CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS

Partnerships that open new possibilities.

Vans and Long Beach Unified School District. Program design and cross-sector partnership development.

The most consequential work rarely gets done alone. We identify, build, and activate cross-sector partnerships that connect corporations, nonprofits, and educational institutions in ways that create genuine value for everyone involved.

University of Notre Dame. Community development, strategic planning, cross-sector partnership development

Cross-sector partnerships, coalition building

Taking action to build partnerships, collaborations, and coalitions requires coordination, determination, and time. Most importantly, they require a quarterback. Do these challenges sound familiar?

You have partnerships on paper but they're not delivering real value for either side.

You see immense potential in cross-sector collaboration but don’t have the relationships or infrastructure to make it happen.

Your organization has strong expertise. What's missing are the partners who can help you deploy it at scale.

You're working on a challenge that no single organization can solve alone but you haven't found the right partners to address it at scale.

Your partnerships have developed organically but there's no real strategy holding them together.

You're not reaching the communities, audiences, or markets that matter most and the right partnerships could
change that.

The work we’ll do together.

Partnership work is rarely linear. We move between strategy, relationship development, and implementation depending on what your situation requires. The work typically includes some combination of the following.

Whether you have existing partnerships to build on or are starting from scratch, we assess the landscape of potential partners and identify where the greatest opportunities lie.
Mapping the key organizations and individuals that should be part of your partnership ecosystem, we help you understand who the right partners are and how to approach them.
Working with your team, we develop a clear strategy for building and activating the right partnerships, including how to structure them and how to create mutual value.
Introductions are just the beginning. Sustained, deliberate relationship development is what turns potential partners into committed ones.
Shared programs and initiatives give partnerships a concrete purpose and keep all parties engaged over time.
Staying involved through launch and beyond ensures partnerships take root and deliver on their promise.