Nonprofits and governments can reduce their own costs, improve services provided to constituents, and return greater value to taxpayers by creating government-nonprofit task forces to develop and implement recommendations to reform contracting practices and procedures. That is the key finding of a new report by the National Council of Nonprofits, which conducted an extensive analysis of joint task forces in nine states charged with rooting out waste while maintaining and even enhancing accountability.
The report, Partnering for Impact: Government-Nonprofit Contracting Task Forces Produce Results for Taxpayers [1], provides real life examples for nonprofit leaders and government officials wanting to streamline the government-nonprofit contracting process and eliminate unnecessary costs. It also provides practical guides for building collaborative relationships and offers details on the most frequently cited solutions that task forces recommend to improve the contracting process.
- Executive Summary [2]
- Full Report [1]
- Matrix of Task Force Recommendations [3]
- Press Release [4] (April 4, 2013)
- Lessons Learned from Successful Task Forces [5]
- Government-Nonprofit Task Forces [6]