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

By Abny Santicola

Putting a dollar value on services also has an effect on beneficiaries — and can have an effect on donors, if you leverage it in your messaging. ForFareStart, a job-training program for the homeless and disadvantaged of Seattle, trainees know that every carrot they chop and onion they peel not only provides them training and feeds hungry individuals in the community, it generates revenue for FareStart, which, in turn, supports their training. (Read more about FareStart at in the Sidebar.)