Bridgespan Study Identifies 'Needle-Moving Collaboratives'

According to a new Bridgespan study conducted at the request of the White House Council for Community Solutions, multi-stakeholder collaborations that have achieved "needle moving" change share common operating principles and characteristics of success.

The study, Needle-Moving Community Collaboratives: A Promising Approach to Addressing America's Biggest Challenges, found a dozen examples of community collaboration that have effected significant change against a communitywide goal, 80 to 100 that are actively working toward such a goal, and another 500 in the planning stages.