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Social Enterprise: Profit with a Purpose

April 24, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Wednesday, April 24, 2019 10:30 AM–12:30 PM

As nonprofit leaders look to emerging and innovative ways to fund operations, they may consider developing a social enterprise to generate revenue.  In this emerging practice, it is important to understand the advantages and risks of establishing and operating for-profit businesses as a way to raise funds.  Recently, there has been a lot of interest in social enterprises that is, in part, due to Benefit Corporations becoming a new type of corporate entity in many states.  Many nonprofit organizations are exploring whether it makes sense to go into for-profit business ventures and how to best form and manage these types of business operations.

Join our speakers, Attorney Eric Davis from Elliott & Davis and Jonathan Livingston, Ph.D., as they discuss the current hybrid and alternative legal models of social enterprises…

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Address: CLP – Main (Oakland) – South Wing Reading Room

Contact:

Nonprofit Resource Center
Phone: 412-622-6277

Venue

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 United States
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Phone:
412.622.3114