“Philadelphia’s innovation economy is strong, but city leaders can do more with its existing assets to compete globally and benefit local communities, according to [this] report from the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Initiative on Innovation and Placemaking at the Brookings Institution. The culmination
South Florida’s Interstate 595 P3 project finished years ahead of schedule and with positive results for government and the community, writes Phil Schwab in this brief case study of the initiative. In this brief case study, Schwab (who was the private-sector project manager on the
“The Boston Fed's Working Cities Challenge (WCC) was developed to advance leadership and collaboration in New England's smaller, postindustrial places. The Boston Fed, in partnership with a team of private-, public-, and philanthropic-sector leaders, offered competitive grants of up to $700,000 to teams from smaller
“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 Pay for Success Initiative's Ask an Expert feature connects PFS practitioners directly to Urban experts ask questions regarding topics such as project intervention, project management, and evaluation.” This tool is included in our list of TEN NOTABLE RESOURCES FOR PAY FOR SUCCESS.
“This discussion paper was developed for transportation professionals who may be involved in a Public-Private Partnership (P3) concession project. P3 concessions are an integrated service delivery approach where a public transportation agency enters a contractual agreement with a private sector entity to deliver a service
“The belief that social problems such as high poverty, low employment, and health disparities are best addressed through cross-sector collaboration — partnerships involving government, business, nonprofits and philanthropies, communities, and/or the public as a whole — has inspired a number of prominent interventions in recent years. As part
“Launched in 2013, Lumina Foundation’s Community Partnership for Attainment (CPA) initiative aimed to deepen the impact of cross-sector, place-based efforts to increase higher education attainment in communities and cities across the country. … The CPA investment prioritized three pillars … This Issue Brief focuses on the second
“Science is increasingly complex and requires cross-sector, multi-disciplinary collaboration to make progress. FasterCures compiled a variety of templates, publications, and other resources from collaboration conveners across sectors to guide these efforts. [Readers can] use the information in this toolkit to ease the pain points in
“No one organization or sector alone can bring a scientific discovery through product development. The process takes years and often requires participation from patient advocates, academia, industry, and government. … Stakeholders in R&D increasingly look to foundations to be the ‘honest brokers’ to lead these