For-profit ventures help nonprofits shore up the funding they need to maintain and expand their programs

By Abny Santicola

The process helped Achievement Centers for Children realize it had real dollar value in its intellectual property. “It’s knowledge, and we’ve invested in it over the past decade-plus in seeking out and getting experience and knowledge,” Patricia Nobili, executive director of Achievement Centers for Children, says. “Sometimes our nonprofit sector doesn’t recognize that strength that they have.”