According to this website:
https://www.inc.com/magazine/20110501/t ... brids.html
for profit companies can be paired with nonprofit corporations. So that the nonprofit secures regular funding, and can focus on it's own mission, rather than fundraising.
The for profit company, gains a competitive edge, in that it is associated with a cause that garners public support. ie, if a bid for services is competitive, the company associated with the nonprofit mission could be chosen simply for where the money goes.
Is my understanding correct? If so, why doesn't this happen more? It seems like a natural fit.
1. I'm interested in this on the theoretical level, as in possible combinations, of business structures and financing possibilities.
2. As a practical exercise. I'm getting out of residential rental real estate, and when I sell the last house, plan to roll the proceeds into funding Permanent Development, a construction company, to fund my Permanence Project, a nonprofit dedicated to developing best practices and designs for building infrastructure with extreme durability as a primary design consideration. "Seven Generations" is way too low a bar for our existing tech, but nobody is focused on fixing this issue, so I will.
I know how to build. I know how to solve the technical issues I'm interested in.


What do you know/think? Where should I be looking for more information?