The collaborative was designed to be owned and financially sustained by its members, with leadership and guidance from independent consultants Shelley Waters Boots, Karen Howard, and Lena O’Rourke, who brought expertise in equity, policy, and funder collaboratives.

The goal was to engage and inform a strong cohort of donors to address three strategic objectives. First, the donor cohort will help advance investments in MMH, making investors more aware of each other’s investments and help communicate priorities and challenges across the group. Second, the collaborative will lead to more aligned investments on larger MMH strategy issues. Third, by creating a space for donors to connect, the MMH Funders Collaborative will aim to grow the number of investors in this space and increase private investments to strengthen the field.