When 2 Charities Share Their Expertise, They Both Grow Stronger

More Than Wheels and Ways to Work, a much larger car-loan group with headquarters in Milwaukee, successfully mined each other’s data and observations for ideas, and then turned those ideas into substantive changes in their own operations. Their experience, they say, is a testament to the value of taking the unusual step of openly sharing information, something most charities avoid because of concerns about competition.