

Creating Your Nonprofit’s Right Revenue Mix: The First Cut — Resource List Part 1

A collection of research on adding revenue streams to — or subtracting them from — your organization. Tune in for tools in Part 2.

There’s no substitute for understanding the ins and outs of an issue and then smartly applying them to your own situation.

Peter Frumkin and Elizabeth Keating take another look at the wisdom of diversifying one’s revenue mix.

This pair of articles make the argument that if you are after sheer size, revenue concentration may be the way to go.

Fascinating work on “field isomorphism,” or why fields tend to use the funding streams their peers use as central sources.

Many nonprofits seek secondary sources to add to unrestricted net assets and reserves even when the dollars don’t justify the effort.

It is best to incorporate portfolio diversification that seeks a negative correlation between sources to avoid simultaneous losses.