Strengthening Nonprofit Performance: A Funders Guide to Capacity Building
Product DescriptionGet the most out of your grantmaking Authors Paul Connolly, Vice President, Conservation Company, and Carol Lukas, President, Fieldstone Alliance, synthesize the most recent capacity-building practice and research into a collection of strategies, steps, and examples that funders can use to get started on or improve their funding to strengthen nonprofits. Who this book [...]
Sustaining Nonprofit Performance: The Case for Capacity Building and the Evidence to Support It
Product DescriptionAmerica’s nonprofit organizations are facing an uncertain future. Many are operating with leaner budgets and face a wave of budget cuts as the federal deficit grows. At the same time, public confidence in nonprofits is at a contemporary low. Congress seems poised to enact new and stringent rules for nonprofit spending. Many state attorneys [...]
Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-Based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity
Product DescriptionWinner of the 2002 Terry McAdam Book Award for best new nonprofit book release in the past year. NONPROFIT LIFECYCLES: Stage-based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity weighs in with a developmental perspective on nonprofit capacity and its relationship to increased organizational performance. Offering practical insights and thought-provoking case illustrations, this book presents seven nonprofit lifecycle [...]