La Piana Resources

Download our Merger and Alliance Toolkit to access Discussion Guides, Worksheets, and more including:

• Mission Statement Worksheet
• Critical Issues Worksheet
• Board-Management Relationship Worksheet
• Concerns Worksheet
• Due Diligence Checklist
• Sample Board Resolution
• Integration Plan Worksheet
• …and more

On the La Piana Consulting website, we have posted a number of helpful blogs related to nonprofit partnerships.

• Don’t Be Late to the Party
• Bridging the Power Imbalances in Merger Negotiations
• 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)