Greg Widmyer considers the financial structure of the new initiative SCORE centers (for-profit company that provides after-school educational programs.) New organization, SCORE business community, based on the successful experience that SCORE was his first attempt in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn to take his after school program for low-income area. Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant was partnered with Restoration Corporation, a nonprofit community development. This partnership has been successful in the long run (and modestly profitable) and offered an example of how the score could take his model disadvantaged areas. Community Ventures SCORE will scale ideas to SCORE in disadvantaged areas of the country. Greg Widmyer is seeking funding for the enterprise and must decide the best structure for the organization, based on the lessons learned from the Bedford-Stuyvesant, operational considerations, and the requirements and preferences of potential sponsors. The goal is to create a scalable and sustainable organizations. "Hide
by Maureen McNichols, James R. Willcox Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 18 pages. Publication Date: 01 May 2001. Prod. #: SI08-PDF-ENG
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