Collective Impact
Address a major challenge by working with other organizations toward a common goal
Address a major challenge by working with other organizations toward a common goal
Collective Impact enables a group of organizations to address a major challenge by developing an integrated plan of interventions that fundamentally changes population-level outcomes in a community.
When successful, communities solve big complex challenges (e.g., youth unemployment, low graduation rates, poverty) or make substantial societal shifts (e.g., more sustainable food systems) by creating a shared multi-sector understanding of the problem, a common vision, and an action plan with shared measurements and reinforcing activities.
Based on our experience working with Collective Impact initiatives, Innoweave has adapted the original five conditions of Collective Impact (Kania & Kramer, 2012) to underscore and prioritize the need for common outcome goals and approaches:
Priority # 1
Priority # 2
Once Priorities #1 and #2 have been defined, they are supported by:
The Innoweave Collective Impact process helps groups of community organizations apply the Collective Impact approach to achieve a shared population-level impact goal. Through customized coaching and launch funds, the process is designed to help groups build a comprehensive plan on how to move forward with a successful Collective Impact initiative.
Collective Impact (Early Support)
Collaboratives will be able to apply for up to $10,000 worth of Collective Impact coaching to:
Pre-requisite:
Collective Impact (Advanced Support)
Collaboratives will be able to apply for up to $46,500 of support.
Coaching (up to $6,500) – Support to develop a Collective Impact Action Plan, which can include:
Launch Funding (up to $40,000) – Support for activities related to the launch of a Collective Impact initiative, which can include:
Pre-requisite:
The Innoweave self-assessment tool is designed to help you determine your organization's readiness and whether your initiative or program model is well suited for Collective Impact.
This assessment has 5 questions.
Please respond to each of the questions to the best of your ability by choosing the option that most accurately reflects your organizational context.
Start NowFor organizations interested in Innoweave’s Collective Impact stream, we encourage you to review our Collective Impact Information Session
Can’t find what you’re looking for? We might have more events in French. Or, contact the Innoweave team to discuss hosting a learning event for you and other organizations in your community.
Innoweave offers coaching support to organizations that are well positioned to implement a Collective Impact approach. Connect with an Innoweave coach to help you explore and implement your initiative. Then apply to Innoweave for funds to support that coaching engagement.
Your organization is eligible to apply for Innoweave coaching support if one of the following applies: 1. Collective Impact (Early Support): You have submitted an Expression of Interest and it has been approved. 2. Collective Impact (Advanced Support): Successfully completed Collective Impact (Early Support) coaching and have been invited to apply to Collective Impact (Advanced Support) by Innoweave staff.
Apply NowIt can be difficult to determine whether the challenge you want to address actually requires a full Collective Impact approach. Check out the self-assessment on this page or connect with Innoweave (info@innoweave.ca) to explore this idea. Keep in mind that Collective Impact is one of the most intense and demanding forms of collaboration, and should be employed where such integration is essential.
We understand that different groups will be at different stages of the process of developing their Collective Impact initiative. For groups who would like to engage in the process at a different stage, please reach out to us at info@innoweave.ca. Please note that Innoweave rarely offers launch grants to projects that have not first received some form of coaching.
Collective Impact coaching from Innoweave will ask you to first focus on a clear population-level outcome goal. Getting a large network of organizations to agree on this is possible but could require a great deal of time and effort. It can be more efficient to begin with a small core group and then grow the collaborative over time.