While not specifically implemented to generate revenue, strategic alliances and mergers provide many strategic benefits to nonprofits. By combining forces and eliminating duplication of mission and services, nonprofit organizations can often increase their social impact.

CWV works with nonprofit organizations to help them increase their institutional strength and effectiveness by strategically aligning themselves with other organizations. We research and conduct due diligence on potential alliances and develop affiliation strategies for leveraging the assets of both organizations. In addition, CWV can facilitate a series of working sessions with the organizations to create a memorandum of understanding and an implementation plan to make the alliance a reality.

CWV Approach to Strategic Alliances

• Phase 1 - Organizational Review and Due Diligence
  Deliverable: An assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of each involved organization, and an evaluation of the synergies and roadblocks involved in a potential alliance.
• Phase 2 - Negotiation of Alliance Structure and Agreement
  Deliverable: Based on a series of working sessions with involved organizations, a jointly developed Memorandum of Understanding outlining the alliance.
• Phase 3 - Integration of the Organizations
  Deliverable: Strategic advice and facilitation to realize the goals of the alliance.

To see some of the alliances we have worked on, click here.

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