[dragonwriter]

> Don’t they both go hand in hand?

No.

> How can it be an effective organization if it is not revenue generating?

Revenue is not the same as profit (return to investors).

> In a capitalist world it is not often you see effective organizations that are non profits.

In a capitalist world, it is not often that you see organizations that are effective at things other than generating profits and externalizing harms.

When you do, they generally are nonprofits.