http://blog.globalgiving.org/2009/11/13/for-profit-and-more/ GlobalGiving Blog - News and Updates Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:49:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://blog.globalgiving.org/2009/11/13/for-profit-and-more/#comment-576 david Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:17:19 +0000 http://blog.globalgiving.org/2009/11/13/for-profit-and-more/#comment-576 What I don’t understand is why a public company would bother to do nonprofit work. It seems from all of the Bernie Madoff’s and Enron’s out there that corporations are profit motivated and I am unconvinced that companies would do this kind of work for anything other than PR.

]]> http://blog.globalgiving.org/2009/11/13/for-profit-and-more/#comment-575 Daily Brief: ICT, Infrastructure, and For-Profits on Global Giving - Marco Puccia : Business and Development Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:11:15 +0000 http://blog.globalgiving.org/2009/11/13/for-profit-and-more/#comment-575 [...] Global Giving Addresses Socially Conscious For-Profits – Traditionally Global Giving, the online philanthropy website, has supported a wide array of nonprofit projects around the world. Given the growing interest in for-profit driven social enterprises, Global Giving will be specifically highlighting such projects on their site! [...]

]]> http://blog.globalgiving.org/2009/11/13/for-profit-and-more/#comment-574 Marc Maxson Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:34:30 +0000 http://blog.globalgiving.org/2009/11/13/for-profit-and-more/#comment-574 I think that it should be clear that if a for-profit company chooses to do a public service (and these are rare cases), like building an irrigation system with donated funds, the company does not actually profit directly from the work, in the sense that their shareholders aren’t receiving a dividend. Also – their costs are in line with the costs for another nonprofit entity doing the same kind of work in the same region. Sometimes they are even cheaper and can do the work better.

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