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Enterprise activities are not for all nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), nor are they easy for those NGOs that do venture into the marketplace. Profits for Nonprofits examines the practical challenges and obstacles in implementing self-financing. The 20 Central European NGO enterprises documented in Profits for Nonprofits have not succeeded without significant effort, risk and sacrifice. The cases illustrate that management, access to credit, conflicts between for-profit and nonprofit mission, legal, tax and regulatory issues, potential fallout and competition with for-profit small-businesses, public accountability, ethics and potential abuses are all recurring issues that the NGOs face in using self-financing strategies. However, Profits for Nonprofits illustrates that, while not the panacea, self-financing can generate income and further the mission of nonprofit parent organizations.

Associate and Member assessments are carried out through an on-line self-assessment system through which users answer a series of questions relevant to their stage of development. However an external assessor must assess a Certified Social Enterprise. External Assessors use a model of best practices that they can interpret into the circumstances of an individual organisation. This enables resulting scores to reflect the principles of the models rather than the use of specified practices. These external assessors are Fellows of the Social Enterprise Foundation.