Whether you’re working on a local collective impact initiative or a national public-private partnership; whether you’re a practitioner or a researcher; whether you’re looking for basics or a detailed look at a particular topic, our Resource Library can help you find the information and tools you need for your cross-sector thinking and practice. The Library — which includes resources from research organizations, advisory groups, training organizations, academic centers and journals, and other sources — spans issue areas, sectors, and partnership types.
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There are a number of academic courses, programs, and certificates offered in the United States in which cross-sector collaboration is a major theme. We hope this list will be useful for educators who are interested in how this topic is being taught at universities across the country…
In this paper, Living Cities offers “a strategic framework for cross-sector partnerships including describing and defining the traits that make up a strong foundation, factors that influence success, and behaviors of high-impact efforts. In addition to the theory, the paper steeps these ideas in four…
This landmark SSIR article introduced the concept of collective impact and its five conditions of collective success. “Collaboration is nothing new. The social sector is filled with examples of partnerships, networks, and other types of joint efforts. But collective impact initiatives are distinctly different. Unlike…
✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “Theoretical and empirical work on collaboration has proliferated in the last decade. The authors’ 2006 article on designing and implementing cross-sector collaborations was a part of, and helped stimulate, this growth. This article reviews the authors’ and others’…
“This report focuses specifically on a cross-sector collaborative effort to significantly reduce traffic congestion in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota. The organizers of the program concluded that a collaborative, multi-modal approach was crucial to making real headway on a longstanding, costly, nearly intractable…
This case study from the Centre for Public Impact tells the story of The Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC) program, “an initiative implemented in Massachusetts, which provides a 50% tax credit for donations to certified community development corporations in the state. Its purpose is to…
“Since its introduction, the concept of pay for success (PFS) financing has attracted attention from leaders interested in innovative social financing approaches. The model — which establishes outcomes-driven contracts between government and service providers, with up-front capital from private funders — shines a spotlight on…
“The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) convened public, private, and nonprofit leaders to share their insights on how to improve health and housing outcomes. Individual…
These principles from the National Council of Nonprofits are “designed for use by nonprofits, governments, foundations, and for-profit entities when considering launching pay-for-success initiatives, social impact bonds, or other new funding mechanisms. … [These principles aim to] help parties contemplating alternative funding arrangements set expectations…
“The Rockefeller Foundation has long recognized the importance of meaningful engagement of the private sector in addressing many of the world’s most complex problems. While many social sector leaders understand that engaging the private sector matters, far fewer understand how to do so, or the…
“The Edwards Aquifer case provides a historical overview of one of the most contentious water disputes in the United States. The case provides an in-depth analysis of how this entrenched, 70 year old water dispute was ultimately resolved through a consensus-based, multi-stakeholder, collaborative process.”
This document was prepared by EducationCounsel for the Washington, D.C. School District and captures EducationCounsel’s “preliminary research on district-charter collaboration efforts in other U.S. cities.” The report presents 10 case studies, each of which includes information on key contextual factors for the cross-sector collaboration, collaboration…
“This Toolkit is for government officials, urban planners, citizen groups, and others who want to implement successful smart cities projects. Drawing from lessons learned, it provides a framework for getting the most out of public-private partnerships, including what to look for in a partner, assessing…
✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher This chapter from The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management “focuses on the co-generation of value by partnering between non-profits and businesses, a phenomenon that has exhibited explosive growth since the 1990s. Many of the conceptual and…
This article from Government Executive discusses an IBM Center for the Business of Government report that examines “collaboration within the context of homeless policy networks … While this report specifically investigates the role of leading in continuum of care (CoC) homeless programs and the leadership…