The Community Foundation believes that these difficult economic times call for alternative approaches to growing and stabilizing area nonprofits. These alternatives should not be considered a last ditch effort for survival but rather an innovative strategic tool for organizations focused on providing quality, cost effective services to their constituents.

The Community Foundation realizes that strategic restructuring is not a one size fits all solution, rather it is a broad continuum of possible models including, but not limited to, joint ventures, informal partnerships, administrative or back office consolidations, joint programming, arentsubsidiary structures, fiscal sponsorships, and mergers. All of these models may require a fundamental change in individual organizational structure.

Support from this fund does not endorse any one model but is intended to assist with the opportunity to explore which model, if any, works best for each organization. For more information, please read our Guidelines and Procedures for the Collaborative Efforts Funds.