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Providing responsive, safe and effective programs in communities requires organizational capacity. Try the following quiz to help identify the organizational capacity you would like to see in your nonprofit partners.
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The Nonprofit Organizational Capacity Quiz for Funders

1. Forming a partnership is a strategic decision
The agency needs to be clear on its planning, understand who it is, and where it wants to go.
What are the reasons for the partnership?
-Because bigger is better,
-To better serve the target group,
-To bid on a contract,
-Because the Funder requires it
-Because the Funder would like it
-To be able [...]

What can an Agency do to Prepare?
Know your core vision and values -
The board and staff must understand themselves in context of other services and be very clear about the organizations bottom lines. Only then will they be prepared to negotiate and plan with other organizations.
Put your organization in order- [...]

The Feasibility Assessment is the next step after a Board decides to explore a merger with an other organization. Boards of Directors will want to assure themselves that a merger has every likelihood of success before they begin negotiations. The merger feasibility study is just that, an exploratory phase so the organizations involved and the [...]

There is considerable discussion occurring among funders, both government and charitable donors and agency boards of directors regarding the need for, and possibilities of, different associations between agencies. Serious consideration of new administrative arrangements in the not-for-profit sector is a recent development brought about by shrinking resources and increases in the demand for services. [...]

A well functioning board is critical to a successful organization. The Checklist on Board Governance will help you to review how well your Board is functioning so that you can focus on taking proactive steps to improve your organization.
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Checklist on Board Governance

1. BE NICE
Respectable, Reasonable, Courteous, Calm, but “Concerned”.
2 . BE RESPECTFUL
Everyone likes to feel important and to be helpful. Enlist their sympathy and support.
3. BE CLEAR
Ask for exact dates, times and who will be involved, etc. Ask for things in writing. Ask for copies of correspondence. Write confirming minutes of meetings. Summarize and clarify.
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