Impact and Transparency

MACC’s work is anchored by two strategic priorities: infusing our commitment to IDEA throughout all of our programs and services, and expanding our efforts to advance systems change and advocacy to address the systemic racism and underinvestment that holds our sector, and our communities back. These priorities shape how we deliver shared services, build our learning community, amplify our collective voice, and put our commitment to IDEA into practice every day.

Our Theory of Change

MACC operates at five interconnected levels — each one essential. We bring our network together to learn, advocate, and build the collective power needed to make our work easier and change the conditions limiting our sector’s impact. We are:

A home for our network of human services nonprofits

Building community, interconnection, and solidarity among 67 human services nonprofits

A vehicle for collective action and voice

Amplifying the power of our network to change the systems and conditions limiting our sector’s impact

A provider of quality shared administrative services

Giving our members the operational foundation they need to adapt and thrive

A resource for information, knowledge, and learning

Connecting our network with the expertise, peer support, and thought leadership they need to lead through constant change

A facilitator of cooperative purchasing power

Leveraging our collective scale so that every member has access to the tools and services that make their work easier

Strategic Priorities in Action

Each year MACC creates an Impact Report — a storytelling showcase that looks back at what our network lived through, accomplished, and learned together. It’s our chance to celebrate bright spots, honor the hard work of our community, and share the stories and messages that matter most to us as a network.

Our impact by the #s

60

member nonprofits collaborating across diverse program areas

$600m+

re-invested in our communities by our member organizations

4000+

nonprofit human services workers connected and supported

60+

learning, connection, and engagement opportunities each year

We Drive Impact Through:

Shared Services

Human services nonprofits deserve the administrative infrastructure to match the importance of their work. MACC’s shared services were built by nonprofits, for nonprofits, giving our network access to the enterprise-level expertise, operational stability, and collective knowledge that larger organizations take for granted. Because when nonprofits run well, communities thrive.

Learning

The challenges facing human services nonprofits are complex, rapidly evolving, and too big for any one leader to navigate alone. MACC’s network exists to bring our network together to connect with experts, thought leaders, and each other, building the collective knowledge and peer support that makes every organization in our network stronger.

Advocacy

Human services nonprofits are under-resourced, undervalued, and up against systems that were not designed with them in mind. No single organization can change that alone. MACC exists to make sure they don’t have to, amplifying the collective power of our network to fight for funding that works, data practices that center community, and a narrative that reflects the true value of human services work.

IDEA

IDEA — Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility — is core to why we our network exists and how we work. We believe human services organizations should be of, by, and for their communities, and that everyone has the right to well-being. That belief shapes everything we do, from how we deliver services to how we advocate for systems change. We believe our network has a responsibility to resist oppressive systems courageously and persistently.

Accountability

As a network built on trust, shared resources, and collective ownership, our members deserve to see how we’re doing and where we’re going. Our Annual Reports, Year in Review reports, and financial statements are available here.