Non Profit Questions

We're planning to launch our app and want to give it away for free to non-profits so that: We're giving something back to the world. We could potentially get paid clients through them via word of...

Customers Non Profit Saas Clients

asked Mar 14 '14 at 11:21

Claire Riggio
40 points

What are some projects you started without the intention of every making any money from them, only to end up generating decent revenue from it?Any examples from your personal experience or other...

Success Non Profit Project Profitability

asked Mar 11 '14 at 12:24

Lawrence Hintz
35 points

Investors invest for one thing and one thing only, return on their investment. How can a nonprofit startup that is trying to give back to the community raise any funds? All existing funding...

Funding Non Profit Fundraising

asked Feb 6 '14 at 20:19

Sondra
11 points

I have a nonprofit organization (NPO) that serves children and was founded in 1992. I have a second location now and want to build a new arm to the program. Can I get startup funds to extend my NPO...

Equity Non Profit

asked Aug 22 '13 at 01:54

Jackie
4 points

In order to float this particular startup, I need a prize mechanism that can: 1) take money from a crowdfunder like Kickstarter; 2) select a winning volunteer based on the funders' votes; and 3)...

Non Profit Crowdfunding

asked Aug 11 '13 at 15:08

Michael Allan
1 point

I'm organizing a hackathon this summer and my team and I have had a lot of fun bootstrapping the whole process. In fact, we enjoyed it so much that we tossed around the idea of making the...

Non Profit Canada Organization Registration

asked Jul 19 '13 at 08:01

Max Mackie
166 points

I am starting a nonprofit (military family readiness group) that will have completely new board members every 2 years, if not sooner. In other words, I will have nothing to do with this...

Non Profit EIN

asked May 30 '13 at 16:43

Jessica
1 point

I plan to start nonprofit 501c3 that will help other nonprofits with their social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.) Right now I'm employed by company in similar field. There is no...

Non Profit

asked Mar 16 '13 at 14:52

User25499
11 points

I'm going to be vague and have used a new anonymous account to hide my identity because I don't want the other parties involved to know about my question. I'm a developer who has been working on...

Funding Software Non Profit

asked Oct 23 '12 at 05:23

Justgottaknow
9 points

I have recently been working on a site which showcases open source projects. My partner and I have discussed business plans (with premium services and whatnot), but finally decided to keep the...

Decision Non Profit Content

asked May 1 '12 at 06:11

Lance Lafontaine
190 points

I have seen some entrepreneurs use the term non-profit startup. What exactly is a non-profit startup?

Definitions Non Profit

asked Feb 15 '12 at 04:57

Tehnyit
144 points

I am facing a dilemma: Currently my mobile/web development start-up company is working on two non-profit projects, that may find an audience and therefore promote the company's name among mobile...

Software Outsourcing Non Profit Website

asked Jan 22 '12 at 05:04

Maxim V. Pavlov
217 points

I want to register as a non-profit org., but I'm not sure how it'd work because I'm leaving in a couple months to work in Asia for a year or more. My website is for international photography if...

Foreign Non Profit Website Donations Register

asked Dec 21 '11 at 17:25

Jacob
1 point

I am currently on H1B visa, I want to do some volunteer work for a non profit organization on my free time and weekends, helping with some web development. I will not get any monetary benefits from...

Non Profit USA Startupvisa

asked Dec 26 '11 at 04:45

User995487
28 points

Similar questions have been asked, but I'm still not completely understanding. I have an LLC that sells apparel, and people have offered to give us donations because the idea of our company is to...

LLC Legal Non Profit Tax Donations

asked Nov 30 '11 at 01:00

Brandersnatcher
8 points

I'm thinking of starting a non-profit organization, but I don't know much about non-profit vs. for-profit and whether it makes sense for me to go after a for-profit company. My sole purpose is not...

Non Profit

asked Nov 15 '11 at 08:11

Mark13426
131 points

This is sort of a follow up to a post a few months back. I recently converted a solo software project into a "business" (in quotes because it has a non-profit motivation and I make very little at...

Sales Non Profit

asked Nov 10 '11 at 12:51

Kekito
1,936 points

I have worked for a small 25 employee non-profit in the US for the past 4 years. About 9 months ago, I identified some deficiencies within the company in the areas of data management and...

Legal Termination Non Profit Intellectual Property

asked Sep 30 '11 at 11:43

Jak
8 points

This past March I co-founded a (for-profit) NV corporation, which created a Facebook App in the C2C social gifting space. This software, however, can be used in multiple industries, and I wanted to...

Funding Non Profit Facebook Apps Micro Startup

asked Oct 5 '11 at 07:21

Robert J Valli
6 points

I am owner of a small start up web+mobile development company. We are 2 full time programmers (including myself) and 4 part time programmers. I asked my team a question: Do you think it's important...

Culture Non Profit Employees Relationships

asked Sep 4 '11 at 14:07

John
170 points