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Nonprofit Collaborations in Diverse Communities
Challenges and Opportunities in Muslim-led Organizations
9781035317370 Edward Elgar Publishing
Using a community-based participatory research approach, Shariq A. Siddiqui, Abdul Samad, and Rafeel Wasif investigate the challenges and opportunities in collaborations between nonprofit organizations. With a focus on diverse minority communities, particularly under-resourced, racialized and stigmatized nonprofits and Muslim-led organizations, this book provides different approaches to connect them with the broader philanthropic community.
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Using a community-based participatory research approach, Shariq A. Siddiqui, Abdul Samad, and Rafeel Wasif investigate the challenges and opportunities in collaborations between nonprofit organizations. With a focus on diverse minority communities, particularly under-resourced, racialized and stigmatized nonprofits and Muslim-led organizations, this book provides different approaches to connect them with the broader philanthropic community.
Taking the Community Collaboration Initiative as a framework to achieve collective impact, the book examines the processes, circumstances, actors and resources necessary to implement and sustain long-term community co-operations. Chapters outline collaboration as a tool that nonprofit organizations can use to scale impact, improve financial stability, strengthen and diversify voices and leadership, and improve credibility and legitimacy. Ultimately, the book sets out a compelling case for the use of intrafaith collaborations across diverse communities to achieve their common missions, goals, and objectives.
This forward-thinking book will be invaluable for students and scholars of philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, organization studies, and development. Its practical focus will also be of use to philanthropists, communities, and practitioners in nonprofit organizations seeking new and innovative ways of solving the problems they face.
Taking the Community Collaboration Initiative as a framework to achieve collective impact, the book examines the processes, circumstances, actors and resources necessary to implement and sustain long-term community co-operations. Chapters outline collaboration as a tool that nonprofit organizations can use to scale impact, improve financial stability, strengthen and diversify voices and leadership, and improve credibility and legitimacy. Ultimately, the book sets out a compelling case for the use of intrafaith collaborations across diverse communities to achieve their common missions, goals, and objectives.
This forward-thinking book will be invaluable for students and scholars of philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, organization studies, and development. Its practical focus will also be of use to philanthropists, communities, and practitioners in nonprofit organizations seeking new and innovative ways of solving the problems they face.
Critical Acclaim
‘As someone who had the privilege of participating in the Community Collaboration Initiative (CCI), whose model is documented in this book, I highly recommend this reading. Put simply, the more cross-cultural, interfaith, and intrafaith learning we experience as leaders, the better position we are in to collaborate with each other toward tangible and meaningful outcomes. The learnings from the CCI, and this book, will be beneficial to the social impact sector, to philanthropy, and beyond.’
– Daniel O. Ash, President, Field Foundation of Illinois, US
‘Nonprofit Collaborations in Diverse Communities is a groundbreaking new work that moves beyond studying existing organizational collaborations. Instead, Siddiqui, Samad, and Wasif interrogate how we might improve collaboration. Through participatory action research, the team demonstrates the value of sustained third-party technical assistance and prizes in motivating and sustaining social impact collaborations. Research examining interventions to improve collaboration is incredibly rare and worthwhile, especially among religious nonprofits who are among the least likely to collaborate.’
– Michelle Shumate, Northwestern University, US
‘In this important book, Siddiqui, Samad, and Wasif take a deep dive into the process of how minority-led nonprofits join forces with philanthropists, foundations, and other stakeholders to form and sustain collaborations for greater community impact. Drawing upon insights from years of action research, they offer compelling evidence for a third-party facilitation model that holds enormous potential as a game changer for successful collaboration among under-resourced yet mission-driven organizations. A must read for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers interested in nonprofit collaboration.’
– Chao Guo, University of Pennsylvania, US
– Daniel O. Ash, President, Field Foundation of Illinois, US
‘Nonprofit Collaborations in Diverse Communities is a groundbreaking new work that moves beyond studying existing organizational collaborations. Instead, Siddiqui, Samad, and Wasif interrogate how we might improve collaboration. Through participatory action research, the team demonstrates the value of sustained third-party technical assistance and prizes in motivating and sustaining social impact collaborations. Research examining interventions to improve collaboration is incredibly rare and worthwhile, especially among religious nonprofits who are among the least likely to collaborate.’
– Michelle Shumate, Northwestern University, US
‘In this important book, Siddiqui, Samad, and Wasif take a deep dive into the process of how minority-led nonprofits join forces with philanthropists, foundations, and other stakeholders to form and sustain collaborations for greater community impact. Drawing upon insights from years of action research, they offer compelling evidence for a third-party facilitation model that holds enormous potential as a game changer for successful collaboration among under-resourced yet mission-driven organizations. A must read for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers interested in nonprofit collaboration.’
– Chao Guo, University of Pennsylvania, US
