Strategic Restructuring:
Partnership Options for Nonprofits

Publications
Books

Arsenault, Jane. Forging Nonprofit Alliances. The National Alliance of Nonprofit Managers and Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998, 198 pages.

Austin, James. The Collaboration Challenge. Jossey-Bass, 2000, 272 pages.

Bailey, Darlyne and Kelly McNally Koney. Strategic Alliances Among Health and Human Services Organizations: From Affiliations to Consolidations. Sage Inc., 2000, 216 pages.

Baker, William A., and Miriam P. Kluger.  Innovative Leadership in the Nonprofit Organization: Strategies for Change. Washington, D.C.  Child Welfare League of America, 1993.

Bartling, Charles E. (1998). Strategic Alliances for Nonprofit Organizations.  Washington, DC, American Society of Association Executives.

Bridges, William. Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change. Perseus Books, 1991, 130 pages.

Bryson, John, M. Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.

Bryson, John, M., and Barbara C. Crosby. Leadership for the Common Good: Tackling Public Problems in a Shared-Power World. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992, 436 pages.

Campbell, David.  "High End Strategic Alliances as Fundraising Opportunities," Chapter 16 from Secrets of Successful Fundraising, by Carol Weisman.  F.E. Robbins & Sons Press, 2000. 

Dent, Stephen M. Partnering Intelligence: Creating Value for Your Business by Building Strong Alliances. Davies-Black Publishing, 1999, 239 pages.

Eadie, Douglas C. Changing by Design: A Practical Approach to Leading Innovation in Nonprofit Organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997, 227 pages.

Eadie, Douglas C. Meeting the Change Challenge: the Executive's Guide to Leading Change in the Nonprofit World. Washington, D.C.: American Society of Association Executives, 1996, 63 pages.

Emenhiser, Walgren King, Joffe, Penkert. Networks, Mergers, & Partnerships in a Managed Care Environment. Child Welfare League of America. 1998, 128 pages.

Heimovics, R.D., and R.D. Herman. Executive Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991, 151 pages.

Kluger, Miriam P. and Baker, William A. Innovative Leadership in the Nonprofit Organization: Strategies for Change. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America, 1993.

Kohm, Amelia, and David La Piana.  Strategic Restructuring for Nonprofit Organizations: Mergers, Integrations, and Alliances.  Praeger Press, 2003, 153 pages.

Kretzmann, John P. and McKnight, John L. Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets. Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Neighborhood Innovations Network, Northwestern University, 1993.

La Piana Associates, Inc.The Nonprofit Mergers Workbook Part II: Unifying the Organization after a Merger. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2004, 230 pages plus CD-ROM

La Piana, David. Beyond Collaboration: Strategic Restructuring of Nonprofit Organizations. San Franciso, CA.: The James Irvine Foundation, 1997.

La Piana, David. Nonprofit Mergers: The Board's Responsibility to Consider the Unthinkable. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Nonprofit Boards, 1994.

La Piana, David.  The Nonprofit Mergers Workbook Part I: The Leader's Guide to Considering, Negotiating, and Executing a Merger. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2000, 240 pages.

Light, Paul C. (2000)  Making Non-Profits Work: A Report on the Tides of Nonprofit Management Reform.  Washington, DC, Brookings Institution Press.  96 pp.

Mattessich, Paul W. and Monsey, Barbara. Collaboration: What Makes It Work: A Review of Research Literature on Factors Influencing Successful Collaboration. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1992.

Mattessich, Paul W., Marta Murray-Close and Barbara Monsey.  Collaboration: What Makes It Work, 2^nd Edition. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2001, 104 pages.

McCormick, Dan H. Nonprofit Mergers. Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2001, 170 pages.

McLaughlin, Thomas A. Nonprofit Mergers and Alliances : A Strategic Planning Guide. John Wiley & Sons, 1998, 256 pages

McLaughlin, Thomas A. Seven Steps to a Successful Nonprofit Merger. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Nonprofit Boards, 1996, 28 pages.

Merron, Keith. Riding the Wave: Designing Your Organization's Architecture for Enduring Success. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995.

Sanders, Michael I. Joint Ventures Involving Tax-Exempt Organizations, Second Edition. John Wiley and Sons, December 2000, 512 pages.

Unterman, Israel, and Richard H. Davis. Strategic Management of Not-for-Profit Organizations: From Survival to Success. New York: Praeger, 1984.

Winer, Michael and Ray, Karen. Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining and Enjoying the Journey. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1994.

Yankey, John A., Barbara Wester Jacobus and Kelly McNally Koney. Merging Nonprofit Organizations: The Art and Science of the Deal. Cleveland, Ohio: Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, 2001, 78 pp.

Yankey, John A., Amy McClellan and Barbara Wester Jacobus. Nonprofit Strategic Alliance Case Studies: Lessons from the Trenches. Cleveland, Ohio: Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, 2001, 72 pp.

Yankey, John A., Barbara Wester and David Campbell.  Managing Mergers and Consolidations, Chapter 23 from Skills for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations. National Association of Social Workers, Inc, 1998