Focusing on shared value: The changing nature of nonprofit and business partnerships

It wasn’t that long ago that nonprofits and charities had the corner on doing social good, and their relation to businesses simply revolved around asking them for money. In the last few years, however, the relationship between nonprofits and businesses has undergone a radical change.

Early this fall, Volunteer Canada and the newly formed Canadian Institute for Business and Community are offering a two-day forum atCarleton University in Ottawa on business and community collaboration to address the changing relationship between business and the nonprofit sector.

In advance of this forum, we wanted to explore the models, tools and practices now being used to promote new private-nonprofit partnerships, community engagement and employer-supported volunteering.

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