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Welcome
This blog is a space where we discuss collaboration in the nonprofit space, celebrate mergers and partnerships and honor those organizations who have decided to close their doors. Welcome, take a look around!
#MergerMondays: Idaho Housing Collaboration
Three Idaho Nonprofits join forces to tackle a groundbreaking project for affordable housing.
#MergerMondays: United Way of Summit and Medina + Heart to Heart Leadership
United Way and Heart to Heart merge
#MergerMondays: People First Economy + Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum
Grand Rapids, Detroit nonprofits mere to promote sustainable business practices - Crains
How did we get here?
It’s a new year! And we’re asking big questions. Let’s take a walk down memory lane and figure out how we got here in the first place - why do we have 1.8 million nonprofits? and what’s going to happen to them in this big shake up that’s making our sector question…everything?
#MergerMondays: Center for the Collaborative Classroom + FluentSeeds
Collaborative Classroom + FluentSeeds
So…What else could we do together?
Thinking about merging your nonprofit? Where do you start!?
Why do nonprofits merge?
There are lots of reasons nonprofit leaders pursue mergers. It can be to solve a problem or seize an opportunity. Knowing what brought you to the negotiating table makes for better outcomes all around.
Organizational Symbiosis: Don’t be a barnacle when you can be an oxpecker
You might enjoy symbiotic relationships in your nonprofit collaborations - but are you an oxpecker or a barnacle?
Start your journey
Thinking about taking off on a collaboration adventure? Let’s talk.