# SBS for Non-Profits

**URL:** <https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/sbs-for-non-profits/2908>\
**Category:** Small Business System\
**Created:** [April 18, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/sbs-for-non-profits/2908 "2026-04-18T18:06:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![AnAvocadoKing](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@AnAvocadoKing](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/AnAvocadoKing)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/sbs-for-non-profits/2908/1 "2026-04-18T18:06:07Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![DavidK](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/user_avatar/forum.johnnydecimal.com/davidk/32/1913_2.png) [@DavidK](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/DavidK)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/sbs-for-non-profits/2908/2 "2026-04-20T16:56:14Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![LucyDecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/user_avatar/forum.johnnydecimal.com/lucydecimal/32/2002_2.png) [@LucyDecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/LucyDecimal)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/sbs-for-non-profits/2908/3 "2026-04-23T02:02:43Z")

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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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**Author:** ![WeogoR](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@WeogoR](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/WeogoR)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/sbs-for-non-profits/2908/4 "2026-05-11T14:27:24Z")

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I’m the director of a nonprofit bicycle repair Shop: [pigeonriverbikes.org](http://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/](https://www.sociocracyforall.org/) and worker management: [https://www.theselc.org/worker\_selfdirected\_nonprofits](https://www.theselc.org/worker_selfdirected_nonprofits) We are using [Groups.io](http://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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**Author:** ![johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/user_avatar/forum.johnnydecimal.com/johnnydecimal/32/1759_2.png) [@johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/johnnydecimal)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/sbs-for-non-profits/2908/5 "2026-05-12T06:58:58Z")

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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.