Law for The Poor

Standardized team projects
Individuals are placed on teams, each with specific roles and responsibilities. Each
project is scoped and structured around a standard deliverable based on the needs of
the nonprofit partners. Team projects are meant as fun team-building activities or as
highly competitive competitions to examine leadership abilities in employees.
Open-Ended Outsourcing
A company makes its services available to a specific number of nonprofit organizations
on an ongoing, as needed basis. Volunteers act in a mentor capacity to fill a non-profit’s
need. Often employees use workplace skills to provide services that non-profits do not
have the resources to fund.
Sector-Wide Solutions
A company creates a deliverable pro bono resource that can be applicable to all
nonprofits across the sector. Similar to creating products for consumers, this pro bono
model advocates creating products that will be distributed for free or at a greatly
reduced cost. Often these are software or other tech services.
General Contracting
An entity coordinates and oversees internal and external resources, promoting crosssector
collaboration to address a specific social problem. Contracting is generally done
in an ad-hoc capacity and by intermediary organizations such as Taproot
Foundation, Common Impact, or Points of Light.
Signature Issue
Signature issues combine corporate assets with pro bono work to fight social problems.
This is as much a corporate branding initiative as it is an altruistic endeavor. Pro bono
volunteers that come en masse from a company become associated with that cause
while combating social issues.
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