When I began the three-year research project for the Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO) , the goal seemed straightforward: find a way to give nonprofits the same "buying power" for health insurance as a Fortune 500 company ( See Part 1 ). The research was promising. But as we moved from research into a feasibility study with 18 NAO nonprofit member organizations, we hit a wall. We discovered the very things that make the nonprofit sector special, like our people and our mi

Understand why nonprofits do not have owners.