As international aid falters, communities across the Global South face devastating consequences—clinics shuttered, teachers unpaid, and millions of lives expected to be lost. Amid this crisis, philanthropic collaboration has never been more important. Collaboratives are showing their strengths, reimagining global development as more just, resilient, and rooted in local leadership.

Collaborative funds are reshaping philanthropy — but how do they work for the organizations they’re created to support? The Collaborative Effect is the most comprehensive analysis to date of grantee experiences with mid-sized collaborative funds across the United States. Led by Vital Impact, Redstone Strategy Group, and Philanthropy Together, with support from the Hewlett Foundation, the study lifts up grantee voices to illuminate what makes collaboratives build trust, shift power, and deliver impact far beyond their size.

This report—supported by the Gates Foundation and UBS Optimus Foundation—explores the rise of philanthropic collaboratives in Southeast Asia.

For five years and counting, The Bridgespan Group has analyzed the growth and momentum of the collaborative philanthropy field. We’ve found that effective collaborative giving vehicles offer a compelling opportunity for donors looking to give to a host of social-change issues.

Designed for philanthropic collaborative leaders and funders, this toolkit asks simple but profound questions that can help leaders navigate choices before a formal launch of a collaborative and at critical points on a collaborative’s journey.

A look at how donor collaboratives have evolved over time, and how fund leaders and donors can sharpen their strategies today.

As collaborative philanthropy continues to grow, donors must invest in the host organizations and infrastructure that enable collaborative funds to operate, according to new research from Ganguli Associates.

Based on survey responses from nearly 200 collaborative giving vehicles, new research from the Bridgespan Group paints a picture of the current landscape and suggests directions forward to grow and strengthen this increasingly important segment of philanthropic giving.

Philanthropic collaboration across Africa is robust and complex. Donors participate in over 130 collaboratives, more than half of which work exclusively in Africa. Fueling this growth is the continent’s burgeoning prosperity and donors’ growing acknowledgment that they need to work together to forge innovative ways to take on Africa’s biggest challenges.

Collaborative funds are making waves in philanthropy today, changing how donors address large-scale systemic challenges. In this new resource, Giving Compass and Philanthropy Together share five stories of how collaborative giving can democratize and diversify philanthropy.

Collaborative funds working in the Global South are experts in channeling resources to local communities, according to research from the Bridgespan Group. Read more about how funders can unlock the full philanthropic potential of collaboratives in this region.

By starting with strategy—and considering three levels of impact—collaborative funds can build measurement, evaluation, and learning processes that help them become more than the sum of their grants and grantees.

The number of philanthropic collaboratives is on the rise in India. Here’s how they’re evolving their post-pandemic roles and practices to help solve enduring social and environmental challenges.

In October 2023, 300 collaborative fund leaders, individual donors, and infrastructure stakeholders gathered in San Francisco to shape the growing field of collaborative funds. Here’s what they learned.

Collaborative funds are uniquely positioned to create greater impact among organizations, especially in often overlooked communities. Panorama Global’s new resource offers insights for funders and philanthropists who are interested or already participating in the collaborative funding model.