Collective Impact

How strategic capacity building and trust-based philanthropy can work in concert.

Using the Hub’s new ‘Activities’ filter, Jim Cooke explores the wide variety of mechanisms, both formal and informal, that are helping funders achieve more together.

The U.S. Census happens only once per decade, New York State is already working to build the nonprofit infrastructure for a successful 2030 count. This effort is led by the New…

As we reflect on the power of our vote to bring in this new administration, perhaps we should also be asking, where else can we apply democratic principles to create…

In 2019, the Virginia-based Danville Regional Foundation (DRF) set a new strategic vision—to help more people believe in the transformation of the region and embrace their role in achieving it.…

In a recent blog post, Isis Krause explained how research on giving circles helped to inspire the launch of Philanthropy Together, a “new nonprofit, co-created by hundreds of giving circle and…

Learn how to position communal learning as a strategic asset that drives adaptation, innovation, and mutual accountability.

United Way organizations are leading and supporting collective impact efforts globally, some since the model was widely introduced in 2011. Ten years later, Ayeola Fortune, interim senior vice president for impact at United…

Have you ever wondered how getting a bunch of people in one room or space could be a game-changer? Well, convening folks with a common goal is powerful. Given their…

“When philanthropy partners, communities prosper.” This was the guiding mantra that tied together this year’s Exponent Philanthropy conference in Baltimore, MD that we attended earlier this fall. Every year, Exponent…

Community philanthropy – people-led and people-centred approaches and models – is becoming all the more relevant against a backdrop of changing funding flows, and increasingly restrictive operating environments for civil society in many parts of ……

How do we cultivate a culture that breeds innovation, collaboration, respect and collective impact?