enp Report on Non-Profits and their Social Enterprises 2000 - 2002

Enterprising Non-Profits Program
Report on Non-Profits and their Social Enterprises
2000-2002

This report documents the experience of the enp Program and the 33 organizations that it has funded over the past three years. The research findings, and in particular the 15 case studies, document the benefits of enterprise development for the organizations and the communities that they serve, as well as the key challenges and needs of organizations as they develop and launch their enterprises. A clearer picture of the factors affecting success in enterprise development has emerged from the research. As one of the funding partners of the Enterprising Non-Profits Program, Vancity supported the publication of this research.