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What Attributes do Nonprofits Need to Build Cross-Sector Collaboration?

ASU Lodestar Center

Cross-sector collaboration can be defined as partnerships between nonprofit, private, and government entities working together towards mutual goals to produce change (Simo & Bies, 2007). All sectors needed to consider what steps were essential to prevent the families in the defunded housing programs from becoming homeless again.

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Why your nonprofit must invest in outcome measurement and a culture of innovation

ASU Lodestar Center

Services that were once provided primarily by the government have slowly shifted to the nonprofit sector to reduce government spending. Although the HUD Exchange’s Continuum of Care focuses specifically on homelessness, other coalitions use a similar framework to address specific issues.

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How can diversity strategies help nonprofit leaders realize more funding opportunities?

ASU Lodestar Center

An example of collaborative efforts for programming and shared funding is an organization that works to address homelessness partnering with neighborhood residents for a solution. Some organizations that depend on government funding, like grants, tend to limit the diversity of board members. Public Administration Review. & McCoy.

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Research Friday: The Real Impact of Collective Impact

ASU Lodestar Center

So you have a variety of nonprofits, government, and philanthropic organizations working together — they are doing their own things, but it’s mutually reinforcing that common agenda, it is tying those things together. So, by focusing collectively around the chronically homeless we’ve made some wonderful strides.

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How Can Nonprofit Leaders Create Effective Community Change?

ASU Lodestar Center

Each community brings diverse challenges for the government, nonprofit, and private sectors to address; and these complex social issues are rarely solved by single organizations. Nationally and in Arizona, systemic challenges are present. percent in 2015; and was even higher in Arizona where the 2015 poverty rate was 18.2

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Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last summer, I met a young man in Arizona named Kyle. He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources. Ben Duda is executive director of AmeriCorps Alums and graciously agreed to share some thoughts on this as guest post. By Ben Duda.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Before her time in Sacramento she worked for environmental NGOs throughout Arizona, California, and Bolivia. Meet Our Salesforce.org Impact Lab Climate Action Experts.

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