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Earned Income for NonprofitsJune 2017
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What is it?Earned Income is a value-for-value exchange.
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“Earned income is revenue generated from the sale of
goods, services rendered, or work performed.”
(Grantspace)
Examples
• Fee for service
• Sliding scale pricing / cross subsidy
• Government contracts
• Merchandising
• Cause marketing
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Why Earned Income?
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- Unrestricted funding• Independent of donors’
preferences/requirements
• Autonomy in financial planning
• Diversified “funding portfolio”
- Market-driven• More predictable, stable
• Directly linked to performance
- NOT “easier”…
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Why Now?
“It’s important, in this age of shifting revenue sources, to explore different avenues for supporting a mission.”
- Georgia Center for Nonprofits CEO Karen Beavor 4
40% 1/3 $128 90%of not-for-profits
have a single dominant source
of funding
of not-for-profits have less than two months’ of cash reserves
of not-for-profits receive more than 90% of funding
from government
was the size of the average
online donation in 2016
“NewYorkCitynonprofitsarefragile:10%areinsolvent(18%inhealthandhuman
services);asmanyas40%havevirtuallynocashreserves(i.e.,marginforerror);
andover40%havelostmoneyoverthelastthreeyears.”
– RiskManagementforNonprofits(OliverWymanandSeaChange CapitalPartners
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How?
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Based on strengths
- Asset mapping
Based on market needs
- Willingness vs. Ability to pay
- “Unique Value Proposition”
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Watch out for…
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Legal issues:• 501(c)(3) restrictions
• Unrelated Business Income Tax
Non-legal issues:• Stakeholder Alignment
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Challenges & Risks
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• Skillsets
• Mindset
• Customer ability to pay
• “Mission creep”
• Reputation
Does this support or enhance our mission?Who will champion this internally?
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IC with Sacred Heart
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SophieConnect
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“We ask ourselves, were we able to
provide an opportunity for the student she
would not have had otherwise?”
“Each one of those has been a ‘Yes’.” - Site Director
58%2015
In 2 years, SophieConnect has served hundreds of
students and reached 58% of Sacred Heart’s U.S. and
Canada network.
Aligned to common goals of school network:• Social awareness that
compels action• Deep respect for
intellectual values• Personal growth in
atmosphere of wise freedom
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Revenue Model
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$1200 subscription
$600 per student per semester
($6,500) teacher stipend
Year 1
$74.1K
Year 2
$82.3K
11% Revenue growth YOY
($var) admin
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Market Opportunity
Sources: Connections Academy Website. “Keeping Pace with Digital Learning”, Evergreen Education Group, 2017
$1.4trillion$670billion
U.S. K- 12
The number of students in the U.S. taking some form of online learning has grew 80% from 2009-2014. Overall spending continues to shift from textbooks to digital learning as well.
K–12textbooks
K–12hardware&associatedspending
K–12learningmanagementsystems&platforms
$8.0billionandshrinking
$10.2billion
$380million
AnnualSpendingbySegment2014-15
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Process
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What do you have?
What does the world
need?
- Identify your assets- Do your research
• Market and customer • “Unique Value Proposition”• Ability and Willingness to Pay
- Build a plan• Model and team
- Recognize and monitor trade-offs• Don’t be afraid to back off
- Execute – iterate, iterate, iterate
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Asset Mapping
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• Human Capital• Internal team• Board• Volunteers
• Financial Capital• Endowment• Grants
• Intellectual Capital• Programs• Methodology
• Physical Capital• Real estate• Equipment
• Social Capital • Partnerships• Connections• Brand awareness
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New Possibilities
- What’s the most basic idea of an earned income business line you can think of?
- What would it take to execute it?
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Market Assessment
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1. Who would pay?2. Who do they pay now? 3. Why would they rather pay you?
MISSION
money
MISSION
MONEY
mission
money
mission
MONEY
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Next Steps
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• Internal assessment• Team• Board• Beneficiaries / target customers
• Business planning• Market mapping• Customer development (Lean)• Feasibility study• Financial projections
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Questions?
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• Social Enterprise Associates’ tip sheet • http://www.socialenterprise.net/assets/files/TipSheet12EarnedInc
omeStrategies.pdf• Should Nonprofits Seek Profits, HBR 2005
• https://hbr.org/2005/02/should-nonprofits-seek-profits• Lean Startup methodology
• https://hbr.org/2013/05/why-the-lean-start-up-changes-everything
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