In this article for City Journal, Laura Vanderkam looks at the partnership between the Central Park Conservancy and New York City for lessons in how the City should handle other public spaces in a time of limited public funding. “The marriage between the city and
“This brief shares stories from [Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund] sites, based on conversations among the backbone leaders, site visits by [Jobs for the Future] to each site, and a convening of small cross-sector teams from the sites. The first section offers examples from the sites
“In 2013, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) embarked on a pioneering effort to advance a Culture of Health initiative. A Culture of Health places well-being at the center of every aspect of life, with the goal of enabling everyone in our diverse society to
This podcast from the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society features a panel discussion on the collective impact model using the cross-sector Northern Sierra Partnership in California as a case study.
This Toolkit provides practical knowledge for practitioners from government, business, and non-profit sectors to diagnose, design, implement, and assess cross-sector collaborations. While collaboration can refer to a broad range of interactions between multiple parties, The Intersector Project focuses on collaborations characterized by shared decision-making processes among sectors.
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
“So much of what we do in community work involves attempts to influence people — to continue healthy behaviors, to stop (or at least cut down on) unhealthy behaviors, to volunteer their time or make a financial donation, to attend our events and fundraisers, and
The Community Tool Box is a free, online resource for those working to build healthier communities and bring about social change. The Developing an Organizational Structure for the Initiative chapter provides guidance in these areas: Creating and gathering a group to guide the initiative Developing multi-sector task forces
The Community Tool Box is a free, online resource for those working to build healthier communities and bring about social change. The Creating Objectives section looks at “developing the specific objectives that will help to make your vision and mission a reality.” It includes discussion of: What