EAP 8: How to Successfully Start a Non-Profit

Unique provides her expertise to non-profit leaders as they navigate the paperwork to achieve their 501(c)3 status, seek funding, and acquire and manage their board members. Unique recommends that individuals seeking to start their own non-profit organizations outsource this administrative work so they can focus on building their programs and establishing the mission of their organization rather than getting bogged down in the paperwork behind the organization’s functioning. The biggest mistake the Unique has observed non-profit leaders make is to create programming that does not align with the mission of the organization, so it is critical for the leaders of the organization to firmly establish their mission and programming from the beginning.