Nonprofit Merger and Alliance Resources
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Please find helpful merger resources below.
La Piana Consulting Resources
On the La Piana Consulting website, we have posted a number of helpful blogs related to nonprofit partnerships.
- Nonprofit M&A: a Sustainability Strategy (Independent Sector 2025 National Summit Pre-Conference Session)
- Merger FAQ
- La Piana Mergers and Alliance Toolkit
- Don’t Be Late to the Party – (La Piana Blog 2024)
- Bridging the Power Imbalances in Merger Negotiations(La Piana Blog 2024)
- It’s a New Day for Mergers (and Non-Merger Mergers) – The rise of a range of approaches to collaborative solutions
- Mergers from a Position of Strength: A Bold Opportunity for Today’s Nonprofits
- Don’t Be Late to the Party – The case for proactive approaches to nonprofit merger
- When Does It Make Sense to Talk Merger?
- How Funders Can Support Strategic Partnerships in a Time of Crisis
- Three Ways Boards Advance Strategic Partnerships
- What Our Founder Learned From His First Nonprofit Merger
- Bridging the Power Imbalance in Merger Negotiations
- The Human Side of Mergers: Nurturing Trust and Overcoming Resistance
- When Shared Vision is not Enough
- Unlikely Alliances: How Nonprofits Can Acquire For-Profits as a Strategic Option
- Announcing Your Merger Publicly: Best Practices for Nonprofits in 2025
- It Takes a Team: Launching Your Merger Successfully
Additional Reading
- Background Grounding: Merging Wisely (SSIR 2010)
- Recent timely articles:
- Programmatic Asset Transfers as a Strategic Tool for Social Impact (SSIR Spring 2025)
- Exit to Open (SSIR April 2025)
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