Collaborating with Other Organizations

Collaboration with other organizations may lead to more effective programming. Below are some resources that we hope will guide you in deciding whether collaborating with another organization will benefit your community.

• The Collaboration Prize: Resources
• Models of Collaboration
• The Foundation Center: Nonprofit Collaboration Database (created by the Lodestar Foundation)
• Bar Foundation: Nonprofit Collaboration in Boston
• The Foundation Center: Nonprofit Collaboration
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Building Meaningful Alliances
• Collective Impact,  Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2011. John Kania & Mark Kramer.  This landmark article focuses on the work of STRIVE, an effort to connect approximately 200 nonprofit organizations with Cincinnati school systems to create a seamless system of support to ensure "cradle to career" success.