Resources

Business Model Considerations: The Government-Contracted Nonprofit

Government funding can offer nonprofits reliable, long-term, multi-year funding, but it often creates chronic needs and risks.

Government-Funded Nonprofits – Resources List

Here, we talk at a granular level about the logistical, infrastructure and staffing needs of government-funded nonprofits.

Revenue Recognition – Resources List

Each type of nonprofit revenue must be recorded. However, the rules and timing can be complicated. Here are some of the implications.

Nonprofit Earned Income:
 Critical Business Model Considerations for Nonprofits

Ask yourself: Is there an earned income-producing activity that’s a good and natural fit for your nonprofit’s mission? This appears to be a core driver to success or failure in earned income projects, so it’s a good place to start. There are at least two major factors: how core the activity you are considering is to mission achievement, and the overlap in what some refer to as “organizational technology” but we will call organizational infrastructure.

Nonprofits and Debt Capital: Embrace the Strategic Use of Borrowing

An online romp through the nonprofit lending landscape, including lines of credit, facilities loans, capacity-building loans, and more, along with the types of lenders and loan terms you may encounter for each category.

Kate Barr, of Propel Nonprofits and Dana Liberman of IFF are the hosts of this session, with decades of nonprofit lending between them.

The 5 Nonprofit Business Models Revealed

A set of nine seminars based on grounded research (or on-the-ground study over time) of the diverse and distinctive financial dynamics of different types of nonprofits.