When you're not paid, get creative

For three years, I worked with a client that had difficulty paying.  However, for the first two years, I was paid -- although slowly.  Because of the nobility of the mission, I continued in the third year.  That was the end the sponsorships fell through and I wasn't paid.

I thought about suing because we had a signed contract.  However, because she was struggling, I opted not to.

So, to recoup some of the losses, we abided by IRS laws to convert some of what was owed into a donation to the charity.  So, that helped allay some of the downside of not being paid.