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Those of you who know me well… know that I am an ideaholic.

Not a single day goes by without me trying to think of  an innovative way to change the way people do things or improve our quality of life and then capitalizing on it. Essentially,  I am looking for the next idea that will claim my fame as an entrepreneur/innovator. My ideas are mostly driven by my quest for the dinero. Materialism aside,  I love business. And like poker, the best guage for your success in business is the dollar amount generated at the end of the day.

 But every now and then I step out of my “selfish” shell (a condition I absolutley blame on the “only-child-syndrome”) and think about issues that matter in the “grand” scheme. Well, here is a selfless idea I thought of while trying to help a friend start her non profit .

THE IDEA:

I am sure most of you have heard of  “Adopt-A-Highway” programs in your cities. Well I started wondering - what if someone started an ”Adopt-a-Non-Profit” program. My preliminary research (a.k.a five mins of “googling”) shows that there have been a few others who have “kind-of” thought of this idea (as usual ) but never on the grand scale.

I think this model if implemented correctly has a lot of potential. Just thinking out loudly –

- A nationwide government funded program where all Non-Profits can list themselves/their chapters to gain maximum exposure (program overlooks matching and promoting member organizations so the actual non-profits can get back to their “core” issues )
- Adopting a Non-profit could be done at various levels - Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
- Adoption Levels could be determined by a formula that combines monetary contributions + volunteer time
- Non-profits would have an ability to specify their needs and find a suitable sponsor who can actually meet those needs
- All Non-profits, small and big, I imagine would get more exposure and better quality of participation on such a platform as adopting businesses would tend to compete against each other
- Last but not the least, I think this model would introduce efficiencies in administration and provide transparency to the adoption process . In other words, it should be easier to guage how charitable adopting parties are when assesed on a common platform.

While this idea won’t exactly save the world….I believe it has the potential to help those on that very mission. Maybe I am being too idealistic and all this is just food for thought.
That being said…. I would love to hear your thoughts on this subject.