Echoes, I use to do the Publisher Clearinghouse Sweepstakes with the $10,000,000, LOL. I can't tell you how many non-profits I created in my head and on paper even. I'd be in the middle of working in my journal and suddenly I'd be doing figures, how much things would cost, sketching out services and how big the organization could be and how I'd solve various problems.

My latest is a membership transportation service for old people, once they have to give up driving (can you tell I'm getting up there and worried about this problem :-) They would pay a fee and get a trip each week to the grocery store, doctor visits, etc. but in a "chauffered" car instead of a bus; even could pay extra and get driven to parties, family or friends, vacation (for those who normally go to Florida or "south" in the winter and back again), etc. The drivers would be social work students at universities and they'd get to know their clients, etc. (go in and help them with the grocery shopping, for example). But the membership fee would be much lower than cabs or public transportation and it would be membership/organized so it helped the members instead of the people having to "wait" or be uncomfortable, not have enough help, etc. It would be nonprofit and would work to get grants, etc. to keep fees low. But the fees would be "realistic" and help keep the organization growing and functioning. Maybe later I'd figure out how it could help low income people who had trouble with transportation but initially it would just be moderate income elderly who didn't have too many medical problems, just could no longer drive at night or needed some help when they went to the store, etc. so they could stay active longer.

There are social work firms now in larger cities/areas that cater to people who live elsewhere and have elderly parents still trying to live in their old homes, etc. The children can't get to where the parents are to care for them often enough and hire the social work firms to keep an eye on the parents, visit and find services and solve problems that are just a bit hard for the older people trying to stay living in their own homes. I'd get referrals from those social work people, send them brochures so they could include my organization in any packet they give their clients of services that might help them. I'd pay the social work students really well so "driving" would be a good enough job to have full-time and so they'd invest themselves in it for the couple years while they were getting their social work degree. Too, I'd work it so it would be a good "beginning" job so they'd stay for awhile since they'd be more than just "drivers", they'd actually get to know the individuals and their needs, etc. I'd empower them to be able to help more than a driver normally would.