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Saturday, June 19, 2004 Coalition Many nonprofit organizations form and participate in
coalitions to accomplish objectives that would be difficult to achieve by
themselves. There are significant advantages and considerations to forming a
coalition, and the fact that they flourish is indicative of their value. The
tapestry of advocacy efforts at the international, national, state, and local
levels is replete with collaborative initiatives that bring together diverse
interests to accomplish a common goal. As a nonprofit organization seeks to
accomplish its mission, its leadership often finds the value of creating
formal and informal partnerships among like-minded organizations. A coalition is a group of diverse organizations that join
together to accomplish a specific set of objectives that are likely to be
achieved more quickly and effectively than if the organizations acted
independently. There are many types of coalitions, and the structure is often
dictated by political as well as financial considerations. The USCF has a working coalition with the U.S. Chess Trust and is investigating the beginnings of a
partnership with the AF4C. Exploring this concept further
could be of use to the USCF in its’ strategic planning process if the
organization wishes to reconsider itself as a federation of nonprofits allied
to achieve the growth of chess in America.
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