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## [How Nonprofit Boards Can Start the Merger Conversation](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/how-nonprofit-boards-can-start-the-merger-conversation)

 Posted by [Anne Wallestad and Katie Smith Milway](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/anne-wallestad-and-katie-smith-milway) on Apr 4, 2018, 12:27:00 PM

*In today’s issue of* Stanford Social Innovation Review*, Anne Wallestad and Katie Smith Milway identify six moments in every organization’s business cycle that are ripe for discussion around how mergers and alliances can advance mission and impact. We provide a short excerpt of the piece here but...*

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## [Missions, Mergers, and Love](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/missions-mergers-and-love)

 Posted by [Jean Butzen](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/jean-butzen) on Nov 16, 2016, 10:54:01 AM

Last month, a group of Chicago area institutions led by Mission + Strategy Consulting released [a new study on nonprofit merger strategies](http://www.ChicagoNPMergerStudy.org) focusing on the Chicago Metropolitan area and assessing how mergers can be an integral part of planning for nonprofits and funders alike. This first-ever study...

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