How a business can help nonprofits
i. Consulting services (management, advertising, marketing, promotion, legal, taxation, financial, strategic planning, project design, system development etc.)
ii. Financial support (capital costs, feasibility studies, small business start-up costs, credit facilities for purchase of assets, sponsorships, travel grants, deficit finance etc.)
iii. Donate equipment (machinery, furniture, computers, office equipment and other infrastructure)
iv. Donate products (educational, health care, construction, raw materials, etc.)
v. Donate used material (furniture, equipment, stationery, etc)
vi. Donate products that cannot be sold (e.g soiled rolls of tissue or paper kitchen towels, torn packaging, etc.)
vii. In-kind gifts (could be any products other than the companys line of business)
viii. Loan talent /executive sabbatical (paid time off to perform volunteerwork)
ix. Public relations services (NGO branding through corporate approaches)
Technical assistance
i. Use of corporate services/facilities (financial and administrative support services, meeting space, mailing services, computer services, printing and duplicating etc.)
ii. Extend dealerships of products to NGOs
iii. Have marketing partnerships for NGO products
iv. Sponsor salaries of NGO professionals for a certain period