Resources

Free curated resource lists and publications

We maintain curated resource lists to provide access to a round-up of useful articles, toolkits, and examples on field-minded strategy and organizational transition topics. We also publish topical pieces that synthesize insights from our client work and the broader literature.

Organizational Transitions Resource List

A curated set of readings, toolkits, and other resources on organizational transitions, focused primarily on formalized, sustained nonprofit collaborations (including but not limited to mergers and other forms of strategic restructuring) and ending an organization, initiative, program, or area of investment.

Strong, Field-Minded Endings Framework

This document addresses why endings are vital to the social sector and why they are too often neglected. It describes strong, field-minded endings and why they are important. It concludes with an overview of internal, external, and system-level enablers of such endings, and some immediate first steps we can all take to promote them.

Field Catalysts: Guided Reading 

A curated set of readings and reflection questions related to field catalysts. The readings provide an introduction to two key topics in field catalyst strategy – theory of change and measurement, learning, and evaluation – that are important to organizational effectiveness and present unique complexities for field catalysts.

Our lessons learned and frameworks

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Page from a report titled 'Field Catalyst Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation: Adapting Typical Nonprofit Approaches to the Field Catalyst Context' authored by Lisa Quay, dated February 2025. The page contains an introduction discussing the challenges of the SERN project, the evolution of their measurement and evaluation efforts, and three key lessons learned related to field catalysts and systems change.
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Cover of a publication titled 'A Framework for Strong, Field-Minded Endings' by Lisa Quay, published in October 2025, with a background of a rocky landscape and a partly cloudy sky.
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Case studies from around the web

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Photo of a group of five people sitting around a conference table in a meeting room. A woman in a yellow sweater and headscarf is speaking, with a laptop and glasses of water in front of her. The others are listening, some with notebooks and tablets. A green wall and a computer monitor are in the background.
A research case study report titled 'RBM Partnership to End Malaria' from February 2025, discussing malaria eradication efforts, key impact, and role of field catalysis, with sections on strategy, history, and collaborations.
Podcast cover featuring a smiling man with text 'Do One Better with Alberto Lidji' and a yellow banner indicating '300+ Episodes' on an orange background.
Title page of a case study titled 'The Hardest Decision' about AchieveMission's sunset effort, listing authors, contributors, and a contents section with chapter titles and page numbers, with AchieveMission logo on the right.
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