Effective capacity building can increase your program's operational effectiveness, expand the range of services provided, and improve external relations. It requires an ongoing learning process that includes reflection, analysis, skill building, networking and action, all aimed at increasing the knowledge and impact of your program and the individuals involved in it. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.

• Toolkit for Program Sustainability, Capacity Building, and Volunteer Recruitment/Management
• Capacity As a Fundamental Objective

Online Course

• Writing Proposals

Effective Practices

• Building the capacity of community organizations: possible outcomes
• Developing eight core competencies for successful volunteer programs
• Understanding the benefits of cross-agency collaboration for national service and volunteer programs

Lending Library

• Funding Effectiveness: Lessons in Building Nonprofit Capacity
• Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits
• Benchmarking for Nonprofits: How to Measure, Manage, and Improve Performance

Related Websites

• Capacity Building Guide from Idealist
• Capacity Building
• Taproot Foundation Capacity Building Service Grants