Might be wrong thread, but I’ll ask anyway. What exactly is the business model for these orgs that expand regionally and nationally? Are they not 501c (or whatever the right term is) non-profit organizations? Are the org heads simply taking a larger salary to “run” the non-profit as the org expands and org fees coming in increase? I assume there must also be a side hustle on uniforms and other merch?
I believe Firecrackers and EC Bullets only sell uniforms through their single vendor, which they own (or make a large chunk of product from). I'm guessing others do the same.