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ANNOTATED TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Getting Serious about Funder Collaboration
After years of hearing that more collaboration would be a good thing, funders seem to be getting beyond the talk and finding new ways to work together.
- Focus and Function: Designing a Collaborative to Fit the Purpose
A collaborative takes shape when a group of grantmakers recognize that they share a common focus — and that they might be able to do more together than they can on their own. The next step is figuring out how to structure a collaborative to serve the function they have in mind. This section outlines three basic types, with examples of each.
- Organizing for Good Relationships and Outcomes
A collaborative runs on the power of its relationships, which can run a little more cleanly if the group takes time to set some simple ground rules. Yet a certain amount of "messiness" is inevitable in any collaborative venture.
- What Do We Do About…?
The beauty of predictable problems is that they can be anticipated, planned for, and perhaps even avoided. In this section, grantmakers share tips about what to do about tensions that arise in many collaboratives: clubbiness, disagreement, and more.
- Roles for Nonfunders
Funder collaboratives have found creative ways to involve nonfunders in their work. When funders make common cause, it seems, it's not such a stretch to include others.
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