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Judith L. Bell
Vice President of Nonprofit Services
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
judi@cfsarasota.org
941 556 7102
www.cfsarasota.org/nonprofitcenter
The resource local nonprofits trust
for guidance in building
strong, successful organizations.
Today:
• Many ways to collaborate
•Examples of collaboration
•Are you ready for partnership?
•Some cautions
What factors have driven the
emphasis on collaboration?
•Do More With Less?
“The New Normal”
Can Collaboration help us:
“Move the Needle”
Alachua County 990 filings
501C (3)’s in Alachua County
It’s a Cooperative
World Now
La Piana’s Partnership Matrix
Collaboration • Information
sharing
• Program
coordination
• Joint planning
• Contracting for services
• Exchanging services
• Sharing services
• Single focus or program
• Multi-focus or program
• Integrated system
Greater Autonomy Greater Integration
Corporate Merger
Pro
gra
m
Ad
min
istr
ati
on
Joint Venture
Management
Services
Organization
Parent /Subsidiary
Corporation
Administrative Consolidation
Joint Programming
A handshake can be good enough…
(www.lapiana.org)
Collaboration • Information
sharing
• Program
coordination
• Joint planning
• Contracting for services
• Exchanging services
• Sharing services
• Single focus or program
• Multi-focus or program
• Integrated system
Greater Autonomy Greater Integration
Corporate Merger
Pro
gra
m
Ad
min
istr
ati
on
Joint Venture
Management
Services
Organization
Parent /Subsidiary
Corporation
Administrative Consolidation
Joint Programming
Formal collaboration:
La Piana’s Partnership Matrix
Collaboration • Information
sharing
• Program
coordination
• Joint planning
• Contracting for services
• Exchanging services
• Sharing services
• Single focus or program
• Multi-focus or program
• Integrated system
Greater Autonomy Greater Integration
Corporate Merger
Pro
gra
m
Ad
min
istr
ati
on
Joint Venture
Management
Services
Organization
Parent /Subsidiary
Corporation
Administrative Consolidation
Joint Programming
Collaboration Prize Winner:
Why Might you Consider
Collaboration: Collaboration Prize 2008
Maximize financial resources 85%
Improve quality of services/programs 86%
Expand range of services/programs 83%
Improve program outcomes 82%
Service more clients 82%
Achieve administrative efficiencies 65%
*644 responses
How do collaborative relationships
begin?
Executives talking to each other 48%
Board members talking to each other 45%
Other 30%
In the beginning…take baby steps
What are some possible BARRIERS
to collaboration?
Fear of losing identity
Lack of trust
Culture differences
Forced relationships
Lack of patience
Self interest
• “Coming together is a beginning;
staying together is a process; and
working together is a success.” Henry Ford
The partnership is an instrument, not
the end…where will it take you.
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