Capacity Building Field Guide

Reaching small and Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC)-led nonprofits

Practical ways funders can make capacity building reach small, BIPOC-led and culturally specific organizations.

Remove the barriers

  • No cost to the nonprofit — sponsor seats rather than asking organizations to apply for support.
  • No extra paperwork — skip applications and reports for the support itself.
  • Flexible time — short sessions, recordings and asynchronous options.
  • Coaches attuned to under-resourced organizations — and choice of coach.
  • Data sovereignty — the organization owns its data and decides what to share.

Reach everyone, then go deep

Portfolio-wide access means the smallest grantees get the same peers and tools as the largest — not just the few with time to scope a consultant engagement.

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