Resource Type: Case Study

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation takes an intentional approach to supporting networks within the field of ocean conservation by employing strategies that weave together organizations into networks and foster productive grantmaker-grantee relationships.

Shifting from responsive grantmaking to strategic investments requires new skill sets, a new communications approach and new partnerships.

United Way of Washtenaw County believed nonprofits could achieve greater impact with more efficiency if local funders coordinated and streamlined the grantmaking process.

Supporting nonprofit collaboration by building funder collaborations.

Sand Hill Foundation’s adaptability helped sustain a long-term funder–nonprofit collaborative even as leadership roles shifted, nonprofit capacities improved and funding partner staff turned over.