Funding the Spirit of Collaboration

FS: Who determines what criteria are involved for funding?

PK: Nonprofits who already have some idea of how they want to collaborate and have put in some of the thought and laid some of the groundwork will submit applications and proposals for work that they want to explore and ways they want to engage with technical-assistance providers. So we as a fund are not necessarily determining which charities should be working together; that's coming to us. The criteria involved are a few things: The fund is interested in supporting four mission areas initially — arts and culture, community development, human services, and youth development. So the organizations must fit into one of those mission areas. They must be located in the Boston area, and they must complete a thoughtful application to the fund. And what that entails is demonstrating that there's board buy-in, that they've had some of these conversations, that they can articulate the plan and articulate, also, intended outcomes from the proposed collaboration.