Why the Company Covers All Overhead
Most charities take 20-40% off the top for operations. We decided the company should pay that cost instead. Here is why, and how we structured it.
When you donate to most nonprofits, a portion of your money never reaches the cause. It goes to rent, salaries, marketing, fundraising events, and executive compensation. This is not fraud — running an organization costs money. But it creates a gap between what donors intend and what actually happens.
We decided to close that gap by having Unity Network pay for everything. Staff, servers, legal, banking, compliance, the website you are reading right now — all covered by the company. When you donate $100, $100 goes to the campaign.
The model works because Unity Network is a for-profit business with growing revenue. A percentage of that revenue is routed to Unity Charity each quarter as a standing obligation in our operating agreement. The overhead is not charity. It is a cost of doing business that the company bears.
We think this is how it should work. If a company is going to operate a charity, it should fund the charity's overhead from its own margin — not take that overhead from the people who trusted you with their donations.
The 0% overhead promise is permanent. It is written into the operating agreement. Unity Charity cannot charge overhead to donations even if it wanted to. The company is legally committed to covering those costs indefinitely.