Has anyone used the SBS to organize and run a non-profit? I imagine the only things that might not carry over between a for-profit and non-profit venture of the same sort would be some legal stuff and financial reporting, so I’d think most of the SBS should work well.
There would still be legal and financial needs. You still need to keep track of your money and legal is always part of any good business.
While I’ve never been involved in a not-for-profit business … we definitely did keep them in mind when we made the SBS.
I even signed up for some exciting administrative advice newsletters for non-profits from the Australian government. 
And I found that the news is quite similar to the regular government business newsletters … there’s all the usual advice about paying employees, keeping on top of record keeping, being compliant, knowing about cybersecurity, protecting your IP etc., etc.
The main difference seems to be the nature of some of the reporting and registrations. But every business tends to have something that would go in the IDs in 11.10 Official documents - reports, registrations, compliance, legal stuff…
As I understand it, broadly, non-profits are still a business in every sense, there’s still finances to be tracked in 13. Just no profit…? There’s still a product or service to be managed in the 20s and comms/customers etc. to be managed in the 30s.
And perhaps there will be different patterns of ID/category use versus for-profits, a little more stored here, a little less stored there…but hopefully there’s always a place for what you need. If not, let us know. 
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I’m the director of a nonprofit bicycle repair Shop: pigeonriverbikes.org
We started organizing early in 2025, opened the Shop door January 2nd this year.
I got our Board to go along with good governance: https://www.sociocracyforall.org/ and worker management: https://www.theselc.org/worker_selfdirected_nonprofits We are using Groups.io for most communication.
I’m considering the SBS, but right now we are still getting so much basic stuff going, I don’t know that our Board is ready to add another new thing!
Thanks and good health, Weogo
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Amazing! However you go, we’re both keen cyclists and wish you the best. Let us know if you need any help.