Forum on the Nonprofit Sector

Fee Income and Pricing for Nonprofits: Expanding the Financial Base for Mission Achievement

December 10, 2009, 8:30-11:00 a.m.
Milwaukee County War Memorial, 750 N Lincoln Memorial Dr, Milwaukee, WI

Fees for servicesare central elements in the economic portfolio of nonprofit operations. But the potential for fee income is often misunderstood or not fully explored by many nonprofits. Participants in this forum will explore the appropriate place of fee income, with some dicsussion of commercial ventures, in nonprofit finance, by considering the following:.

• What are the patterns and trends in nonprofit fees and commercial revenue?
• What types of activities generate earned revenues?
• What is the case for charging fees for services, and what approaches can be used for setting prices?
• What is the relationship between commercial revenue and other revenue source?

Dennis Young is the editor of Financing Nonprofits and coauthor of the chapter, "Fee Income and Commercial Ventures." Professor Young is the Bernard B. and Eugenia A. Ramsey Professor of Private Enterprise and Director of the Nonprofit Studies Program in the Andrew Young School at Georgia State University. Young is also the President and founding CEO of the National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise.

Participants are encouraged to secure and read the chapter, "Fee Income and Commerical Ventures," in the book Financing Nonprofits: Putting Theory into Practice, edited by Dennis R Young. If you would like assistance with securing a copy of the book, contact sschnupp@uwm.edu.

The forum is convened by the Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Register by December 4, 2009. Download full invitation.