Article
Merging for Survival: An Innovative Collaboration Effort, One Year Later
Administration in Social Work
(2013)
Abstract
Nonprofit human services providers are struggling to meet increasing demands for services with diminished budgetary resources. This study returns to a unique collaborative fundraising model one year later in order to assess the progress toward successful joint fundraising a year after an initial study of the partnership was completed. Key stakeholders from the two remaining partner agencies were interviewed using a semi-structured interview protocol. Two major themes arose from examining the data: the primacy of relationships in building a successful collaboration and the importance of sustainability and accountability to the well-being of the new organization. The authors discuss practice implications as well as important considerations for other leaders considering the implementation of such a model.
Keywords
- accountability,
- identifying possible partners,
- inter-organizational relationships,
- organizational sustainability
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring April 27, 2013
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03643107.2012.674478
Citation Information
Lauri Goldkind, Manoj Pardasani and Suzanne Marmo. "Merging for Survival: An Innovative Collaboration Effort, One Year Later" Administration in Social Work Vol. 37 Iss. 2 (2013) p. 199 - 212 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/suzanne-marmo-roman/3/