 Collaboration Better Now Than Never for Many Delaware Nonprofits
 Nonprofits are finding themselves collaborating more and more in order to succeed in the current situation of budget cuts. The nonprofit sector has been searching for innovative ways to utilize resources and form mutually beneficial relationships. The Delaware Association of Nonprofit Agencies (DANA) surveyed approximately 377 nonprofit executives to assess the level of collaboration among nonprofit organizations in Delaware, with the intentions of discovering areas that could be improved and determining what DANA could do to foster higher levels of collaboration. The charts below illustrate the results from questions asked only to respondents indicating current involvement in collaboration. The questions were created in an attempt to better understand why nonprofits in Delaware seek out and participate in collaborative undertakings and the benefits accruing as a result of these undertakings.
 Why Do You Collaborate?
When asked about the additional societal benefits of collaboration:
- 85% of survey respondents expressed the opinion that collaboration gives nonprofits a greater ability to accomplish their mission or shared vision of the future.
- 49% of survey respondents agree that collaboration helps achieve economies of scale.
- 27% of survey responses indicated that collaboration helps to reduce confusion on behalf of the public by streamlining nonprofit services.
When asked about organizational benefits of collaboration:
- 90% of respondents indicated that collaboration makes it easier to meet the needs of clients/members and enhance the visibility or reputation of the organization.
- 61% agree that collaboration makes it easier to maintain fiscal stability, while 14% indicated that collaboration makes maintaining fiscal stability more difficult.
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