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The Chronicle of Philanthropy | Ben Gose: Matchmakers Help Charities Find Merger Partners
“America’s Promise Alliance, a membership organization for 150 youth-serving charities, recently started a mergers and acquisitions practice with Monitor Deloitte to help its members explore combinations. Eighteen percent of the Alliance’s members are currently in active M&A negotiations, and 38 percent think they’ll be involved in a transaction by the end of the year.”

The 74 | Op-Ed: Community-Based Organizations Must Be Part of the Student Mental Health Solution
In a new op-ed for The 74, co-authors Mike O’Brien, CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, and John MacPhee, CEO of The Jed Foundation (JED), argue that with the right tools and training, community-based nonprofits can become powerful front-line hubs for supporting young people’s mental health.

The Jed Foundation and America's Promise Alliance Announce Institute for Youth Mental Health to Strengthen Emotional Well-Being Supports in Community-Based Organizations
LAUNCHING OUR NEW INSTITUTE FOR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH
Fifteen leading nonprofits join inaugural cohort to advance mental health support and suicide prevention for more than 1.8 million youth

Celebrating our Founding Community
CELEBRATING OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS
A look back with gratitude to our 27 founding Alliance members.

APA at the 2025 NCAN National Conference
A FIRST LOOK AT OUR OUTCOMES TRANSPARENCY FOR NONDEGREE PATHWAYS COLLECTIVE ACTION INITIATIVE
Together with Alliance leaders in New Orleans this month, we debuted our new Outcomes Transparency for Nondegree Pathways initiative, including a new measurement framework for students and advisors that was co-designed by 15 leading postsecondary orgs from our Community.