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Collective
Impact
“an approach to large-scale social change requiring broad
cross-sector coordination”
The Five Conditions of Collective Impact
A Common Agenda/Shared Vision
You have to bring together public sector and
nonprofits partners that share a vision for a
better outcome – whether it is in education,
homelessness, economic development or
whatever. This is essential.
The Five Conditions of Collective Impact
Shared Measurement Systems
Collecting data and measuring results
consistently using specific indicators ensures
accountability.
The Five Conditions of Collective Impact
Mutually Reinforcing Activities
It’s not about the number of partners. And it’s
about not about requiring all the participants to
do the same thing. It’s about coordination of
activities that are based on an overarching plan.
This ties back to the common agenda and the
shared measurement of result.
The Five Conditions of Collective Impact
Continuous Communication
Here we’re talking about trust, a common
vocabulary, and a lot of meetings.
The Five Conditions of Collective Impact
Backbone Support Organizations
Collective Impact, as defined by Kania and
Kramer, requires a separate organization with
the appropriate infrastructure and staff to
manage and facilitate everything — including
data collection, reporting and communication.
The Five Conditions of Collective Impact
1. A Common Agenda/Shared Vision
2. Shared Measurement Systems
3. Mutually Reinforcing Activities
4. Continuous Communication
5. Backbone Support Organizations
Haven’t We Tried This Before?
Organizations have attempted to solve social problems by collaboration for decades
without producing many results. The vast majority of these efforts lack the elements
of success that enable collective impact initiatives to achieve a sustained alignment
of efforts.
Funder Collaboratives are groups of funders interested in supporting the same issue who pool their resources. Generally,
participants do not adopt an overarching evidence-based plan of action or a shared measurement system, nor do they engage in
differentiated activities beyond check writing or engage stakeholders from other sectors.
Public-Private Partnerships are partnerships formed between government and private sector organizations to deliver specific
services or benefits. They are often targeted narrowly, such as developing a particular drug to fight a single disease, and usually
don’t engage the full set of stakeholders that affect the issue, such as the potential drug’s distribution system.
Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives are voluntary activities by stakeholders from different sectors around a common theme. Typically,
these initiatives lack any shared measurement of impact and the supporting infrastructure to forge any true alignment of efforts
or accountability for results.
Social Sector Networks are groups of individuals or organizations fluidly connected through purposeful relationships, whether
formal or informal. Collaboration is generally ad hoc, and most often the emphasis is placed on information sharing and targeted
short term actions, rather than a sustained and structured initiative.
Collective Impact Initiatives are long-term commitments by a group of important actors from different sectors to a common
agenda for solving a specific social problem. Their actions are supported by a shared measurement system, mutually reinforcing
activities, and ongoing communication, and are staffed by an independent backbone organization.
Will it work here?
Initiatives in our Region
68% nonprofits “yes”
90% grantmakers “yes”
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ASAP
Beacon (AIDS)
College Access Pipeline (CAP)
East/West Gateway Sustainable Neighborhoods
Great Rivers Greenway District
Healthy Youth Partnership (HYP)
Interchange (arts)
Lead Coalition
Marketplace of Ideas (63106/63107)
RCGA (Adult Education)
St. Louis Catholic Schools Collaborative
St. Louis Children’s Initiative (Grace Hill: 63106/63107)
St. Louis City Continuum of Care (mental health)
St. Louis Regional Early Childhood Council
St. Louis Regional Health Commission
St. Louis “STAR” (LEED certification for cities)
STAR (St. Louis Alliance for Reentry)
STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)
Stryve (youth violence prevention)
BUT WAIT….THERE’S MORE…AND SOME ISSUES ARE MISSING!
Next Steps:
Gather Information and Resources
Collective Impact
www.ssireview.org/pdf/2011_WI-Feature_Kania.pdf “an approach to
large-scale social change requiring broad cross-sector coordination”
— John Kania and Mark Kramer
Intermediaries in the St. Louis Region
www.centerforgiving.org The Center has identified 30 intermediaries
working within the St. Louis region with a specific focus on the areas of
the arts, culture, and health. The key findings of this report include
different perspectives about intermediary work from both funders and
direct service providers.
The St. Louis Social Compact Drill Down
www.DrillDownstl.org to provide better demographics to underserved
communities with a goal of improving access to healthy food, access for
unbanked and under-banked and affordable housing.