MusicWorks is a non-profit organization (NPO) dedicated to bringing music classes and music therapy to children in schools in Cape Town’s marginalized communities. Like many non-profits in Cape Town, the organization desires to expand its outreach but does not have access to the finances needed to accomplish this goal. To learn what strategies have been successful for other NPOs facing similar challenges, we interviewed individuals at ten non-profits across the Cape Town area. By conducting a comparative case study of these NPOs, we identified strategies that MusicWorks could implement to improve its financial sustainability in the future.

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Creator

• Bajwa, Esha
• Cisneros, Max
• Ungashick, Ellie
• Driscoll, Evan

Subject

• Community
• Sustainability
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-012224-164401
• 117406

Keyword

• Non-Profit Organization
• MusicWorks
• Financial Sustainability

Advisor

• Taylor, Steven S.
• Taylor, Rosemary

Year

• 2024

Center

• Cape Town, South Africa Project Center - IQP

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2024-01-22

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-012224-164401

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2024-02-07