The role of community and private foundations is rapidly evolving from a singular mission of giving money, to a multi-dimensional one of convener, thought leader, and capacity builder. The challenges these foundations and their grantees are addressing are too daunting to be faced alone.

 

Investing in partnerships to build more enduring capacity and integrating approaches across geographic, social, political, economic, and environmental lines is the answer. This requires much more savvy about with whom and how to partner, which means new ways of working, new organizational functions, and new talent strategies and business processes. Crossland has been partnering with foundations to translate strategic goals into an operational framework for nearly a decade.