From the good people at Philanthropy Reports comes this video about the non-profit sector. This is great ammunition for the next time someone tells you that non-profits aren’t real businesses.
(If the embedded video isn’t appearing for you, watch it online here.)
Tags: business, non-profit
Adam Huttler is Fractured Atlas's founder and Executive Director. He has a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and an M.B.A. from New York University. Since forming Fractured Atlas in 1998, he has grown the organization from a one-man-band housed in an East Harlem studio apartment to a broad-based national service organization with an annual budget of $12 million. Adam serves on the Board of Directors of the Performing Arts Alliance, the Steering Committee of the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors, the Steering Committee of NYC's One Percent for Culture campaign, and the Policy Leadership Circle of the Institute for Culture in the Service of Community Sustainability. Follow him on Twitter
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hey adam
great post, great ammo!
i often wonder if the real battle here is one of perceptual marketing. just the name, nonprofit, conjures up a negative sense about money not being valued in an organizational philosophy.
WRONG!!
maybe what we need is some MadMen moxie.
best, hoong yee
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