The Strategic Alliance Partnership aims to support the exploration and formation of collaborations that would enable Toledo area nonprofits to achieve more efficient use of financial and human resources.
Donor Name: Greater Toledo Community Foundation
State: Ohio
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/15/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Strategic Alliance Partnership encourages community-level systems thinking to strengthen nonprofit capacity and improve service delivery.
Goals
- To create economies of scale among nonprofits, resulting in cost savings and/or service enhancements (e.g. shared administrative services, shared staff to serve common constituencies, costs related to mergers).
- To strengthen infrastructure, management capacity and/or service delivery systems by supporting alliances among nonprofit organizations.
- To encourage collaborative partnerships that employ comprehensive strategies to strengthen community systems (such as improved education, employment, housing and/or health).
Previously funded grant proposals included requests for:
- Consultants and expert advice on mergers and/or consolidations of two or more organizations.
- Consultation and implementation for new and improved service delivery systems.
- Information technology assistance to consolidate “back office” operations (e.g. financial systems, equipment).
- Assistance with creation of shared benefit packages, policies, training and other human resources costs.
- Expertise creating coordinated communication systems and advocacy strategies.
- Purchase, installation and training of automated systems for use by multiple partners.
- Planning and implementation of shared staffing.
For more information, visit GTCF.
