An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations. Sometimes in this kind of arrangement, the umbrella organization is to some degree responsible for the groups under its care. Compare to franchises and subsidiaries.
There may be many reasons for establishing/joining an umbrella organization:
- The ability to carry out activities which could not be accomplished alone, due to
- Economies of scale
- A better pool of experts and experience
- Shared apprenticeship and exchange of know-how
- A sense of community and support that makes people and corporations derive utility from multilateral and shared activities
- An increased brand/public awareness
- Legality of pursued action(s)
Example organizations
- AFLâ€"CIO and other national trade union centers
- Canadian GeoAliance
- Canadian Hockey League
- Central Intelligence Agency
- DD172
- Department of Public Safety
- European Music Council
- European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting (EWF)
- Federation of Student Islamic Societies
- Girls on the Run International
- Independent Sector
- International Co-operative Alliance
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
- Jewish Federations of North America
- The former KGB
- Metropolitan Toronto School Board and its six boards
- National Retail Federation
- National Wrestling Alliance
- Open Source Geospatial Foundation
- Software in the Public Interest
- Transport for London
- UEFA
- Ulster Defence Association
- United Fund for the Arts and Humanities (UFAH)
- United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
- Yamaguchi-gumi
See also
- Big tent
- Federation
- Supraorganization
- Umbrella brand
- Umbrella company
- Umbrella fund
- Umbrella school
- Umbrella term
References
