---
title: "October Case Study: Foundations as Catalysts for Collaboration"
description: "October Case Study: Foundations as Catalysts for Collaboration"
---

[Tim McCarthy & BGF | Blog ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org)

# [October Case Study: Foundations as Catalysts for Collaboration](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/october-case-study-foundations-as-catalysts-for-collaboration)

 Written by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) | Oct 1, 2011 5:08:00 PM

[Article Link](http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2011/07/foundations-as-catalysts-for-collaboration)

*Editor’s Note: In the attached article, [Jacob Harold](http://www.hewlett.org/about-the-william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation/foundation-staff/jacob-harold) of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation shares his perspective on the role foundations should play in aligning the self-interests of various organizations in order to remedy complex social issues, such as poverty. *

*[more] The Business of Good Foundation’s strategy is to create “clusters of collaboration” in the areas of Entrepreneurship (microlending), Education (mentoring) and Employment (social enterprise).**  **This ‘Nonprofit Navigator Network’ will focus on methods and models with the greatest potential to make the largest positive impact on the lives of the economically and socially disadvantaged.”*  * *

[View full post](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/october-case-study-foundations-as-catalysts-for-collaboration)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Tim McCarthy"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2019-10-15T19:46:43.763Z",
  "datePublished" : "2011-10-01T17:08:00Z",
  "headline" : "October Case Study: Foundations as Catalysts for Collaboration",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 60,
    "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
    "width" : 60
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/october-case-study-foundations-as-catalysts-for-collaboration",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60.0,
      "url" : "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/6374779/Logo%20Symbol%20square-2.png",
      "width" : 60.0
    },
    "name" : "| Blog"
  }
}
```