Mission + Strategy = Social Value

2012-11-21T14:33:22-06:00

A New Post from Mission + Strategy Consulting Not long ago, a new shared service alliance, or administrative partnership was considered a major event - not any more. Back office collaborations are popping up all over the place. One of...

Nonprofit Merger Secrets to Success

2012-09-18T10:08:48-05:00

A review by Jean Butzen, Mission + Strategy Consulting, of a study completed in July 2012 analyzing best practices for nonprofit mergers, completed by Wilder Research and published by MAP for Nonprofits. Research examined 41 nonprofit mergers completed between 1999 and 2010.

Local Library or Management Service Organization?

2012-05-31T14:47:41-05:00

A posting describing an example of a public library being adapted to be a nonprofit management service organization, to strengthen charitable charitable organizations in Indiana.

Shared Space Strategies: An Interview with China Brotsky

2012-03-23T13:45:45-05:00

There are many ways that nonprofit organizations can collaborate to expand the impact of their missions. One that I've been writing a lot about is nonprofit centers, or shared space, such as the Children and Families Services Center (CFSC), in...

Sharing Nonprofit Collaboration Knowledge and Experience

2012-02-23T15:08:01-06:00

One of the best outcomes of the Lodestar Foundation's Collaboration Prize (a competition to identify the best nonprofit collaboration) is the Nonprofit Collaboration Database, a searchable database of nonprofit collaboration models in the US that were submitted through the competition....

2012-02-22T15:10:22-06:00

Just moments ago, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn proposed in his 2012 State-of-the-State address that we eliminate $425M in general revenue spending, and take the budget back to 2008 spending levels. To do this, he is proposing significant cuts to social...

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...