Mission + Strategy = Social Value

Announcing a New Blog Series on Nonprofit Co-Location by Mission + Strategy

2012-01-12T10:32:21-06:00

There is a lot of exciting and creative work occurring with nonprofit co-locations around the country and I thought I would write a series on the topic in my Stanford Social Innovation Review blog. The first posting was published Jan....

2012-01-10T10:08:47-06:00

There's a very interesting article about the Chicago-based shared service alliance called the Back Office Collaborative, or BOC, in the winter issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/case_study_change_comes_at_a_cost), summarizing what BOC and its members have been able to accomplish...

Changing the Way Nonprofits do Business by Funding Collaboration

2011-11-14T15:21:29-06:00

An introduction to the Catalyst Fund, managed by the Nonprofit Finance Fund, which provides funding for nonprofit collaborations and mergers in the Boston metropolitan area.

Merger Client Announces New Identity

2011-10-28T11:00:30-05:00

My client, the Badger Asn. of the Blind & Visually Impaired, of Milwaukee, WI., which merged in 2009 with the Center for Blind & Visually Impaired Children, is launching their new identity today: they are now known as Vision Forward...

Announcing a New Consolidation

2011-10-07T14:49:47-05:00

Mission + Strategy would like to announce the consolidation of The Emergency Fund and The Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness, effective Oct. 1, 2011. This unique strategic partnership brings together the two largest systems-level nonprofits addressing homelessness in Chicago.

A New Merger: Changing Worlds and the Shanti Foundation for Peace

2011-09-30T15:32:29-05:00

I'd like to announce a merger of Changing Worlds and the Shanti Foundation for Peace, completed with the assistance of Mission + Strategy's consultant Cinda Rierson, among many others. Congratulations to the Executive Directors Mark Rodriguez and Indira Johnson for...

A New Source for Funding Nonprofit Mergers and Integrations

2011-09-20T19:15:17-05:00

It isn't often that a funder calls me up to introduce himself, but that's what John MacIntosh of Sea Change Capital Partners did when he heard that I was active in nonprofit collaborations in the Midwest. John wanted to learn...

Back Office Integrations - The Merage Foundation Early Learning Ventures Alliance Model

2011-01-17T13:31:32-06:00

This is my third posting in a series on shared services alliances in the nonprofit sector. Aside from mergers, there is a wide variety of partial integration models that are extremely creative and productive that nonprofits can use. One of...

I Gain and You Gain - The Emergence of "Smart Power" Strategies in the Nonprofit Sector

2010-11-23T13:39:27-06:00

A discussion of Joseph Nye's theory of smart power, applied to the nonprofit sector through mergers, alliances, and partnerships.

2010-11-09T08:57:46-06:00

If you've read any of my blogs about the Early Childhood Education Shared Services Alliances, you may want to participate in a webinar to learn more about them on Dec. 2nd. The webinar presenters are Louise Stoney and Libbie Poppick...