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Advancing Funders’ Openness Practices: Lessons for the Field from the Collective Impact Funder Action Learning Lab
With support from the Fund for Shared Insight, the Collective Impact Forum has worked closely with eight grantmaking organizations in an “Action Learning Lab” …
ACT Anaheim: A Case Study of Collective Impact
The Orange County Community Foundation partnered with FSG, a mission-driven consulting firm for leaders in search of social change, to produce ACT Anaheim: A C…
Cross-Sector Partnership Assessment
Living Cities developed the free Cross-Sector Partnership Assessment to help those engaged in cross-sector partnerships, particularly collective impact partner…
Navigating the Funder/Backbone Relationship – Panel Discussion
"Navigating the Funder/Backbone Relationship" panel discussion at the 2015 Collective Impact Convening.
Towards a Better Place: A Conversation about Promising Practice in Place-Based Philanthropy
“Place-based” initiatives, which 20 years ago may have been called “comprehensive community initiatives,” bring much needed resources to struggling communities.
Too Much Collective, Too Little Impact: Aligning Multiple Initiatives in One Community
The growth of collective impact initiatives around the country gives rise to this dilemma: