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October 18, 2013

How non-profits can stay relevant

Strategies for a changing ecosystem

The meaning of “non-profit”

Through 2000 2000-2010 The future Non-profit = (necessarily) social good Non-profit: is it the

• nly way?

Non-profit =

• nly a tax

status

The “social change” business has changed

“Impact” “Innovation” “Entrepreneurship” “Mission investing”

Why is the change happening?

More donors More funding vehicles More fund- raising vehicles More competition for dollars Increasing demand for verifiable results Greater involvement from donors More transparency More chatter

How results used to be measured

Impact Outcomes Outputs Activities Overhead

How results will (should?) be measured

Reach Lift Efficiency Sustainability Scalability Replicability Probability of success Catalytic effect Unintended consequences

New economic models in the social sector

Non-profit, No ops revenue Non-profit, revenue-making Profit-neutral Profit-making, below market Profit- maximizing

New economic models in the social sector

Non-profit, No ops revenue Non-profit, revenue-making Profit-neutral Profit-making, below market Profit- maximizing

When is a “non-non-profit” model right for me?

Will it advance our mission?

• 1. Is there a market?
• 2. Will it give us better feedback, and make us more

accountable to results?

• 3. Will it help our outcomes be more sustainable?
• 4. Will it increase resources available to solve the problem?

Different models applicable to different issues

Profit-maximizing Profit-making, below market Profit-neutral Non-profit, revenue-making Non-profit, No ops revenue

Homeless shelter Human rights advocacy Healthcare for the poor Technology for global poverty Membership

• rganization

Refugee humanitarian aid

How can non-profits succeed in the new world?

• 1. Honest self-assessment
• 4. Embrace the findings
• 2. Assess constituents
• 3. Experiment