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Erin Sullivan & Jennifer Splansky Juster

Erin Sullivan & Jennifer Splansky Juster

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Securing Funding for the Backbone Role: Lessons from the Field

Posted by Erin Sullivan & Jennifer Splansky Juster on July 13, 2019

One of the most common questions we hear from collective impact practitioners is how to raise the funds needed to support and sustain the backbone role. While some funders have a nuanced understanding of the immense value of collective impact initiatives, supporting the backbone is a different approach for many philanthropic and public funding sources, which can make it challenging to get the consistent, long-term investments needed to help effect population-change.

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