Partnership Resources

Your Seat at the Table: A Parable about Public Private Partnerships

Some lessons about compliance don't start with a regulation, they start with a story.

Maya runs a nonprofit with a proven innovation. When a government partner arrives with a multi-year funding proposal, she believes their shared mission is enough. She's wrong. What she discovers is that personal trust and organizational trust are not the same thing. Real trust isn't just felt. It's observable, measurable, and structural. And it has to be built, one transparent decision at a time.

For anyone working in federally funded partnerships, Maya's story will feel familiar. The Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200) exists precisely because trust between partners must be more than goodwill. It requires shared standards, documented accountability, and follow-through on what you said you'd do.

Your Seat at the Table sets the stage. The companion workbooks, The Money Trail and Lines You Shouldn't Cross, provide the compliance tools to help partners build and implement those shared standards, even under pressure.

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By Angela Joy Donelson, PhD, AICP of Donelson Consulting, with Jenni Moreno, 2CFR Clarity