If you expect that there will be a broad range of profit - making activities to generate levels of profit that are similar to traditional businesses or slightly less (due to your social or environmental commitments), then you will likely choose a for -
profit organization structure and become a social - purpose business.
Not exact matches
But they have a different name because the ownership
structure is different: they are not - for -
profit organizations that are owned by the customers (as opposed to investor - owned banks).
More problematically for those who work for these
organizations, the companies tend to be
structured such that the vast amount of
profits go to the companies, making many of those who work this way very much what I would call «involuntary Gig Workers», workers who would rather have «real» jobs.
Globally, an increasing number of jurisdictions are recognizing hybrid corporations as distinct legal
structures — such corporations combine some benefits of both for -
profit and non-
profit organizations.
If your
organization is an innovative social enterprise that wants to scale beyond the limits set by «related business,» grants and donations, you will likely rule out a registered charity
structure and consider the not - for -
profit organizational
structure («NFP»).
So I am finding situations in my district where not - for -
profit organizations and their landlords, the way they
structured their leases was that the landlords would pass off the property taxes to the not - for -
profit organizations, and as taxes are going up... many of these not - for -
profit organizations are finding that they can't keep pace, and some are seeing increases of ten, fifteen, twenty thousand dollars a year.
Opponents argue that the for -
profit structure diverts public resources to private businesses and that the
profit - seeking nature of these
organizations creates incentives that jeopardizes the education they provide to children.67 On the other hand, supporters argue that the desire for
profits incentivizes EMO staff members to attract and retain «customers» by providing high - quality services.
This week Kimberly speaks with David Gersten and Troels Steenholdt Heiredal about Arts Letters and Numbers, a non
profit arts and education
organization dedicated to creating new
structures and spaces.
Mark Themann (Germany / Australia) Go Into This Space presents an evocative single screen DVD work, a silent film that consists of phasing texts, interrupted by flashing color fields, and utilizing
structures of invocation and evocation.Location One is a not - for -
profit organization devoted to the convergence between visual, performing and digital arts in a time of rapidly changing technology.
This week Kimberly speaks with David Gersten and Troels Steenholdt Heiredal about Arts Letters and Numbers, a non
profit arts and education
organization dedicated to creating new
structures and spaces for creative exchange across a wide range of disciplines including: Architecture, Visual Arts, Theater Arts, Film, Music, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences.
OASIS «(Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards) is a not - for -
profit, international onsortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards... Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 5,000 participants representing over 600
organizations and individual members in 100 countries.