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How Funder Collaboratives Are Supporting Proximate Organizations in Africa

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Atti Worku , Degan Ali & David Bowermaster Philanthropic collaboratives are growing in popularity in Africa and share many similarities with their global peers, but they also have their own distinguishing traits. For one thing, African collaboratives tend to be underfunded relative to collaboratives in other parts of the world.

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How cross-sector collaboration can create lasting change 

Candid

Government has the scale and policy tools to make change sustainable. Moreover, businesses, nonprofits, and government each benefit. The most effective corporate social responsibility efforts are built on real partnerships with nonprofits and supported by government policies that allow these collaborations to thrive.

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Partnering to Advance Grassroots Movements Through Collaboratives

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This sense of urgency led the Dagevilles to collaborative funds, where they saw the most opportunity to learn while giving and could give in a way that empowered local leaders. Their satisfaction with this funding model has since led to a decision that they will channel 50 percent of their grantmaking budget into collaboratives.

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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

Blue Avocado

Board members are a vital resource for nonprofits: In addition to their responsibility for governance, they each bring unique perspectives and experiences to enrich the growth of nonprofit organizations and partnerships. When Natasha later joined the board of directors of Mary’s Pence , she found a nonprofit that aligned with her values.

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Getting nonprofit boards on board: Recruiting, governance, and fundraising

Candid

It also highlights how good practices in governance and fiduciary duties can foster more collaboration, accountability, and effective decision making. Strategies for strengthening nonprofit board governance A nonprofit governing board has a legal obligation to oversee management of the organization. Ready to learn more?

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Philanthropy Must Accelerate Spending and Broaden Collaboration

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As government funding for social good is slashed, even if temporarily, it will have waterfall effects for years to come. On average, MacArthur Foundation grantees get 12 percent of their funding from government grants. A concentrated number are highly vulnerable—receiving 25 percent or more of their funding from government sources.

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Bringing Organizational Cultures Together for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Research reveals how inter-organizational collaborations for social impact often run into structural or governance issues like power asymmetries or a focus on the wrong metric of success. Working effectively with and across cultures is even more challenging when organizations come together to tackle social and environmental challenges.

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