 A Gift By Another Name: In-kind Income Twice a year, Clothes to Kids, headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, provides thousands of low-income school-age children with five outfits. These school outfits include tops, bottoms, shoes, jackets, and accessories. Everything the children receive, except socks and underwear, is donated. Like Clothes-to-Kids, your organization may depend upon in-kind donations or it may involve only small but essential resources, like the volunteer labor of your board. If you have been reading this series about nonprofit income sources, you may be surprised to find in-kind on a nonprofit income source list. After all, in-kind is not cash. Yet, its impact is huge. More importantly, looking at in-kind as a source can help your nonprofit to think differently. While money will work to solve your need, what you really need are the resources that money buys. Obtaining the right in-kind allows you to skip the cash step and obtain your need. (See the second equation below.) This article invites you to look at in-kind in fresh ways as a first step to maximizing it.
Figure 1: Gifts of Money vs. In-kind 1. What is in-kind "income"? In-kind is nonprofit jargon for gifts-in-kind. In-kind represents goods or services you receive for little or no cash. In some cases, in-kind includes resources you cannot buy, like the endorsement of a media star. All nonprofits receive this source of support, often in the form of donated goods, discounts, and services.
Read the rest of the article here ... More Funding Resources This is the last article in this series about the seven sources of nonprofit income. Consider doubling back and re-reading the earlier issues (Added Value). Then, mix and match the sources to help your nonprofit develop its own answer to the challenge of nonprofit income sustainability.
For more on nonprofits and funding opportunities, listen to our collection of audio downloads, especially: Money-tastic #2: Nonprofit Income Opportunities Money-tastic #3: Creative Revenue Streams for Your Nonprofit. Both are great ways to learn new income ideas to help your nonprofit. | 
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