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Tools to Evaluate Collaboration & Merger Readiness

Exploring collaboration can strengthen land trusts, boost their impact, and enhance long-term sustainability—but knowing where to start is crucial. This resource set provides an overview of collaboration opportunities, key considerations…

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Stronger Together: The Transformative Power of Collaboration Among Connecticut Land Trusts

With nearly 120 land trusts across Connecticut, CLCC serves as a vital connector—fostering partnerships that enable land trusts to share knowledge, pool resources, and address complex challenges together. These collaborations…

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Introducing the Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy

When land trusts conserve natural or working lands in their communities, they make a promise to protect that land in perpetuity. This promise is unique to land trusts, and ensures…

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Working Together with Creativity, Cooperation, and Vision

Land trusts know that nature and farm viability doesn’t stop at town borders or state lines. They see, more than ever, the value of preventing land fragmentation, protecting wildlife corridors,…

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A Primer on Nonprofit Mergers & Sustained Collaborations

In an evolving landscape, nonprofits are increasingly exploring mergers and sustained collaborations to enhance impact and sustainability. This primer, developed by the New York Merger and Collaboration Fund (NYMAC), offers…

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Stronger Together

Aspetuck Land Trust Monroe Land Trust and Tree Conservancy Aspetuck and Monroe Announce Merger “We believe that this merger enables us to protect more of the open spaces in our…

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Understanding the Collaboration Continuum

Collaboration takes many forms, from informal partnerships to fully integrated mergers. Below are resources to help you explore the spectrum of inter-organizational collaboration, highlighting different models—such as networking, coordination, strategic…

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Webinar: Mergers for Land Trusts

Merging can be a game-changer for land trusts looking to expand capacity, enhance sustainability, and streamline operations. This webinar, originally recorded in May 2020, explores the why, when, and how…

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Creating An Environment For Success Mergers & Other Partnership Structures For Environmental Nonprofits

In today’s challenging landscape, environmental nonprofits are exploring mergers and strategic partnerships to enhance their impact and sustainability. This comprehensive guide from the Institute for Conservation Leadership delves into various…

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An Introduction To Mergers For Land Trusts – Land Trust Alliance Guide

Mergers and other types of formal organizational partnerships have become more prevalent within the land trust community in recent years as a range of new challenges and opportunities have arisen.…

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Facilitating land trust mergers

With support from the Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, CLCC and consultant Sharon Danosky are working with conservation organizations in the Farmington River Valley, as well as Joshua’s Trust…

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