Capacity, Community Resources, and Collaboration

Community partnerships, connected referral networks, and collaboration between organizations play an important role in the long-term survival of nonprofit organizations. After reading the required journal articles and book chapters (in Course Documents), respond to the following Discussion topics:

According to Sowa (2009), what characteristics would two nonprofit organizations need to have in common in order to create a successful collaboration? Why?

How could nonprofit organizations benefit from collaboration in the area of program service delivery? Why?
What desired benefit of collaboration was achieved when resource instability or inadequacy was the driver? Why?
How might service delivery collaboration contribute to the long-term survival of the nonprofit organizations? Why?
Discuss the similarities and/or differences in capacity evaluation mentioned in the Fredricks (2010) article among the three types of nonprofits in the study: Social services, physical or developmental disabilities, and housing and community development.
What challenges to evaluation were identified in these nonprofits? What contributed to those challenges?
How were evaluations linked to broader management initiatives such as strategic management?

Watson, L. D., & Hoefer, R. A. (2013). Developing Nonprofit and Human Service Leaders. SAGE Publications, Inc. (US). https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/books/9781483324944

https://purdueglobal.brightspace.com/d2l/le/content/213860/viewContent/13875135/View

https://kapextmediassl-a.akamaihd.net/artsSCi/HN532/2102B/Sowa_(2009)_The_Collaboration_Decision_in_Nonprofit_Organizations.pdf

https://kapextmediassl-a.akamaihd.net/artsSCi/HN532/2102B/Fredricks_(2010)_Evaluation_Capacity_and_Nonprofit_Organizations.pdf

Requirements: At least 350 words.

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