As part of Nonprofit Builder project we have put together a collection of really remarkable reports on capacity building, how to do it, its impact, and how foundations can get started with it. Sharing below:

Supporting Grantee Capacity: Strengthening Effectiveness Together, Anna Pond and Jen Bokoff, 2015.

Examines how foundations engage with building capacity of their grantees, with the aim of helping newcomers to get started. A must-read for foundation grant-makers.

Integrating Capacity and Strategy A Handbook for Next-Generation Grantmakers and Grantees, by C.R. Hibbs, 2014.

Aimed at foundations, this guide offers tools to assess and visualise nonprofit capacity, with an interesting strategic approach: not all nonprofits need to be strong everywhere, it depends on the kind of work they do.

Evaluating Foundation-Supported Capacity Building: Lessons Learned, by Thomas E. Backer, Jane Ellen Bleeg and Kathryn Groves, 2010.

The executive summary is a must-read for its gems: five key conditions for effective capacity building, ten good practices for effective capacity building, eight barriers to effective capacity building… Clear concise experience based lessons, invaluable.

Read the source article at medium.com