strategies for seeking successful funder/nonprofit collaboration
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Strategies for Seeking Successful Funder/Nonprofit Collaboration
Christine ReevesApril 30, 2013
Examples from Across the Country
Icebreaker
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
My Story
Given the National Data Platform:
What can literacy funders learn from other collaborations?
Question
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. Promote leadership & accountability work collaboratively on a goal to connect multiple
issue silos, grantees, grantmakers & communities
Goals
1. Context
2. Collaboration Strategies (TOP 10)
3. Collaboration Research Tools
4. Discussion
Outline
1. ContextWhy we must leverage resources to solve problems
$3 Billion ?
$45 Billion ?
$58 Billion ?
Any ideas?
$3 Billion Gates Foundation’s Annual Giving
$45 Billion Philanthropic Sector’s Annual Giving
$58 Billion CA’s Annual Education Budget
Limited $ BIG PROBLEMS
2. Collaboration Strategies
No Silver Bullet, No Panacea
Collaboration Breaks Down Silos
Silo #1: Measurement Results
Silo #2: Bigger Scale Uselfulness
Well-Intentioned Duplication vs
Nuanced Emulation?
Enlargevs
Improve?
Silo #3: Diversity Inclusion
DiversityInclusionTokenism
Silo #4: Network Collaboration
Network vs. Collaboration
Mentor vs. Champion
Silo #5: Sector Cross-Sector
1. Measure vs. Results—is philanthropy the new math?
2. Scale vs. Usefulness—is bigger always better?
3. Diversity vs. Inclusion—culture changing?
4. Network vs. Collaboration—internal/external?
5. Sector vs. Cross-Sector—gov’t, biz, & press?
½ Way
Silo #6: Become Include Experts
Silo #7: 5% 100%
Silo #8: Avoid Address Power Dynamics
Multi-Year Support
General Operating Support16%
25%
What If…
1.8 MillionNonprofits
74,000Foundations
74,000Nonprofits
1.8 MillionFoundations
Offenders & Ex-Offenders
People with HIV/AIDS
Single Parents
Racial & Ethnic Minorities
Economically Disadvantaged
Immigrants & Refugees
LGBTQ
Women & Girls
Elderly
Disabled People
Crime & Abuse Victims
Silo # 9: Untargeted Universalism
Silo #10: Avoid Use Advocacy
Strategic
Inclusive &
Democratic
Addresses Root Causes of
Problems
High Impact
Social Justice &
Human Rights
Equal
Taboo Untraditional
Hard to Measure
SocialistUnpleasant Messy
ImpoliteRude
Political
?
Civic Engagement Community
Organizing
Advocacy/Policy
Self-Help/Education
DirectService
Charity to Social Change
145+ Grantmakers
Philanthropy’s Promise
6. Become vs. Include Experts– match/regrant/scout?
7. 5% v. 100%–mission-related investments?
8. Avoid v. Address Power–multi-yr & gen op support?
9. Un v. Targeted Universalism–most affected?
10. Avoid v. Use Advocacy–many forms to leverage $?
Second ½
3. Research Tools for Collaboration
Grantmaking for Community Impact
Summary: Leveraging Limited Dollars
Findings
• Nonprofits 110
• Funders 327
• Funding input $231 million
• Benefits output $26.6 billion
• R.O.I. $115 to $1
Examples
Civic Engagement Town Hall528,880 People
Communicated with Policymakers for 1st Time
R.O.I.> $1.5 Billion Saved
Advocacy/Policy:Grantee Champions Interests of
Marginalized Community
Environmentalist Immigrant
Laborer Community Organizer$2.2 Billion
In Benefits
Community OrganizingGrantee Helps Marginalized Communities
Represent Themselves
145+ Grantmakers
Philanthropy’s Promise
4. Collaboration Discussion Who’s doing it? And who isn’t?
Strategies for Seeking Successful Funder/Nonprofit Collaboration
Christine ReevesApril 30, 2013
Examples from Across the Country