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Practice Pointers There are many sources for capacity building assistance. Consultants are just one avenue. Because the core focus of state associations of nonprofits is helping to build the capacity of other charitable nonprofits in the state, joining your state association of nonprofits is one of the most effective ways to learn about the spectrum of capacity building opportunities available locally.
State Associations often offer workshops and training opportunities for board and staff, whether in-person or via the internet, as well as the ability for nonprofit leaders to learn peer-to-peer, collaborate, and stay up-to-date with recommended practices and new trends.
Conducting an organizational self-assessment is one way to learn which core capacity areas may require more attention.
Capacity Building. A further note here about transformative change and the contradictions nonprofits face: A common form of advocacy in the services sector is directed at maintaining or expanding government funding for programs. While securing resources to deliver high quality social services is important, ultimately service providers must decide if their long-term goal is to address underlying systems of inequity and injustice.
This requires looking at root causes of community problems and building the power and capacity of people to change the policies, structures, and institutions that negatively impact their lives.
It may even include eventually putting themselves out of business. We believe service organizations should take a hard look at their program models and think expansively about ways they can contribute to a world in which their current services are no longer needed. We recently used the Bridge the Gap: Social Service and Social Change framework to help the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center develop a strategic plan to address the most pressing issues facing the people they serve: domestic violence, lack of living wage jobs, and affordable housing.
While they run a strong domestic violence program, they did not have the capacity, resources, or bandwidth to create housing or employment programs—but they knew if these two problems were not confronted, they would never be able to achieve their mission of helping people live independent, self-sufficient lives free of violence.
The planning process created a significant shift in perspective. This was reflected in their planning decisions to join a local housing coalition and invite advocates to conduct workshops on tenant rights for their staff and clients. They also decided to work with the local politicians, the business improvement district, and other community partners to develop a workforce development plan to meet local needs.
Reaching beyond their organization also allowed them to expand their efforts to reduce domestic violence. Given their significant expertise, they decided to serve as a resource to other organizations on how to promote healthy relationships and prevent domestic violence. Following the example of good organizers who end every meeting with a specific ask, we end here with specific asks of the nonprofit field.
Capacity Builders : Prompt, encourage, and push groups you work with to consider whether their existing service delivery approach is an effective long-term strategy. Review the organizational planning action steps in Bridge the Gap: Social Service and Social Change with your clients and highlight practical next actions.
Board Members : Help your Board of Directors support rather than resist social change work. Refer to the external action section of Bridge the Gap for next actions. Nonprofit Staff : Review the constituent and civic leadership development steps in Bridge the Gap to identify ways to build leadership among the people you serve. Health care providers sign up with Vot-ER so that doctors, nurses, and health staff can easily provide information to patients about registering to vote.
Executive Directors : Reframe the purpose of your organizations to include a social change focus. Refer to all action steps in Bridge the Gap for next actions. Foundations : Support pilot projects to learn what is needed to create strong, sustainable partnerships between organizing and advocacy groups and social service organizations. Ask your capacity building grantees how they incorporate conversations about social change within their consulting engagements.
Provide annual funding so organizations can integrate nonpartisan voter and civic engagement within their programs every year, not just in election years.
It is time for service organizations to expand their advocacy work beyond the fight for their own funding. It is time to support clients, staff, boards, and donors in building power. The stakes—locally and nationally—have never been higher. Louisa Hackett has more than 25 years of consulting experience with New York City nonprofit organizations. In , she founded Community Votes , an initiative that leverages the connections nonprofits have in local communities to engage voters and, ultimately, strengthen those communities through active participation in the electoral process.
Louisa can be reached at [email protected]. Mohan volunteers with electoral organizing efforts. In , she founded Community Votes, an initiative that leverages the connections nonprofits have in local communities to engage voters and, ultimately, strengthen those communities through active participation in the electoral process.
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