The Evolution of Cross-Sector Partnerships

During and after the Great Depression, massive, government-led investments reignited economic growth in the United States. Modernization during the twentieth century’s World Wars resulted in dramatic improvements in the production and infrastructure capacity of the United States. Subsequently, the privatization movement in the 1980s and the reinventing government reforms in the 1990s sought to redefine and downsize the role of government in society. In the twenty-first century, nonprofit organizations of all shapes and sizes are playing an ever-larger role in what was previously considered the purview of government. Today, cross-sector partnerships are carrying out major infrastructure projects and social programs,