Noted national author, attorney and entrepreneur/social entrepreneur and L3C guru discusses key issues to keep in mind when deciding whether to be a for-profit or a not-for-profit organization. He also discusses the lasted events in the growing L3C movement for the social sector.

1. Are you a [ .com ] or a [ .org ] ? Marc J. Lane June 30, 2011 Copyright © 2011, by Marc J. Lane Advisors, L3C. All rights reserved.

5. Program-related investing and the L 3 C

15. Capital Structure Illustration #1 Foundation incurs high financial risk, earns low (1%) financial return, but high social return Social Return Financial Return Foundation

16. Capital Structure Illustration #1 Mezzanine investor Socially conscious investor incurs lower financial risk, earns higher (3%) financial return. Social Return Financial Return

17. Capital Structure Illustration #1 Market-driven investor Market-driven investor incurs market-rate risk, earns market-rate (6%) financial return. Social Return Financial Return

18. Blended rate of return: 4% - - which L 3 C can generate, but not without the catalyst of the foundation’s PRI.

19. Capital Structure Illustration #2 Development agency makes a grant, seeking high social return but earning no financial return. Social Return Financial Return Government

20. Capital Structure Illustration #2 Foundation earns low (2%) financial return, but high social return. Social Return Financial Return Foundation

21. Capital Structure Illustration #2 Outside investor incurs market-rate risk, earns market rate (7%) return. Social Return Financial Return Market-driven investor

22. Blended rate of return: Again, 4% - - which the L 3 C can generate, but not without the catalyst of the foundation's PRI.

25. 1. Reliance on applicable constituency statutes Texas Business Organization Code § 21.401 Sec. 21.401. MANAGEMENT BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) … (b) In discharging the duties of director under this code or otherwise and in considering the best interests of the corporation, a director may consider the long-term and short-term interests of the corporation and the shareholders of the corporation , including the possibility that those interests may be best served by the continued independence of the corporation. (Source: Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.)

31. L 3 C Legislation 2008 Vermont 2009 Michigan Utah Wyoming 2010 Illinois Louisiana North Carolina 2011 Maine 2012 Rhode Island

32. The Benefit Corporation: Creating a “Public Benefit”

37. Benefit Corporation Legislation * 2011: Benefit LLC legislation ** Sustainable business corporation legislation 2010 Maryland* Vermont 2011 New Jersey Virginia Hawaii**

38. Pay-For-Success Bonds (aka Social Impact Bonds)

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