Why We Need New Ways To Invest in Education Organizations
In this segment, the speaker critiques the conventional funding model used by nonprofit education leadership, which typically relies only on earned revenue and philanthropy as capital sources. He illustrates a common strategic planning scene where a team lists these two levers and assumes they are sufficient for scaling. The speaker argues that this narrow view limits growth potential and proposes a broader palette of financing options—including debt, joint ventures, mergers, intellectual‑property licensing, revenue‑sharing agreements, strategic partnerships, and conversion to a public‑benefit corporation. His ultimate objective is to expand the list of viable capital levers from the current two to a much larger set (seven, eight, nine, ten or more), thereby enabling nonprofit education organizations to scale more effectively.
