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The Collaboration Continuum: How Funders Can Support Authentic Community Change Strategies
- Nonprofit organizations need to collaborate to serve overlapping client bases and to address complex social challenges, but genuine collaboration requires time, trust, and training.
- Funders have the responsibility of ensuring that collaboration efforts are successful, and they should support both the projects and the capacity of agencies to work together.
- There are different levels of collaboration, including referrals, partnerships, collaborations, and collective impact, with each representing varying degrees of cooperation between organizations.
- Funders should manage their expectations while fostering collaboration among nonprofits and approach it thoughtfully to ensure meaningful and sustainable relationships.
- Building trust and investing time and money are critical elements in the establishment of successful collaborations.
- Funders must be specific in what they want to see, and they must support agencies along their journey of working together and building trust.
- A structured approach to collaboration, collective impact involves organizations from different sectors coming together to solve a complex social problem with a unified strategy.
- Successful collaborations require non-financial and financial investment beyond funding for the collaborative project itself. Investing in the long-term health of these partnerships creates a stable foundation for lasting impact.
- Meaningful collaboration benefits both nonprofits and the communities they serve; funders should look into creating more change through partnerships that encourage and foster collaboration.
- By supporting open communication, transparency, and mutual respect, funders can help build trust among collaborating organizations and aid in the process of establishing successful collaborations
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