Author: The Aspen Institute

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Media Type: Report

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As the 21st century begins, three sectors--government, business, and nonprofit---are injecting new energy and resources into the solution of public problems and are fostering collaborations among themselves. They are recognizing that these problems are simply too big for any one sector to solve on its own. The Aspen Institute's Nonprofit Sector Strategy Group (NSSG) met in June 2000 to discuss these developments and identify steps that could be taken to promote and guide the future evolution of business-nonprofit partnerships. This pamphlet presents the results from these discussions.;

The NSSG concludes that new opportunities exist for productive interaction between corporations and nonprofit organizations in solving pressing public problems. These two sectors increasingly need each other to pursue their core missions. This creates important opportunities for productive cooperation even as it poses significant risks of goal displacement and confusion of sector roles. However, the NSSG believes that these risks are manageable and significant societal benefit can be gained by fostering cooperation between these two sectors and with the public sector as well.

CONTENTS
Introduction: TheMission of the Nonprofit Sector Strategy Group.
Executive Summary.
The Nonprofit Sector and Business: New Visions, New Opportunities, New Challenges.
Nonprofit Sector Strategy Group Membership.
Additional Meeting Participants.

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Categories: Community Development