Grantee Centered Capacity Building Is What You Think It Is ...Grantee Centered Capacity Building Is...
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Grantee Centered Capacity Building Is What You Think It Is – And More
December 1, 20169:00 – 11:30 AM
Philanthropy New York
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SMARTERGRANTMAKING
STRONGER NONPROFITS
BETTER RESULTS
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“CAPACITY BUILDING is the funding and technical assistance to help nonprofits increase specific capacities to deliver stronger programs, take risks, build connections, innovate and iterate.”
Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity, GEO
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Today We Will Explore:
• Ways to align capacity building with your mission and goals AND grantee needs
• Grantee experiences: What works and what doesn’t!
• How to use capacity building to strengthen grantee/grantor relationships
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Session Agenda
1. Welcome & Introductions
2. Beyond the Basics:
• Before you begin
• Models from the Field
• Assessing the Impact
3. Grantee Experiences
4. Activity: Capacity Building Action Plan
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I invest in leadership development!
Peer learning is core to our work!
Our region takes a collective approach!
We’re just getting started!
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THE STATE OF PHILANTHROPIC PRACTICE
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1.How does capacity building advance our
mission? Where does it fit into our theory of change?
2.What are the capacity
needs of the organizations we care about?
3.What are others already doing in our community? Where are the gaps?
Where can we collaborate?
4.What do we need to know and be able to do to be an effective capacity funder?
5.How should we structure our capacity building support for maximum
impact?
6.How do we know if
organizations are ready to benefit from capacity
support?
7.How do we assess our impact and continually improve our support?
Key Questions for Capacity Building
Funders
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Link capacity building to your theory of change
Why will capacity building enable you to achieve your desired results?
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Wilburforce Foundation Theory of Change
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Before You Begin
• Build trust• Understand
needs• Assess
readiness
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Think, Pair, Share:Understanding needs & assessing readiness
1. Reflect on your own work
2. Find a partner; discuss what works or what to avoid
3. Report out: what did you learn?
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Models & Approaches1. Grants2. Grants + TA3. Field building4. Grants to TA
providers, intermediaries, researchers, etc.
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THE THREE Cs
1 2 3Make it
ContextualMake it
ContinuousMake it
Collective
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Think, Pair, Share: Capacity building models
1. Reflect on your own work
2. Find a partner; discuss your capacity building model, the pros and cons
3. Report out: what did you learn?
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Assessing the Impact1. Be real about
expectations
2. Make sure everyone’s clear on goals
3. Make evaluation a two-way street
4. Make it about learning
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Capacity Building Chain of Outcomes
Quality
• Did the program address grantee needs?
• Is program design evidence-based?
Short Term
• What did participants learn?
• Did participants apply what they learned?
Long Term
• How has the organization’s capacity improved?
• How has program capacity increased?
Community
• How have the organization’s constituents’ lives improved?
Source: Evaluating Capacity‐Building Efforts for Nonprofit Organizations, Paul Connolly & Peter York
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Think, Pair, Share: Assessing the impact
1. Reflect on your own work
2. Find a partner; discuss the outcomes you measure and how you assess impact
3. Report out: what did you learn?
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Grantee Experiences:
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Capacity Building Action Plan
Step 1:Take 10 minutes to complete the
action plan
Step 2: Find a partner. Discuss your
plans. Provide feedback.
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GEO’s Work on Capacity Building
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“We recognize that the only way we can achieve our mission and vision is if we have strong grantee partners”
Paul Beaudet, WilburforceFoundation
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