8 episodes
Sustained Collaboration Network Podcast Sustained Collaboration Network
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Are you a nonprofit or social impact leader curious about how to make your collaborations more effective? This podcast mini-series, created by the Sustained Collaboration Network and the Network for Nonprofit and Social Impact at Northwestern University, highlights the stories of funders and leaders with impactful integrated organizations (e.g., mergers, asset transfers), shared projects, shared service agreements, and alliances/networks. The podcast builds on two reports, available at sustainedcollab.org, with over 20 case studies highlighting practices that produced positive outcomes for collaborations.
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Evolving an advocacy alliance: Philanthropy California
Philanthropy California is a 10-year-old alliance between Northern California Grantmakers (NCG), Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties (formerly Catalyst), and Southern California Grantmakers (SCG). In this episode, I speak with Karla Mercado, Director of Philanthropy California, Karen Freeman (now Chief Operating Officer at Southern California Grantmakers), and Megan Thomas, President & CEO of Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties, about the evolution of Philanthropy Califo...
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Can sustained collaboration help save journalism?
In this episode of the Sustained Collaboration podcast, I talk with Nico Leone, President and CEO of KERA - North Texas Public Broadcasting, about Arts Access. Arts Access is a joint project of KERA and Dallas Morning News. The partnership not only allowed the two news organizations to cover equity in the arts but helped them secure funding from new donors. To download your copy of the research referenced in this episode, visit https://sustainedcollab.org/events-and-publications/
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Philanthropic Funders' Perspectives on Sustained Collaboration
In this episode, I talk with Margaret Black of Lyda Hill Philanthropies, Jennifer Price-Letscher of the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and Jessica Richards of the William Penn Foundation. Each of these foundations has committed to supporting the Sustained Collaboration Network through a shared fund. Learn more about why they support sustained collaboration and their experience in a pooled fund. They offer critical insights to any philanthropic funder thinking about sustained collaboration...
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Asset transfers as a strategic social impact tool
In this episode, we talk about asset transfers. Asset transfers occur when a nonprofit gifts part or all of its assets to another organization. In this episode, we feature three conversations. The episode begins with a conversation with Laura Solomon, Founder of Laura Solomon & Associates. The conversation focuses on the legal aspects of an asset transfer. Next, we turn to a story of a specific asset transfer between Uplift Solutions and the Share Food Program. George Matysik, executive d...
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DVBEDS: An alliance supporting domestic violence survivors
In this episode, I talk with Paige Flink, former CEO and board member of The Family Place, and Suzanne Smith of Social Impact Architects. They share the story of DVBeds and discuss how alliances can offer better-shared services to clients through coordination. DVBeds is a network of independent domestic violence shelters in Texas. Under a systems alignment theory of change, the program aligns the capacities of the organizations to serve the most individuals and families. The networ...
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How to build a shared service collaborative: Lessons from ECOST
In this episode, we are talking about shared service collaboratives. Shared service collaboratives occur when organizations coordinate activities to create more efficient or higher-quality operations. This episode features a conversation with Marjorie Murat, CEO of Dallas Afterschool, and Errika Flood-Moultrie, founder and CE0 of Connections Multiplied and Connections Multiplied, Too. They describe the Early Childhood and Out-of-School Time (ECOST) workforce development program, where early c...