Breakout sessionNonprofit Partnerships
Mission Marketplace
Purchasing as a tool for community impact
- When
- 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
- Where
- L017 + L018
Best for: Businesses that buy goods and services, and nonprofits weighing earned revenue
What if everyday business purchasing could become a tool for community impact?
Building from work developed by Canopy and Metro United Way, a system perspective, a nonprofit operator, a social-enterprise and community-development leader, and a business buyer pressure-test what would make the model useful, reliable, and scalable across Kentucky.
What we'll cover
- What problem Mission Marketplace solves for nonprofits and businesses
- When earned revenue fits a nonprofit's mission and finances
- What a nonprofit provider must deliver to be a credible vendor
- The support, capital, and coaching that make providers business-ready
- What responsible growth across Kentucky would look like
You'll leave with
- A clear picture of Mission Marketplace and the problem it addresses
- What makes a nonprofit-business vendor relationship work on both sides
- Questions to ask before buying from, or becoming, a mission-aligned vendor
- A path into future Mission Marketplace activity
