DEVELOPING PRIVATE SECTOR REVENUE SOURCES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN NONPROFIT SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

THIS PROJECT WILL RESEARCH THE POTENTIAL OF INDIAN NONPROFIT SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ESTABLISHING FOR-PROFIT SUBSIDIARY ENTERPRISES AS A MEANS OF GENERATING REVENUE FOR THEIR ONGOING OPERATION. THE POJECT WILL: (1) RESEARCH AND ANALYZE THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR CLIENT COMMUNITIES TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED APPROACH AND THE PROBLEMS FACEDIN SETTING UP THE FOR-PROFIT SUBSIDIARY ENTERPRISES; (2) IDENTIFY SUCCESSFUL SUBSIDIARY ENTERPRISES OPERATING UNDER THE AUSPICES OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND ANALYZE THEIR STRUCTURES, OPERATIONS, AND PERFORMANCE; AND (3) ANALYZE VARIOUS TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LOW CAPITALIZATION AND MODEST LABOR REQUIREMENTS MOST APPLICABLE TO NONPROFIT SUBSIDIARY ENTERPRISES.