THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO CULTIVATE REGIONAL CHANGE FOR THE COMMON GOOD. SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION'S PUBLIC-FACING IDENTITY HAS BECOME COLLABORATORY. NOT SIMPLY A NAME CHANGE, IT IS A STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THE FAILURES OF TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO SOLVING OUR REGION'S SOCIAL CHALLENGES THROUGH SINGULAR AND DISCONNECTED SOLUTIONS. ORGANIZING THE LARGE-SCALE COORDINATION OF MULTI-SECTOR EFFORTS - COLLABORATORY WILL SPARK AND MULTIPLY LOCALLY-SOURCED SOLUTIONS. FROM HUNGER TO ILLITERACY, RACISM TO MENTAL ILLNESS, ISOLATION TO INJUSTICE, ALL ARE INTERCONNECTED. SOLVING ONE INVOLVES ALL OF THEM, TOGETHER, HOLISTICALLY. COLLABORATORY'S CORE ASSUMPTION IS THAT SILOED APPROACHES FAIL. COLLABORATORY'S GOAL IS TO END ALL THE REGION'S SOCIAL PROBLEMS ON AN 18-YEAR DEADLINE CREATING A REGION WHERE ALL CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ARE CONFIDENT, HEALTHIER, AND TRUSTING OF PEOPLE, INSTITUTIONS, AND SYSTEMS THAT SERVE THEM. COLL