#MergerMondays: Habitat for Humanity affiliates of Northwest Arkansas

This isn’t the first #MergerMondays that highlights consolidation between two chapters of larger nonprofit organizations, and it won’t be the last.

We’ve seen it with United Way, YMCA, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Ronald McDonald House and even New Jersey chapters of Habitat for Humanity.

Now, we highlight a #mergerwithamission between two Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Northwest Arkansas that came together to “approach housing needs on a regional scale.” This combination of two already strong nonprofit organizations joining forces to better prepare for the increase in projects and staff as housing challenges continue to rise.

These affiliate mergers are the perfect example of how combining resources, ideas and motivation with a shared mission can exponentially increase the organization’s impact. It also highlights the strong link between leadership transition and merger. Being prepared for leadership transition to prompt merger exploration or for merger exploration to prompt leadership transition is something every board should be prepared to navigate - how is your board talking about succession planning? What creative alternatives to simply launching a search for the carbon copy of your current leadership have you considered? Succession planning is about so much more than executive search!

Find all the details of the merger here.