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The Intersector Project

The Intersector Project is a resource hub dedicated to advancing effective collaboration between the business, government, and non-profit sectors in the United States.

February 2023 News: In the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s 20th anniversary issue, Aspen Institute Vice President and PSI Executive Director Jane Wales

shares how intersector collaborations can help rebuild citizen trust in U.S. institutions and society.

THE INTERSECTOR TOOLKIT

The Toolkit is a guide to help diagnose, design, implement, and assess successful intersector collaborations. While collaborations differ in their goals, scope, and size, practitioners from any sector can use these tools to navigate their challenges.

DIAGNOSIS

Can intersector collaboration help to solve our problem?

DESIGN

How do we lay the foundation to operationalize our common intersector vision?

IMPLEMENTATION

How does our intersector collaboration achieve its goals?

ASSESSMENT

What lessons did we learn from our intersector collaboration?

CASE STUDIES

One of the country’s leading libraries on U.S. cross-sector collaborations, our case studies profile tactics from successful collaborations in a variety of issue areas, including community revitalization, health and wellbeing, infrastructure, education, and environmental conservation.

RESEARCH

  • ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORTS

    We're committed to creating accessible, credible, and practically valuable research that is publicly available in full.

  • RESEARCH TO PRACTICE

    In this series, we examine academic articles to highlight actionable takeaways for practitioners.

  • RESEARCHER INSIGHTS

    We invite authors to distill their research for a practitioner audience, highlighting components that resonate in a real world context.

RESOURCE LIBRARY

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.

Article Book Business Case Collaborative Governance Collective Impact Community Partnership Corporate-Non-profit Partnership Cybersecurity Economic Development Education Emergency Management Environment Government Housing Infrastructure International Local Multimedia National Non-profit Pay for Success Public-Private Partnership Public Health Public Space Development Regional Report Research Partnership Scholarly Article State Tool Transportation Wellbeing

INTERSECTOR INSIGHTS

On The Intersector Project’s blog, we investigate and provide insights into intersector collaborations around the country.

  • Our bimonthly briefing captures the newest research on cross-sector collaboration, for researchers who want to stay up to date on progress in the field and practitioners who are interested in its practical applications....

    01 March, 2021

  • Our bimonthly briefing captures the newest research on cross-sector collaboration, for researchers who want to stay up to date on progress in the field and practitioners who are interested in its practical applications....

    09 August, 2022

  • Our bimonthly briefing captures the newest research on cross-sector collaboration, for researchers who want to stay up to date on progress in the field and practitioners who are interested in its practical applications....

    10 May, 2022

  • Our bimonthly briefing captures the newest research on cross-sector collaboration, for researchers who want to stay up to date on progress in the field and practitioners who are interested in its practical applications....

    01 March, 2022