Is organizational capacity the answer? For organizations with some, but not all forms of capacity, it could be.

Many of the funders that we talk to about grants and grant assessment are beginning to frame things in the words of organizational capacity. This is simultaneously a blueprint for the assessment of nonprofits and their proposals, and also a platform for nonprofits to organize themselves within the community of nonprofit groups. While this structure may not yet be a part of the rubric that your funders are using, but they are a great set of best-practices for any nonprofit group seeking to improve their internal efficiency or outward effectiveness.