Collective Impact

Philanthropists aspire to major progress on big, systemic issues like education or public health and most fund individual interventions in the hope that one will break through and scale. But…

When lean funders combine their grantmaking, influence, and passion, they have more impact than either could individually. The Leighty Foundation (Juneau, AK) and the Lodestar Foundation (Phoenix, AZ) both believe that strategic volunteer engagement…

Moving from a scarcity mindset to one of collaboration takes time, patience and hard work. Here are four steps nonprofits can take to start their collaboration journey.

It is unequivocal: Human activities have caused the climate crisis and human activities are absolutely vital to prevent further, worsening catastrophe. We need to act urgently. We need to act…

This June marks the one-year anniversary of the passage of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which invested substantial federal dollars in Tribal Nations, and it was followed by the Inflation […]…

No city can go it alone — nor should they have to. As U.S. cities work to meet the diverse needs of their communities while coping with strained budgets, local…

Last week, my colleague Andrew Craig and I represented RBC at the Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network (CEGN) annual conference in (still) snowcapped Banff, Alberta. The conference brings together philanthropic foundations that are helping propel…

I manage two funds: the SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration and the New York Merger, Acquisition and Collaboration Fund. Both funds encourage and support mergers, acquisitions, and other types of…

Many experienced professionals want to continue working in the years and even decades that follow the traditional retirement age. They want to stay engaged and productive and, in many cases,…

Read a translation of this article in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, or Ukrainian. What is this?This is an invitation to crowdsource with and beyond our community and activist networks, so we co-create a diverse ……

Innovation. The word has become almost cliché at this point. It’s been co-opted and attributed to everything from smart phones to microwave pizza. At the risk of perpetuating the hyperbole,…

How do you build community ownership? Childspace’s Mindy Barbacoff (Philadelphia), Dudley Street’s Minnie McMahon (Boston), and Co-op Dayton’s Amaha Sellassie share the valuable lessons they’ve learned.