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Building Resilience Through Collaboration: A Path to Collective Impact

Learn how foundations are strengthening grantee relationships, aligning around shared goals, and fueling greater impact—through collaboration, not control.
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In today’s resource-constrained environment, program officers and grantmaking teams are being asked to deliver more impact with fewer resources—and grantees are feeling the pressure too. But what if the answer isn’t more oversight... it’s more connection?

This free guide explores how leading foundations are reimagining their support models by investing in trust, peer learning, and data-informed collaboration. Drawing on real-world examples from UpMetrics’ Collaborative Cohorts—including a Ballmer Group-funded initiative in Southeast Michigan—you’ll gain practical insights to bring to your own grantmaking strategy.

What You’ll Learn
  • Rethinking Resilience
    Discover why traditional, transactional grantmaking is falling short—and how collective learning can drive sustainable, scalable impact.

  • Lessons From the Field
    See how cohort-based models are helping funders and grantees alike make smarter, data-informed decisions.

  • Simplify Impact Measurement
    Explore how shared frameworks and tools can ease the reporting burden for nonprofits while increasing visibility for funders.

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