How Cost-Effective Is Capacity Building in Grassroots Organizations?

Sustainable Engagement in Stakeholder Relationships: Crafting a Stakeholder Map

“…Sustainability requires the amalgamation of projects and people with the broader infrastructure to support community development (Beard and Dasgupta 2006;Grosjean and Kontoleo 2008;Hemphill et al, 2006;Jones-McCrae, 2008). Many authors perceive sustainability as being related with enhancing participation to improve governance and fostering eff ective and effi cient programs, policies and capacity building (Mathers et al, 2008;Mirabella et al, 2007;Smets and Salman, 2008;Sobek, 2008;Suarez-Balcazar et al, 2008). Sustainability labels are important policy instruments and market regulators to aff ect customer behaviour (Deminguesa et al, 2015).…”

Exploring organizational capacity in a Sport for Development and Peace setting.

“…Previous research indicates human resources capacity is relatively more important than other capacity dimensions as it influences both financial and structural capacities (Hall et al, 2003;Misener & Doherty, 2009 Doherty et al (2014) found knowledge and skills of volunteers to be perceived as important aspects associated with achievement of goals and objectives. Nonprofit scholars have also noted competence in evaluation is increasingly important among nonprofits (Gibbs et al, 2002;Sobeck, 2008;Yung et al, 2008). In their investigation of capacity needs of 659 health service nonprofits in Ohio, Yung et al (2008) found lack of grant writing knowledge and skills among their staff members to be one of the primary capacity needs, but also noticed concerns about limited budgeting skills.…”

“…Others have found that nonprofit leaders express the importance of data management and analysis skills among internal stakeholders for increasing their evaluation capacity (Gibbs et al, 2002). Evidence of an impact assessment of a five-year capacity-building program among 125 nonprofits in Detroit revealed a significant increase in grant writing knowledge among participating stakeholders (Sobeck, 2008).…”

“…Previous nonprofit research has focused on several aspects of human resources capacity. The competence of internal stakeholders is an important aspect of this capacity considering the increasingly complex political, social, and environmental contexts of today's nonprofits (Gibbs et al, 2002;Sobeck, 2008;Yung et al, 2008). Lack of financial and evaluation knowledge and skills continue to be reported as common capacity challenges (Gibbs et al, 2002;Misener & Doherty, 2009;Yung et al, 2008), yet some evidence indicates capacity-building programs can help increase these competencies of internal stakeholders (Sobeck, 2008).…”

“…In her investigation of the return on investment of a five-year capacity-building program among 125 small, volunteer-driven nonprofits, Sobeck (2008) found a capacity-building program in Detroit resulted in significant increases in planning, grant writing, and use of evaluation strategies. These results indicate the potential increase in organizational capacity among grassroots nonprofit organizations from a capacity-building program.…”