Partnership strategy development for nonprofits
You know you could achieve more by partnering with others, but you don't know who to partner with or how.
What you'll achieve
This engagement helps organizations identify, vet, and establish effective partnerships to scale their impact. The process includes developing a partnership strategy and facilitating negotiations with potential allies.
How a Nonprofit Builder consultant helps
- Map the partnership landscape, define your partnership criteria and value proposition, and support you to prioritise, approach, and structure the partnerships most likely to advance your strategy.
Key deliverables
- Partnership strategy, partner selection criteria, landscape map and shortlist, outreach or negotiation guidance, partnership development action plan.
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From the resource library
Free tools and guides to get started
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Strategic planning: a toolkit for small NGOs
A short, step-by-step strategic planning toolkit for small NGOs, including those that fund partners and those that work directly with communities. It is one of 5 toolkits from INTRAC's Strengthening Small Organisations with Big Ambitions project (2021 to 2022), funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. It comes as a PDF and as a lighter online version for low-bandwidth and mobile users. It is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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Three Questions for Nonprofits That Want to Solve Social Problems at Scale
A free Bridgespan article for nonprofit and NGO leaders who want impact at scale without building an ever larger organisation. Drawing on advisory work and interviews with 11 organisations, it poses three questions: what is the highest-impact role your organisation can play, what capabilities and structures that role needs, and how you will learn and adapt as conditions change. Teams use it to frame a scaling strategy before choosing tactics.
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