Reinventing the Meal

A recent report by the Johns Hopkins Listening Post Project, Nonprofits, Innovation, and Performance Measurement: Separating Fact From Fiction, reveals that there are widespread efforts in U.S. nonprofits to innovate. Driving that point home is the recent phenomenon of nonprofit restaurants.

The first I heard about the nonprofit restaurant model came from Charleston, W.Va., where restaurateur Virgil Sadorra opened his nonprofit restaurant, Practically Delish, a few weeks ago. The concept is truly remarkable. Instead of making a profit, Practically Delish donates all proceeds after overhead to local charities, a different one each month, to support the community.