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1. Kayli said? I used to work for a non-profit called the Los Angeles Dream Center, and their motto is "Find a need and fill it". The Dream Center provides transitional housing, foster care preventative support, free meals, and coordinates various community outreaches.

General environmental factors that impact the Dream Center would be economic conditions and legal-political conditions. Economic factors impact the Dream Center in their donors' ability to donate, as well as the willingness of non-regular community donors to give towards the cause. The economy also impacts their cost of operation which can really put a damper on their reach if they are not prepared. Another general environmental factor is legal-political conditions. The Dream Center is a faith-based nonprofit and so when receiving federal funds, they have to abide by the separation of church and state. This also has come into play when politicians want to donate but have stipulations on how the money can be used. Specific factors that impact the Dream Center would be their competitors and "customers" (I used quotes because the people they help are not quite customers, but rather a group of people they help). Their competitors would be state and government agencies that have better funding and resources to do what they are doing, as well as other non-profits that serve the same demographics. Their customer vary greatly as they provide housing for foster youth, recovering drug addicts, as well as their staff members. It is important to understand an environment so effective business decisions can be made in terms of finances, hiring, and other important business decisions.