The formation of a non-profit is a business model first and foremost. The organization is formed by those sharing a collective purpose to create a working business in which the employees of the business are usually also the owners. The organization takes on a more "socialist" structure but still operates on a capital basis. The difference is that the organization may grow but will never accumulate earnings to a stock holder board. Basically the participating partners ARE the stock holder group, active in one or more manners of operating or administering the organization's day to day ope
