First-Ever $250,000 National Nonprofit Collaboration Prize Contest Ends in Tie Between Two Successful Mergers

"People tend to associate collaborations and mergers with the business world and not nonprofits. But the truth is that these strategies are no less important in the nonprofit world — especially at a time when everyone is looking at how to make their dollars go farther," said Craig Newmark, Founder of craigslist and member of The Collaboration Prize's Final Selection Panel.