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Strategies for Seeking Successful Funder/Nonprofit Collaboration

Strategies for Seeking Successful Funder/Nonprofit Collaboration. Examples from Across the Country. Christine Reeves April 30, 2013. Icebreaker. What Does NCRP Do?. Serves the public good. Is responsive to communities with the least wealth, power & opportunity.

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Strategies for Seeking Successful Funder/Nonprofit Collaboration

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  1. Strategies for Seeking Successful Funder/Nonprofit Collaboration Examples from Across the Country Christine Reeves April 30, 2013

  2. Icebreaker

  3. What Does NCRP Do? • Serves the public • good • Is responsive to • communities with • the least wealth, • power & opportunity • Is held accountable • to the highest • standards of integrity • & openness

  4. My Story

  5. Given the National Data Platform: • What can literacy funders • learn from other collaborations? Question

  6. 1. Quantitative • return-on-investment to leverage limited dollars • 2. Qualitative • storytelling to enhance impact • 3. Respond to set-backs • adapt nimbly without giving up on success • 4. Promoteleadership & accountability • work collaboratively on a goal to connect multiple issue silos, grantees, grantmakers & communities  Goals

  7. Context • Collaboration Strategies (TOP 10) • 3. Collaboration Research Tools • Discussion Outline

  8. Context Why we must leverage resources to solve problems

  9. Any ideas? • $3 Billion ? • $45 Billion ? • $58 Billion ?

  10. Limited $ BIG PROBLEMS • $3 Billion Gates Foundation’s Annual Giving • $45 Billion Philanthropic Sector’s Annual Giving • $58 Billion CA’s Annual Education Budget

  11. 2. Collaboration Strategies

  12. No Silver Bullet, No Panacea

  13. Collaboration Breaks Down Silos

  14. Silo #1: Measurement Results

  15. Silo #2: Bigger Scale Uselfulness Enlarge vs Improve ? Well-Intentioned Duplication vs Nuanced Emulation ?

  16. Silo #3: Diversity Inclusion Diversity Inclusion Tokenism

  17. Silo #4: Network Collaboration Network vs. Collaboration Mentor vs. Champion

  18. Silo #5: Sector Cross-Sector

  19. ½ Way • Measure vs. Results—is philanthropy the new math? • Scale vs. Usefulness—is bigger always better? • Diversity vs. Inclusion—culture changing? • Network vs. Collaboration—internal/external? • Sector vs. Cross-Sector—gov’t, biz, & press?

  20. Silo #6: Become Include Experts

  21. Silo #7: 5% 100%

  22. Silo #8: Avoid Address Power Dynamics Multi-Year Support 25% General Operating Support 16%

  23. What If… 1.8 Million Nonprofits 74,000 Foundations 74,000 Nonprofits 1.8 Million Foundations

  24. Silo # 9: Untargeted Universalism Women & Girls Immigrants& Refugees Racial & Ethnic Minorities People with HIV/AIDS Crime & Abuse Victims Offenders & Ex-Offenders Single Parents DisabledPeople Economically Disadvantaged Elderly LGBTQ

  25. Taboo ? Untraditional Political Silo #10: Avoid Use Advocacy Inclusive & Democratic Equal Strategic Unpleasant Messy Socialist High Impact Addresses Root Causes of Problems Rude Hard to Measure Impolite Social Justice & Human Rights

  26. Charity to Social Change Self-Help/ Education Advocacy/ Policy Direct Service Civic Engagement Community Organizing

  27. Philanthropy’s Promise • 145+ Grantmakers

  28. Second ½ • Become vs. Include Experts– match/regrant/scout? • 5% v. 100%–mission-related investments? • Avoid v. Address Power–multi-yr & gen op support? • Un v. Targeted Universalism–most affected? • 10. Avoid v. Use Advocacy–many forms to leverage $?

  29. 3. Research Tools for Collaboration

  30. Grantmaking for Community Impact

  31. Summary: Leveraging Limited Dollars

  32. Findings • Nonprofits 110 • Funders 327 • Funding input $231 million • Benefits output $26.6 billion • R.O.I. $115 to $1

  33. Examples

  34. 528,880 People Communicated with Policymakers for 1st Time Civic Engagement Town Hall

  35. Advocacy/Policy: Grantee Champions Interests of Marginalized Community R.O.I. > $1.5 Billion Saved

  36. Community Organizing Grantee Helps Marginalized Communities Represent Themselves Community Organizer Laborer $2.2 Billion In Benefits Environmentalist Immigrant

  37. Philanthropy’s Promise • 145+ Grantmakers

  38. 4. Collaboration Discussion Who’s doing it? And who isn’t?

  39. Strategies for Seeking Successful Funder/Nonprofit Collaboration Examples from Across the Country Christine Reeves April 30, 2013

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