The need for advanced expertise in technology, finance and accounting, human resources, and data management is now a given for nonprofit human services. In addition, health insurance, energy costs, and other expenses are skyrocketing. Combined with the economic downturn and increased demand for accountability, nonprofit agencies are looking for new ways to drive efficiencies.
In this two-part series, Alliance for Children and Families members share how they are responding to these new challenges, offering their solutions for improving cost-savings and promoting efficiency through back office consolidation.
Part one, appearing in this issue of the Alliance for Children & Families Magazine, looks at greater Chicago’s Back Office Cooperative, a consortium of eight nonprofit agencies, including four Alliance members, which is a national forerunner of back office collaborations.
A companion article considers another member’s approach to budget concerns and revenue-generation.
In part two, printed in the first issue of 2009, additional Alliance members will share their models for back office consolidation. A member of the Alliance’s Executive Consultant Select Group (ECSG) will also offer advice and tips to consider when developing strategies to improve back office collaborations.
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