It contains a concept, not yet a plan, of developing a coalition. In time, with successful execution and more resources, it may become a coalition. Its future is too much in doubt to call it a coalition. The fourth example meets our test for a coalition. All the required elements are present.
Different groups come together for a common purpose.
What they are establishing is something new and different. It represents the formation of a coalition, the creation of a new entity. If any one of the partners to the coalition was capable of achieving the work assigned to the coalition, then the coalition would be superfluous. Indeed, if the coalition is wisely put together and is capable of obtaining all the resources it needs to succeed, then there is no reason why over time the coalition might not outlast one or all of the members. Some excellent research studies have been done in the past decade on the characteristics that have marked successful, effective coalitions.