The Collective
Resourcing Cohort

This program is designed for individuals, organizations, and coalitions in San Diego, CA who want to resource their work in alignment with their values. Through solidarity, collaboration, and shared abundance, rather than scarcity and competition.

A hybrid cohort experience (in-person + virtual) featuring facilitated sessions, peer learning, and shared practice.

A cohort of 12–24 leaders from BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving nonprofits, foundations, government and coalitions.

A clear, values-aligned collaboration plan that leads to at least one new partnership, a co-developed collective funding request, and meaningful momentum toward a regional, community-led action plan.

Source: Session participants in our in person sneak peak at Nonprofit Academy in San Diego

Why we created this program

Even amid political volatility and economic constraint, our communities continue to choose coordination, care, and collective action. We’ve seen firsthand that when organizations collaborate across missions—sharing resources, providing mutual aid, fundraising together, applying for grants jointly, pooling funds, and mobilizing collectively—we become stronger and more resilient.

This program is rooted in that truth.

We also know collaboration isn’t always easy. Many communities have been harmed by extractive and competitive systems. But our futures are tied, and we’re committed to practicing new ways of working that strengthen San Diego’s ecosystem and inspire similar efforts elsewhere.

Why now


Nonprofits are navigating a critical moment — rising community needs, shifting government funding, donor uncertainty, staff burnout, and political volatility. This cohort offers practical support and a solidarity-centered space for leaders to imagine new ways of resourcing together. It is both stabilizing and generative.

Practicing collective resourcing is more than a strategy; it’s a political and cultural commitment. It’s about aligning values with how we mobilize resources, care for staff, and build power at the community level.

We believe deeply in:

  • Abundance and solidarity over scarcity

  • Collaboration over competition

  • Coordination over chaos

More about
the program

    • Leaders facing rising community needs, funding uncertainty, or burnout, and seeking a stabilizing, equity-centered support space.

    • Leaders and organizations ready to paradigm shift, collaborate, share resources, and practice collective fundraising instead of working in isolation.

    • Leaders committed to strengthening the regional ecosystem, wanting practical tools, peer learning, and new cross-organization partnerships.

    • Strengthened capacity to plan, fund, and sustain collaborative initiatives

    • Practical collective resourcing tools that help stabilize organizations during periods of uncertainty

    • Increased cross-organization trust, alignment, and shared accountability

    • New partnerships and shared fundraising initiatives rooted in community-led priorities

    • A deeper sense of agency and possibility in the midst of rising demand and limited resources

    • Co-developed collective funding request

    • A stronger, more connected nonprofit ecosystem

    • More efficient use of limited philanthropic and government resources

    • Increased coordinated impact

    • A shared “collective resourcing standard” that redefines how San Diego collaborates

    • Real case studies that can inform policy, funder strategy, and future regional initiatives

    • Meaningful momentum toward a regional, community-led action plan.

  • Más Allá designed the Collective Resourcing Cohort, drawing inspiration from a range of collaborative, equity-driven frameworks. They are a values-driven, community-centered fundraising consulting firm dedicated to raising revenue for and with BIPOC communities.

    The cohort will be facilitated by Shantel Suárez Ávila, Founder & Principal Strategist, and María Reneé Morales, Strategist at Más Allá, in partnership with Anna Sotto from Akitso and Jean-Huy Tran from Viet Voices.

Interested in supporting?

Your Foundation can support this sort of solidarity and stabilization in the region.

Contact

Interested in learning more about the next cohort?

Let us send you additional information so your organization can join in on the movement to build together.