Founded in 2015 by 3 college girls with almost nothing in common, IYC managed to become the strongest and biggest youth NGO in the region. It has more than 200 members, 30 volunteers, 7 employees and a strong well known brand.
Everybody in the region of Provance knows about IYC. The local newspapers, TV stations, radio stations and web portals really make sure everyone knows about free activities for youth in IYC centre.
Activities
- Daily programme for youth (workshops, lectures, courses, events)
- 14 long-term & short-term projects running
- Weekly voluntary actions and events
- Meetings with policy makers in the field of youth
IYC has more than 8000 followers on social networks, big attendace to events and daily programme (90 users daily average) and great media coverage.
Staff:
President
Vice-president and programme manager
Project manager and volunteer coordinator
Project manager and social media administrator
Marketing manager
Marketing assistant
Administrator
15 volunteers in event management logistics
How did it get to this?
2015:
-3 college friends decided to start an NGO that would offer free services for youth in their region
– got their first project for running everyday programme
-1 employee
-40 volunteers
– 5 000 € revenue
2016-2017
-3 new long term projects
– employed 2 project managers
– 30 volunteers
-50 000 € revenue
2018-2019
-4 new long term projects
– employed 2 marketing managers and 1 administrator
-15 volunteers
– 250 000 € revenue
After 4 years of operations IYC had a turn around in their business. One founder left the consortium and a lot of volunteers followed. But thanks to networking skills of their project managers IYC got a project partnership with a local university that allowed them to increase their revenue for 400%!
With the number of projects climbing to 8, founders had to employ new staff to decrease the overload on the existing 2 project managers. After a lot of discussions they decided that their priority is to invest in marketing and employ 2 marketing staff, as well as 1 administrator who will handle the administrative work of the projects.
Future projections…
They hope to get more visibility and even more projects. They expect that volunteers will take over project management tasks so that project managers can focus more on project writing, rather than project implementation.
Critical thinking for entrepreneurship 