The Intersector Project (TIP@PSI) is a resource hub dedicated to advancing effective collaboration among the business, government, and non-profit sectors in the United States.
What is the Intersector?
“Perhaps more than ever before, addressing the serious problems that our society faces today requires navigating across the government, business, and non-profit sectors. While each sector has its limitations, it also has unique assets; if the sectors work together toward a common purpose, they can accomplish far more than any one can alone. There is a need for an intersector — where government, business, and non-profit sectors share expertise, resources, and authority to address problems together.” — Frank Weil, Founding Chair TIP@PSI
Our Approach
U.S. Focus
The Intersector Project’s commentary, research, and thinking focuses particularly on the United States.
Issue- and Sector-Neutral
The Intersector Project's work is both sector- and issue-neutral — created for practitioners from all sectors, working on a range of issues, across the United States.
Broad Array of Collaborative Approaches
Because the models and methods for cross-sector collaboration are proliferating, The Intersector Project’s resources speak to the broad array of collaborative approaches that practitioners in the field are actively using to solve problems.
How We Work
Creating Resources for Practitioners
The Intersector Project is committed to creating accessible, credible, and practically valuable resources and research that are publicly available in full through our website.
Bridging the Research to Practice Divide
While progress has been made, there remains a need for advancement in both scholarship and practice of government, business, and non-profit collaboration in the United States. The Intersector Project has a unique commitment to connecting research to practice by maintaining active relationships with both groups and working to produce content that brings them together. Our Research Briefing highlights the latest research relevant to cross-sector collaboration; our Research to Practice section provides in depth examinations of scholarly articles to highlight key facts, actionable takeaways, and additional resources practitioners can turn to for guidance in their cross-sector work; and our Researcher Insights series features contributions from scholars invited to distill their research for our practitioner audience.
Communicating Our Work to Practitioners in Every Sector
The Intersector Project engages with a wide variety of thinkers and practitioners on this topic — from designers of innovative public-private partnership mechanisms at NASA to local government managers pursuing improved service delivery for their constituencies.