Successful Mergers: Two CEOs Talk Shop - Meyer Foundation

Successful Mergers: Two CEOs Talk Shop - Meyer Foundation: Successful Mergers: Two CEOs Talk Shop

For many years, and especially since the economic downturn reduced their grantmaking budgets, funders have been urging nonprofits to merge. Proponents of merger often cite duplication of effort among grantees and the presumed economic efficiencies that can be gained from having larger organizations. Neither assertion is well supported by evidence, and for those and other reasons mergers continue to be discussed far more than frequently than they are implemented.