Capacity building

Source: The Bridgespan Group

Many organizations would love a "big bet" donation to help them reach their goals, but not every organisation is ready to make good use of funding at such a scale. Our tool and examples can help you understand how your organization could become “big bettable”—identifying the key questions you need to answer in order to do so.

Source: Atma

Scaling, according to Atma, is not simply increasing the number of beneficiaries. Scaling means we do that along with growing the organisation. Scaling means change, and it means investments in areas which funders don’t look at—in administration, human resources, systems, processes, and impact measurement.

Source: The Bridgespan Group

Nonprofit organisations' mission and vision statements are often too broad or aspirational to enable clear decision-making regarding resource allocation and trade-offs. Intended impact and theory of change fill this gap by defining clear, specific goals and showing how the organisation's efforts will create this social change.

Source: The Bridgespan Group

At some point, all nonprofits face their own version of "tough times." This update to our 2008 article on "Managing Through Tough Times" provides eight steps that can help nonprofits weather economic uncertainty. In truth, these practices can help any organisation stay in shape at any time.

Source: Atma

One of Atma's primary offerings is the ability to identify the key areas of improvements required by education NGOs in the development sector through our Accelerator Programme. Read on to understand how capacity building could help your organisation.

Source: The Bridgespan Group

For nonprofit organisations, the business-planning process offers a rare opportunity to step back and look at the organisation as a whole. It is a time to connect the dots between mission and programs, to specify the resources that will be required to deliver those programs, and to establish performance measures that allow everyone to understand whether the desired results are being achieved.

Source: The Raymond John Wean Foundation

Open and frequent communications during tough times are one of the best ways to keep teams engaged and focused on those they are helping and not the organisation’s woes. Here’s how to build a team and a plan for managing through a crisis.

Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review

Our economy is in bad shape and will only get worse. So what can fundraisers do to minimize the impact of this difficult period on our organisations, and at the same time maximize our income?

Source: Sahayog Foundation

Crisis time calls for a swift, clear and coordinated communication