This guide is designed to help organizations build and maintain effective partnerships, particularly in the health and public service sectors. It emphasizes forming partnerships only when necessary to avoid duplication and inefficiency, and provides a clear framework for establishing shared goals, roles, governance, and communication structures.

This toolkit offers practical insights on the benefits of shared services—like cost reduction, operational efficiency, and scalability. Includes implementation strategies and examples that can be adapted for tech-oriented collaborations (e.g., shared backend systems).

This toolkit focuses on how nonprofits are building and using shared technology platforms (e.g., shared data tools, CRMs). Relevant to data dashboard organizations aiming to reduce redundancy and boost functionality through joint tech infrastructure.

This toolkit provides evidence on how shared workspaces foster innovation, reduce overhead, and support cross-organizational collaboration. Helpful for drawing analogies between coworking and shared infrastructure (e.g., digital co-labs, shared data environments).

This guide explains how to use the Opportunity Index to assess and address disparities in economic, educational, health, and community opportunity across U.S. counties. It features fictional case studies showing how stakeholders like nonprofits and policymakers can use the data to improve programs and advocate for equitable resources. It emphasizes data-driven decision-making to expand access to opportunity.

This document reviews various tools—including the Opportunity Index, Child Opportunity Index, and Economic Innovation Group's Distressed Communities Index—used to measure opportunity and equity in the U.S. It compares their frameworks, geographies, data sources, and indicators to guide practitioners in selecting the best fit for local analysis and program planning. The review helps stakeholders understand trade-offs across tools.