By partnering or merging, people hope to:
- Create easier access to services for clients, by linking services more closely together
- Provide access to a wider range of services to clients so that their needs and interests are better met
- Expand their responsiveness to changing community needs and interests
- Increase their organizational capacities to do more by bringing together diverse strengths and competencies
- Increase the financial sustainability of their current programs and organizations
- Reduce administrative costs and create economies of scale
- Broaden the depths and experience of their senior management team
- Increase their profile in the community
- Please funders and donors, many of whom see partnerships and mergers as good investments of their dollars.