NOVEMBER 2017 8 | FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM ground on a 65,000-square-foot building that will be designed to foster collaboration in education. What it does show is the way the thought process has shifted in the nonprofit community over time. It used to be that nonprofits tended to stay in their own silos — whatever your mission, you went out and did it on your own. The problems with this kind of thinking are myriad, of course. First, it’s expensive — that kind of thinking means that every nonprofit would have to build their own infrastructure, lease or build their own buildings, and be saddled with the burden of their own administration. That’s still fine for many nonprofits, but others are thinking outside the box and identifying just the sort of partnerships than can help them better focus on their missions. And, the “silo” approach can mean not only missed opportunities to boost their impact, it can create an almost competitive environment, where nonprofits are fighting for dollars and impact in similar spaces instead of looking for ways to work together. The one thing the nonprofits in the Getz Center have in common is simple — they all want to make the community a better place. And by thinking a bit outside the box, it’s a safe bet they’re going to succeed. NEXT DOORS CONTINUED Eric Bledsoe Devin Booker @tevans927 Tom Evans CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

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