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Re:Announcing The Zig Software Foundation by bluejekyll on Saturday July 11, 2020 @06:51PM (#23806865)
Just because it’s a non-profit, doesn’t mean the folks working for it won’t make money and have decent lives. In fact the post pretty clearly states that as a desired goal, “Part of the goal of the ZSF is to provide excellent jobs that make people happy to work, and leave them financially well off, as well as having gained the kind of work experience that they wish to invest in for their own careers.”

Now the question I have, is it possible to create recurring revenue at a non-profit that is based of contracts with customers, or must all the revenue come from donations?

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Re:Announcing The Zig Software Foundation by O_H_E on Saturday July 11, 2020 @09:16PM (#23807769)
> is it possible to create recurring revenue at a non-profit that is based of contracts with customers?

Yes definitely. The main difference from for-profits is that the revenue have to be spent towards the mission and not blindly creating more profit.

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Re:Announcing The Zig Software Foundation by OldHand2018 on Saturday July 11, 2020 @08:13PM (#23807409)
> is it possible to create recurring revenue at a non-profit that is based of contracts with customers

Sure. I once worked at a non-profit that provided educational material to schools on a subscription basis. There is a line somewhere, as eventually the non-profit starting providing additional services to those same schools that required them to keep a second set of books and pay taxes on those activities.

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