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F.A.Q.S

How much money are you giving to ministries?

It depends. Each product (and even sometimes the color and size of the product) has a different net profit. Generally, we try to set aside 50% of the net profit for each product and donate it.

Why are you a for-profit company?

We struggled with what type of business entity we should pursue when we first started. After careful consideration and some wise council, at this point in our journey, we believe it just made more sense to be organized as a for-profit. Here are some major reasons why:

1. We would still have to pay taxes on each product we sold. Whether or not we were a non-profit or a for-profit we would still have to pay taxes.

2. At this point our only means of raising money for non-profit ministries is by selling products, the real benefit to organizing as a non-profit is being able to accept donations and not having to pay taxes on them. We are currently not raising money that way.

3. It's just simpler to organize as a for-profit, non-profits have a few more hoops to jump through.

4. It's also easier from a business standpoint because all for-profits want to make more money, the more money we make the more goes to the ministries we want to serve. Our goals are aligned. Whereas a non-profit we would always be dealing with the tension of trying to raise money but not too much money, and asking the question of how much can we save or set aside for staff. It creates a lot more tension.

How does my ministry or church get in on this?

Reach out to us: meekmissions@gmail.com

A couple of things to consider:

1. Nothing is free. Our current cost to start is $500. Each ministry gets their own page on our store: yourname.meekmissions.com on the page we want pictures and content about you and the ministry you are doing. We also want to work with you in creating unique products to sell. Although a portion of everything we produce in-house through the Meek brand gets split out among all the ministries we support, anything you've created goes directly to you. This takes time to get setup well.

2. We need your help getting the word out about your page. It's not enough to just build a page on our site and hope by osmosis you will be making enough money. Your friends and family and supporters are the most likely to purchase products from you. The goal is to give them another way to purchase.

3. We take 50% of the profit, this is to cover our expenses.