A Nonprofit Looking Out for the Little Guy

As noted a couple of days ago, this is National Small Business Week, and while the federal Small Business Administration hogs all of the attention, there is, yes, a nonprofit that helps the country’s thousands of entrepreneurs make their case to Washington and the various state capitals. The National Small Business Association was launched in 1937 and included just 160 businesses; today NSBA counts more than 150,000 enterprises among its members.

The organization is proud to have started the small business movement. NSBA also took the lead role in initiating the White House Conference on Small Business in 1980, 1986 and 1995.

The association’s website reports that a small-business owner from the Midwest founded NSBA to deal with federal red tape and what he saw as "the disregard displayed toward the needs of small businesses." From those humble beginnings, huh? Nice lesson for those who are considering launching a nonprofit but are wondering if their efforts will ever amount to anything. | 501(c)

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