Funder Collaboratives
Regional associations can play a critical role in building and sustaining collaborative efforts in their local regions. Some of the resources in this area that will help you address this challenging role include:- benefits of funder collaboratives for regional associations
- dealing with regional challenges to funder collaboration
- sample documents
Please Note: The Forum wishes to thank the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers for collecting these resources and making them available to their regional association colleagues.
Materials
- Listserve Discussion: Funder Collaboratives across the Country
This document compiles the results of a June 17, 2011 listserve query regarding examples of funder collaboratives. - Communities of Practice in Philanthropy (634KB, PPT)
Communities of practice are groups of people who share a passion for a topic and interact on an ongoing basis to deepen their expertise. Learn more about this form of collaboration and explore the roles that regional associations can play in supporting it from the Social Capital Group. - Investing Together: A Decade of Community Progress (2MB, PDF)
Collaborative funding pools can attract new partners and strengthen distressed communities. Learn how the Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative pooled their resources to find new solutions in supporting neighborhood recovery. - Local Donor Collaboration: Lessons From Baltimore and Beyond (PDF)
Stories and lessons learned from four funder collaboratives by the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers; focus on how collaboratives get started, what sustains them, and effective practices. - Donors Forum: Fund for Immigrant and Refugees
Sample funder collaborative report from Donors Forum; focus on lessons learned from immigrant and refugee funds.
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