Foundation Collaboration: The Good, the Bad and the Potential

Foundations partner for a variety of reasons, including increasing visibility on issues and institutions, achieving greater policy impact, and reducing risks when embarking on a new grantmaking strategy. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations will join us to talk through some of the models of collaboration and ideas for best practices. Then, we’ll hear from your peers in the field about their own collaborative work here in North Carolina and beyond. They’ll share their strategy and models for working together, what was successful, what wasn’t, and what they wish they’d known in the beginning. This will be an interactive session – come with your ideas and suggestions on how to continue to boost collaborative work in the philanthropic sector.

Objectives

• Help participants reflect on what they’ve learned at the conference, linking back to the theme of One North Carolina
• Prompt additional insights about collaboration
• Create more connections among participants such that grantmakers feel comfortable reaching out to peers to create stronger partnerships across the sector within NC