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

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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

www.lodestarfoundation.org

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.