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New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise

By: Robert S. Kaplan
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:16
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Abstract

New Profit, Inc. (NPI) is an innovative venture philanthropy fund. Founded by social entrepreneur Venessa Kirsch, NPI intends to raise large donations from individuals who wish to invest in nonprofit enterprises that could have a significant social impact and the capability to grow to scale. NPI searches and identifies such organizations, provides initial funding, monitors their performance, and then provides additional funding to enable them to become high-impact, nationwide organizations. NPI uses the Balanced Scorecard approach for measuring both its own performance and that of its portfolio companies. The Balanced Scorecard provides the language for the performance contract between NPI and its funders and board, and between NPI and its portfolio organizations.

Keywords

Balanced Scorecard; Nonprofit Organizations; Venture Capital; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Governance; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Service Industry

Citation

Kaplan, Robert S. "New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 100-052, November 1999. (Revised July 2001.)
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