NONPROFITS

Adventure Cycling’s Web site http://www.adventurecycling.org/ also includes a wealth of information, including what type of bike to ride, gear to carry and training tips. It even advises that riders not take the Great Divide Route solo and offers a message board so riders can hook up for trips.

The MNA eNews is a source of timely information on all things nonprofit in Montana, including training events, funding opportunities, new services available through MNA and our partners, and more.

The effort is centered around a Web site, at http://ebay.com/rethink, where Americans with unused gadgets can get information on how to get rid of them safely.

Rather than lurch from grant to grant, these founders are starting for-profit/nonprofit hybrids and applying business tactics to expand their reach and make better use of available resources. They’re embracing the wave of productivity savings unleashed in the economy in the 1990s — new information technologies, smarter financing strategies, savvy alliances.

"Whatever our professions, we are all citizens, and we all care deeply about unmet social needs — which is precisely where social entrepreneurs make their essential contribution," says Mark Fuller, Monitor’s chairman. "But good intentions are not enough. To put that vision into action, their efforts must meet the harsh test of performance, and their labors the demanding standards of accountability."