Abstract:The Riverhouse Children’s Center is an actual day care business. The case is an example of a small niche-business common to locales across the United States. Riverhouse is atypical of private day care centers in that it is organized as a not-for-profit institution. The case reviews the benefits and pitfalls of obtaining not-for-profit tax status for a business. The case also presents the different pricing mechanisms embedded in the fee structure of the center. Case discussion questions lead students to suggest… Show more
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