Small Nonprofits Changing the World

Alison Hayward, MD

My nonprofit and who I am

• Emergency medicine physician• Disaster medicine fellow• Co-founder and director, Uganda Village

Project

Learning Objectives

• Why are small nonprofits important?• When should you start your own small

nonprofit? What do you need?• Challenges

Stats on small nonprofits

714,000

When should you start your own?

Starting a nonprofit

Starting a nonprofit

Starting a nonprofit

IT’S BORING

This man swindled hundreds of dollars from us and used us as pawns in a power struggle in which he became mayor of his home village.

The trip ended with accusations that we were aligned with Satan and a fistfight with our founder.

We fell in love with the place and decided to settle in for the long haul!

What does it take to start one?

What does it take to start one?

Things you need to get started

• Other people who share your passion• Constitution and Bylaws• Legal help• Possibly, insurance

Things you need to get started

• Willingness to ask people for money• Willingness to ask people to work for free• Know how to motivate people to work

without getting paid• Know how to use the “cloud” and the global

network to your benefit

What don’t you need?

Beware

• Founder’s syndrome

What you can achieve

What you can achieve

What you can achieve

Questions?

You can reach me anytime day or night!

director@ugandavillageproject.org

This lecture is dedicated to Sujal Parikh, who was far too smart to start his own nonprofit.