MISSION MUTUAL

MISSION MUTUAL BACKBONE SERVICES/COLLECTIVE IMPACT: A.THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT APPROACH IS PREMISED ON THE BELIEF THAT NO SINGLE ORGANIZATION OR PROGRAM CAN TACKLE OR SOLVE THE MOST COMPLEX AND BROADEST SCALE PROBLEMS. THESE CALL FOR MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS OR ENTITIES (FROM AN INTRA-SECTOR PERSPECTIVE) TO PRIORITIZE A COMMON AGENDA, IDENTIFY SHARED GOALS, AND FORM ALIGNMENT OF EFFORT IN VIEW OF THEIR OWN. B.SUSTAINABLE COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVES REQUIRE CENTRALIZED SUPPORT AND COORDINATION - OFTEN KNOWN AS A BACKBONE ORGANIZATION - WITH DEDICATED STAFF WHOSE ROLE IS TO HELP PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS SHIFT FROM ACTING ALONE TO ACTING IN CONCERT. ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: C.THE STRENGTH OF A MULTI-STRANDED CORD DEPENDS ON HOW THE STRANDS ARE WOVEN TOGETHER AND THE STRENGTH OF INDIVIDUAL STRANDS WITHIN THE WEAVE. STRONG, HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS, WORKING TOGETHER, STRENGTHEN THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF AN ALLIANCE. TO THIS END, MISSION MUTUAL IS POSITIONED TO HELP MISSION, MINISTRY AND PHILANTH