Learn from two experts in the field about how to make a collaboration that works and succeeds.  

Two arts collaboratives discuss how they are making great things happen by working together and proving that partnerships can be successful with the right people and practices involved. 

Two arts collaboratives discuss how they are making great things happen by working together and proving that partnerships can be successful with the right people and practices involved. 

Are you collaborating with other organizations in your community? Are you limiting your dreams by staying inside of your own walls?

"You have to know who else is already doing it. How are they doing it? How can you do it better?" Two nonprofit organizations share their experiences as startups.

Tom McLaughlin, author of Nonprofit Mergers & Alliances, answers questions about joint programming.

Tom McLaughlin, author of Nonprofit Mergers & Alliances, answers questions about mergers and acquisitions.

Is your emerging nonprofit organization facing management hurdles it cannot yet handle? A nonprofit incubator could offer your group assistance with getting off the ground.

Tom McLaughlin (author of Nonprofit Mergers & Alliances and the vice president of national customized services at the Nonprofit Finance Fund) answers questions about administrative collaborations. This is the first video of a three part series where Tom McLaughlin answers questions about different types of nonprofit collaborations.

Please fasten your seatbelts and prepare to learn the skills that will help your nonprofit succeed. Welcome aboard!

John Marzulli and Stephen Besen of Shearman & Sterling LLP address the main technicalities that you need to know about when putting your collaboration into writing. This program was presented in collaboration with New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.

Moderator Danielle Lanyard, CEO and Founder of Green Breakfast Club leads a panel discussion with Mallory King, Executive Director of Arts to Grow and Richard Webb, Executive Director of Pro World Foundation.

Forming a strategic alliance can be a difficult undertaking for an organization. Kate Dewey of Dewey & Kaye Nonprofit & Foundation Consultants discusses some strategies and “red flags” to watch out for when forming an alliance.

This panel discussion centers around nonprofit mergers and the legal and leadership issues involved in this type of collaboration.

The Nonprofit Collaboration Database is a resource for everyone seeking real-life examples of how nonprofits are working together. Find information from more than 250 nonprofit collaborations drawn from the 2009 Collaboration Prize, created by the Lodestar Foundation.

This session focuses on two specific types of collaborations - coalitions and networks. Jared Raynor, Senior Consultant at TCC Group, provides an overview of these approaches, Gonzalo L. Mercado, Executive Director of El Centro del Immigrante and Chung-Wha Hung, Executive Director of New York Immigration Coalition provide first-hand accounts of participating in these kinds of collaborations on the ground.

Tom McLaughlin, author of Nonprofit Mergers & Alliances and vice president of national customized services at the Nonprofit Finance Fund, answers audience questions and provides insight into the ways in which nonprofit organizations can collaborate.

Fran Smyth moderates a discussion about the role that the arts play in economic development. Megan Gorman offers insight into real estate finances, while Paul Nagle talks about the challenge of using the arts to usher in sustainable development rather than gentrification.

Deborah Vesy, President and CEO of the Deaconess Community Foundation, talks about the foundation's history, mission, current activities and grantmaking priorities, as well as ongoing activities within the philanthropic world of greater Cleveland.

Learn the essential information and practical tools needed to ensure a successful collaboration. Erik Speakman highlights keys to organizational sustainability for arts and cultural organizations.

Rachel Epps Spears, Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta shares the pros and cons of having a fiscal sponsor and what organizations can do to avoid potential problems when entering into a fiscal sponsorship agreement.

Dr. Barbara Barlow, executive director of Injury Free Coalition for Kids, and Jan Epstein, executive director of Allstate Foundation, speak with Michael Seltzer about their philanthropic partnership. Gain insight into how they started, built and sustained this multi-year relationship.