Business Plan

World Consul

Update January 1, 2021: Sadly, with a flurry of Executive Orders, the US has ended access to immigrants, refugees, and asylees as of March 20, 2020. Many of these orders have been stricken down by the courts, but immigration remains difficult and dangerous to the US during the Pandemic, placing our Social Enterprise business plan on hold for the foreseeable future.

Care for the most vulnerable during the Pandemic and financial recovery has to include Human Rights Defenders, champions of human rights, who are often the targets of abuse by governments, corporations, and special interests they challenge. Respite, including counseling, wraparound social services, and a training and personal growth program are on offer.

WorldConsul will begin as a Social Enterprise supported through combined in kind contribution by the founder, funding generated by Consular, Consulting, and Counseling services, and volunteer support and donations. This type of organization fills the need for rapid bootstrapping due to the developing crisis. Transition of the organization to non-profit NGO charter with social enterprise funding matching donations within the first year is the goal.

The founder will pay for a majority of expenses through year 3, and already has houses/lodging, furnishings, transportation, and skills and experience to professionally staff the program.

WorldConsul is committed to transparency, inclusion, respect, and will have a board of visitors, legal counsel, and auditor.

4 locations, 3 volunteers, 5-8 participants, 3-6 month program:
Atlanta House parent plus 3 participants maximum
Baltimore House parent plus 2 participants
Florida House parent plus 1-2 participants
Geneva Founder plus 1-2 participants (residence permit pending)

Program:
Lodging and food
Counseling group and individual up to weekly
Wrap-around social services
Training program in Human Rights Advocacy, "WorldConsul"

In kind contribution of Founder year 1: cash and in-kind
$3,500 per month cash
$6,000 per month kind/ labor
($60/hr. Clinical, admin, $30/hr. Case manager, $20/hr.
training)

Cash:
housing (rent, taxes, insurance)
Atlanta $1000/mo
Baltimore $550
Florida $400
Geneva $1500
furnishings,
nominal
transportation (car, insurance)
$200/mo

In-kind:
20 hours/wk Admin, counseling, social services, training
20 hours per week- social enterprise (50%) proceeds from WorldConsulate (TM)
 
Administration
5 hrs/wk $1200/mo.
Fundraising $1200/mo.
Counseling:
individual, group weekly
6-8 participants $1920/mo.
Case management:
6 participants max $720
Training:
6 participants $720

Cash from donations:
Startup fundraising initial $8,600 for startup and 3
months operation
houseparent- value of volunteer labor $2,400
Admin, training, and case management 10 hours/wk $800/mo.
per house

startup expenses: $1100
furniture (3 beds, couch)- $500 one time
training materials: $600
smart tablet pre-loaded with materials, books, software
$100 per new resident
Monthly $2,500/mo.
Utilities: (water, heating and a/c, internet) $1050/mo.
Atlanta $200
Baltimore $450
Florida $400
Geneva $500 (est.)
food $1,200
$400/mo per residence, Geneva excluded
incidentals
10% $250/mo

Revenue:

Donations:
Start-up $8,600
Founder: $3,500
Founder: $3,500/mo cash

Founder:
Cash donation:$10,000
50% of social enterprise revenue

Volunteers:
3 house parents
supporters, patrons board of advisors/ visitors
local partners:
Refugee, HR NGOs,
churches, mosques,
attorney advisor
secretary/ auditor

Years 1-3 goals/projections:

Service:
year 1 50% occupancy 6-12 participants,3-6 months each
year 2 75% occupancy 12-16 participants, 3-6 months each,
1 affiliate
year 3 100% occupancy 16-20, 3-6 months each,
2-3 affiliates

Cash Goals:

Donations
year 1 $10,000
year 2 $20,000
year 3 $30,000

Social enterprise revenue (50%)
year 1 $10,000
year 2 $20,000
year 3 $30,000

Benchmarks:

Board of visitors first monthly meeting- October 1, 2020
Non-profit incorporation/ status: year 1-2
West Coast US affiliate:: year 2
Southern Border affiliate year 2 or 3
proof of concept of model for expansion years 2-3
The Hague/ second European affiliate year 3
hiring professional staff year 3-4

Program and Services