United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania

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Research

Bridgespan Group
Relatively few nonprofits are using M&A strategically, as a way to strengthen organizations' effectiveness, spread best practices, expand reach, and to do all of this more cost-effectively. This article discusses research conducted by the Bridgespan Group on nonprofit M&A.

Strategic Partnerships
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Download the presentation from Strategic Partnerships: Forging Alliances, Advancing Your Mission by Jo DeBolt of LaPiana Consulting.

Research

Bridgespan Group
Relatively few nonprofits are using M&A strategically, as a way to strengthen organizations' effectiveness, spread best practices, expand reach, and to do all of this more cost-effectively. This article discusses research conducted by the Bridgespan Group on nonprofit M&A.

http://www.bridgespan.org/Nonprofit-M-and-A.aspx
Real Collaboration: A Guide for Grantmakers

http://www.lapiana.org/downloads/RealCollaboration.PDF
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models - For-profit executives use business models—such as “low-cost provider” or “the razor and the razor blade"—as a shorthand way to describe and understand the way companies are built and sustained. Nonprofit executives, to their detriment, are not as explicit about their funding models and have not had an equivalent lexicon—until now.

http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/ten_nonprofit_funding_models/

Resources

The NonprofitCenters Network
The NonprofitCenters Network is a community of nonprofit and philanthropic leaders and professionals from the financial, real estate, and public sectors dedicated to sharing their knowledge and networks for creating and operating quality nonprofit workspace.

http://www.nonprofitcenters.org/about-us/
Merage Foundation
The collection includes information that is based on the experiences of existing comprehensive shared service organizations, as well as other resources to guide the start-up of local early care and education alliances.

http://merage.org/index.asp?w=pages&r=65&pid=85
LaPiana Associates
Strategic restructuring refers to a continuum of partnerships - including but not limited to mergers, joint ventures, administrative consolidations, and joint programming - through which nonprofits strive to anticipate or respond to environmental threats and opportunities. La Piana Associates, through its foundation-sponsored Strategic Solutions project, is the nation's leading resource on all aspects of nonprofit strategic restructuring.

http://www.lapiana.org
Nonprofit Finance Fund

NFF's "Tough Times" Package of Services
NFF has created a comprehensive package of rapid-response services that can be offered to nonprofit organizations, regardless of size. These services are customized to meet the needs of organizations as determined by factors such as size, mission-focus, financial condition and goals for the future.

http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/details.php?autoID=189
The Nonprofit Mergers Workbook
http://www.fieldstonealliance.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=069725