A new nonprofit alliance model shows how previously siloed organizations can collaborate to scale services while retaining autonomy.
Nonprofits face growing pressure to do more with less: rising demand, shrinking funding, and increasingly complex social issues often exceed the capacity—and mission—of any single organization.
Effectively addressing hunger, homelessness, education, or health equity requires a level of strategic coordination that few organizations can achieve on their own.
These structural incentives often reinforce competition over collaboration.
Most nonprofits operate in isolation from each other.
Author summary: Nonprofits collaborate to scale services.