January 2019
Faced with dramatic cuts in government funding and the constant challenge to secure giving from private donors, nonprofits may look to a merger to solve its issues and remain sustainable.
From a strategic perspective, mergers are typically pursued for various motives. In a study of 41 nonprofit mergers, organizations decided to undergo a merger for a variety of reasons, including the following: to increase the delivery of services (93 percent), to align with a partner organization that shared the same vision (66 percent) and to improve their financial standing (61 percent).
