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…
In the early 2000s, community and technical colleges in Washington State began to observe a troubling trend: Many students enrolled in basic skills programs were not advancing toward acquiring the credentials necessary to advance to college-level programs or secure employment. The Washington State Board for…
In 2005, the Indian state of Kerala banned the production of Coca-Cola products in the region, due to the company’s excessive use of water and poor record of pollution. It was clear to Coca-Cola that the corporation could improve its water efficiency and overall water…
Starting in the 1950s, the Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado, produced every plutonium trigger for U.S.-made nuclear warheads. But a 1989 raid by the FBI put a stop to the site’s nuclear production, its operators later pleading guilty to criminal violations of environmental law….
The Elizabeth River, 23 miles of estuary on the southern end of Chesapeake Bay, has one of the busiest commercial ports in the world. A history of industrial pollution contributed to sediment contamination and “toxic hotspots” along the river. In response, Marjorie Mayfield Jackson helped…
In the early 2000s in New York City, tens of thousands of animals were euthanized each year in shelters due to a lack of public awareness of the adoptable animals available. Many groups worked independently to find homes for these animals, but a lack of…
Despite spending $25 billion over 30 years fighting a “war on gangs,” the City of Los Angeles saw gang participation and violence mushroom. In 2007, Los Angeles had more than 700 individual gangs with 40,000 members. In response to the crisis, Constance Rice, Co-Director of…
In 1966, Mary Catherine Swanson, a young high-school English teacher, recognized that a traditional method of dividing students based on perceived abilities left a group of capable but underachieving students underserved. Convinced that with appropriate training and encouragement these students could excel in her advanced…
In 2004, after 50 years in operation, the Asheville Livestock Market in Western North Carolina closed its doors. Many local farmers then faced a difficult decision: Continue raising cattle and absorb the increased cost of travel to buy and sell their livestock, or give up…
In New York, the energy used in buildings is a major source of pollution, accounting for about 75 percent of the city’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. In 2007, soot emitted by New York City buildings burning residual fuel oil – No. 4 and No. 6…
In 1994, the City of Seattle and the Parks Department began to notice something wrong with trees in city parks. Research found that Seattle’s 2,500 acres of forested city parks were at risk from invasive plants such as English Ivy, Himalayan blackberry, and bindweed. In…