"We need oxygen to breathe!" *
"We are managing a business utilizing all of our skills; profit or nonprofit is the same.
There is NO difference."
Unique for Nonprofit Corporations
"Establishing a 501(c)(3) is simply a tax election which allows for two important things:
ACCEPTANCE OF CHARITABLE DONATIONS
PAYMENT OF NO FEDERAL TAX ON MISSION RELATED INCOME"
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990 & 990T (defined) | Highlights by Guidestar
Unrelated Business Income (UBI)
Public Charity vs Private Foundation
Types of income:
Donations
Cash
Stock
In-kind
Grants
Government >>> Grant.gov or SBA
Nonprofit >>> GuideStar | BMGF Grants | 2022
Sales of Goods or Services
Primary or Tangential
Volunteers | Fundraising | Support Raising
Unique for Social Enterprises
Conscious Capitalism | Credo | Partners
Sales of Goods or Services
Primary or Tangential
Definition of Profit: a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something.
As Raj Sisodia and Whole Foods Market co-CEO John Mackey noted in their book, Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business: “A good business doesn’t need to do anything special to be socially responsible. When it creates value for its major stakeholders, it is acting in a socially responsible way.”
* the quote at the top of the page is from my friend Mr. Fuad Alfozan, Owner of the Gulf Group in Kuwait