Capacity Building Field Guide

Who delivers capacity building? The ecosystem

Funders, intermediaries, direct support providers, and networks: who does what in the nonprofit capacity-building ecosystem.

Four kinds of actors

  • Funders pay for capacity building — foundations, corporate funders and government.
  • Intermediaries connect and coordinate: management support organizations, community foundations, regional associations.
  • Direct support providers deliver it: technical assistance providers, pro bono programs, consultants, coaches and healers.
  • Networks and associations share knowledge, convene peers and advocate for the sector.

Where nonprofits fit

Nonprofits — small, mid-sized, large, Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC)-led and culturally specific — are not passive recipients. They choose what to strengthen and apply support to their mission.

Where Resilia fits

Resilia connects these roles: funders fund through us, nonprofits get coaching, technical assistance, training and peers, consultants deliver on the same platform, and progress flows back to funders with the nonprofit’s consent.

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