We created this toolkit to share the process of the Collaboration Grants. It served as a powerful experience for women’s funds, and both those who participated and those who heard about it wanted a how-to guide to facilitate similar processes—and so this is our offering.

The toolkit provides an overview of each component of the Collaboration Grants process in three downloadable sets of documents:

Preparation and Planning Guidelines
Creating Space for Exploration (Discover), Co-Creation (Define), and Finalization (Refine)
Supporting, Reflecting, and Learning Guidelines

While initially designed for grantmakers, the principles and strategies outlined in this toolkit are broadly applicable to non-funders interested in supporting or developing collaborative initiatives.

We hope you find this useful as you consider how to support your partners to collaborate!