How Funders Can Support Capacity Building

In addition to providing program grants to nonprofits, funders can help organizations achieve their missions more effectively by investing in capacity building projects. The management consulting firm, TCC Group recently released "Deeper Capacity Building for Greater Impact: Designing a Long-Term Initiative to Strengthen a Set of Nonprofit Organizations," a briefing paper supported by a grant from the James Irvine Foundation.

The document covers key decisions that grantmakers must make when developing capacity-building initiatives, including the duration of the initiative, the funder's role, the types of assistance to provide, and others. If you are interested in learning how grantmakers can plan, implement, and evaluate long-term capacity building programs, you can view the full text of the briefing paper at the TCC Group's web site.