Financial resources of the Russian non-profit organizations earned through income-generating activity

Abstract

Subject. The article focuses on principal types of monetary income earned by non-profit organizations through income-generating activities. Objectives. I evaluate whether it is possible to increase the available funding of various non-profit organization with different types of monetary income. Methods. The study is based on methods of logic and statistical analysis, synthesis, comparative analysis, generalization. Results. The article presents the analysis of key types of business activities that non-profit organizations are allowed to engage in. I also evaluate the percentage of the respective income in total financial resources. The article indicates what restricts non-profits’ opportunities for income-generating activities. Conclusions and Relevance. Today’s non-profit organizations have pretty many opportunities to increment their financial resources by engaging in the income-generating activities (ranked by its legal and business structure). However, due to some undeniable and disputable reasons, they do not seize the opportunities completely, thus causing non-profit organizations to disappear from the Russian market.