Capacity Building for Sustainability Building Effective Organizations to Beat a Downturn

Date:	10/13/2009
Time:	9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location:	The Case Foundation 1717 Rhode Island Ave NW, 7th Floor
Registration:	Register for this event

The new economic reality: you can't fund everyone.

After the hard work of identifying critical community anchor organizations, how can you ensure that these organizations survive the downturn? By investing in capacity building.

Though it has always been an important tool for building organizational sustainability, the current economic climate has significantly affected how funders are supporting nonprofit capacity building. If you’re a funder who hasn’t supported capacity building in the past, you may want to think about it now.

Join us to learn why - and how.

Capacity building guru Paul Connolly from the TCC Group will explain the ins, outs, and best practices of capacity building. He’ll be joined by local experts who will discuss how they implement capacity building strategies at their foundations, what they’ve learned in the process, and how a capacity building grant helped one nonprofit organization weather the economic downturn.

FEATURING:

Paul Connolly, Senior Vice President and Director, TCC Group
Co-author of Strengthening Nonprofit Performance: A Funder’s Guide to Capacity Building

Linda Dunphy, Executive Director, Doorways for Women and Families
* Recipient of The Washington Post 2009 Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management

Rick Moyers, Director of Programs
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
Washington Grantmakers Board Member
*Recipient of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management's 2009 Grantmaker in Capacity Building Award

Kristin L. Scotchmer, Director, Philanthropic Advisory Services
The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region