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Welcome to the new online home for the
CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM
In the coming months, this website will host information,
resources, and offering registration.
GETTING TO KNOW YOU SURVEY
GETTING TO KNOW YOU SURVEY
The information you share about yourself will support us
in shaping future programming.
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
Over the last two years, the New Commonwealth Fund (NCF) has built a capacity building program designed by and for nonprofit leaders. It is a multimodal learning community that invests in leaders, organizations, and networks through experiences grounded in community, lived experience, shared learning, and collective leadership.
In 2027, we’re building on what leaders have already told us they need. Through virtual workshops, tailored Communities of Practice, and in-person convenings, you’ll have opportunities to strengthen practical skills, work through real organizational challenges, and learn alongside leaders who are drawing on their values and lived wisdom to shape how they lead, build, and grow their organizations.
"I was so grateful to have the opportunity to participate, hone my knowledge and skills, connect with peers and learn from them and the facilitators."
— LEADER PARTICIPANT
New Commonwealth Fund (NCF) is a coalition of leaders committed to transforming philanthropy by ensuring that funding reaches nonprofit leaders and communities closest to the solutions. Since 2020, they have pledged to reframe philanthropy through models that prioritize innovation, effectiveness, and inclusion. Guided by their grant-making pillars in health and longevity, family and community, and economic mobility, they invest in initiatives that strengthen communities, expand access to resources, and build pathways for lasting change.
WHAT'S COMING NEXT
WHAT'S COMING NEXT
After the kickoff, we’ll synthesize what we heard across the priorities, questions, challenges, strengths, resources, aspirations, and ecosystem dynamics that surfaced throughout the day.
VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS
VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS
Focused learning experiences that provide practical tools, information, and support.
Hosted once a month, these virtual sessions are affirming learning spaces led by our Program Facilitators. Each workshop focuses on a timely topic and is designed to build foundational knowledge while sharing practical tools, information, and frameworks you can apply to your work.
TIME COMMITMENT
60 minutes to 2.0 hours
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Tailored, cohort-style virtual peer learning spaces that bring leaders together around shared needs, interests, and organizational challenges.
Join a peer learning group where leaders exchange experiences, apply learning in real time, and strengthen their practice through dialogue, coaching, and shared problem-solving. These three-month cohorts go deeper into key practice areas while creating space to work through the real organizational challenges leaders are navigating.
TIME COMMITMENT
90 minutes to 2 hours, weekly or every other week
COMMUNITY CONVENINGS
COMMUNITY CONVENINGS
Full-day gatherings to build relationships, learn together, and engage in collective problem-solving.
These in-person events bring local leaders together for a reflective day of learning and connection. We’ll commune and connect, share insights, uncover the wisdom we already hold, and work together on the questions and challenges shaping our organizations and communities
TIME COMMITMENT
One full day; exact timing to be announced
"I honestly believe these capacity building spaces are so necessary. I hope all of the members of my team are able to experience this in some way, shape, or form."
— LEADER PARTICIPANT
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