1. Judith L. Bell
Vice President of Nonprofit Services
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
judi@cfsarasota.org
941 556 7102
www.cfsarasota.org/nonprofitcenter

2. The resource local nonprofits trust
for guidance in building
strong, successful organizations.

3. Today:
• Many ways to collaborate
•Examples of collaboration
•Are you ready for partnership?
•Some cautions

4. What factors have driven the
emphasis on collaboration?
•Do More With Less?

6. “The New Normal”

7. Can Collaboration help us:
“Move the Needle”

8. Alachua County 990 filings

9. 501C (3)’s in Alachua County

10. It’s a Cooperative
World Now

11. La Piana’s Partnership Matrix
Administration
Management
Services
Administrative Consolidation
Organization
• Contracting for services
• Exchanging services
• Sharing services
Collaboration
• Information Parent /Subsidiary Corporate Merger
sharing
• Program Joint Programming Corporation
coordination • Single focus or program
• Joint planning • Multi-focus or program
• Integrated system
Joint Venture
Program
Greater Autonomy Greater Integration

12. A handshake can be good enough…

13. (www.lapiana.org)
Administration
Management
Services
Administrative Consolidation
Organization
• Contracting for services
• Exchanging services
• Sharing services
Collaboration
• Information Parent /Subsidiary Corporate Merger
sharing
• Program Joint Programming Corporation
coordination • Single focus or program
• Joint planning • Multi-focus or program
• Integrated system
Joint Venture
Program
Greater Autonomy Greater Integration

15. Formal collaboration:

16. La Piana’s Partnership Matrix
Administration
Management
Services
Administrative Consolidation
Organization
• Contracting for services
• Exchanging services
• Sharing services
Collaboration
• Information Parent /Subsidiary Corporate Merger
sharing
• Program Joint Programming Corporation
coordination • Single focus or program
• Joint planning • Multi-focus or program
• Integrated system
Joint Venture
Program
Greater Autonomy Greater Integration

18. www.lodestarfoundation.org

19. Collaboration Prize Winner:

20. Why Might you Consider
Collaboration:
Collaboration Prize 2008
Maximize financial resources 85%
Improve quality of services/programs 86%
Expand range of services/programs 83%
Improve program outcomes 82%
Service more clients 82%
Achieve administrative efficiencies 65%
*644 responses

21. How do collaborative relationships
begin?
Executives talking to each other 48%
Board members talking to each other 45%
Other 30%

22. In the beginning…take baby steps

23. What are some possible BARRIERS
to collaboration?
Fear of losing identity
Lack of trust
Culture differences
Forced relationships
Lack of patience
Self interest

24. • “Coming together is a beginning;
staying together is a process; and
working together is a success.”
Henry Ford

25. The partnership is an instrument, not
the end…where will it take you.