The COVID-19 crisis has underscored the importance of the nonprofit sector in uplifting communities in need. In the face of recovery, when nonprofits will be called on to do more, likely with fewer resources, mergers, joint ventures, programmatic and administrative partnerships, and other types of “sustained collaborations” can be tools to preserve, sustain, and grow impact.  In this session, we will discuss why nonprofits pursue sustained collaboration, how they approach the process, and what lessons they have learned along the way.