When Is It a Good Time to Invest in a Young Nonprofit?

Sustainability in the nonprofit sector is a deeper existential question than it appears on the surface.

Nonprofits are so often defined by their willingness to provide goods and services that some people feel “should be” taken care of by the government but aren’t, or remedying the ills of capitalism that “should be” taken into account by the corporations, but aren’t. Think of all your social service agencies, environmental protection groups and other advocacy-oriented organizations.

So for every problem that exists, it can seem like it “should be” someone else’s job or responsibility to fix it. Arts and enrichment activities for kids run into this kind of thinking and rhetoric all. the. time.