About Us
Capacity Building
What is Capacity Building?
At The Nonprofit Center, our mission is to strengthen nonprofit organizations throughout the Delaware Valley through capacity-building. Through all of our programs - from consulting to board training - our focus is on teaching, supporting, leadership development, resources, and coaching to ensure that you have the capabilities, knowledge and resources needed to successfully fulfill your mission. By enhancing the efficiency of those who lead, manage, and support nonprofits, the ultimate end result is improved service delivery to those in need.
We see capacity-building in three steps in which an organization learns to identify critical issues, is able to differentiate between core problems and systems, and can implement steps to resolve these issues within the organization's core values and key operating principles. We do not do the work for you. We prepare you to be able to do the work yourself. To fundraise, to create and implement a strategic plan, to develop personnel policies, to create a succession plan, to become more effective nonprofit leaders, and more. With knowledge, tools, and a realistic plan comes greater organizational effectiveness.
In all of our programs, we build capacity through sharing information that is useful, practical, and accessible. We offer both a theoretical understanding of a subject area as well as practical approaches that will enable you to apply the knowledge you acquire to your organization. As guides and teachers, we show you how to do what you need to become stronger and more sustainable, and to better serve your constituents.
Capacity-building: "The process of strengthening an organization in order to improve its performance and impact." (Amherst H. Wilder Foundation).
