Organizational Capacity Building Non-Profit Organizations

Choosing My Doctoral Topic

My tentative topic chosen is the importance of organizational capacity building to strengthen the infrastructure of non-profit organizations. Non-profit organizations are essential to the well being of our citizenry (Langer & LeRoux, 2017). When I think of capacity I think of human capital, resources (i.e. funding), power (i.e. political contacts), material capital, and strategies. These are all the components required to run and sustain any business. The staff within a non-profit organization needs to understand the mission of the non-profit so they can understand how their position in the organization relates to a broader mission. If the non-profit organization wants to sustain power in business it needs to find ways to strengthen its infrastructure (Bahmani, Galindo & Méndez, 2012). I chose this topic because I work part-time assisting non-profits in securing government funding for their advocacy initiatives and recognize within their walls the constant challenge to maintain stability. The Chief Executive Officers do not understand that leadership development, financial training, board development, and technical assistance are important parts of the organizational capacity building process. They are only focused on

For instance, the current capacity-building programs for community foundations among this report's "Good Practices" were preceded by the Leadership Program for Community Foundations sponsored by Ford Foundation beginning in 1987 (De Vita & Fleming, 2001). Non-Profits vary in size, budget, focus, and can deal with multiservice or a single need (De Vita & Fleming, 2001) because there is tremendous diversity within the non-profit sector that will determine the ability of non-profits to build future capacity from one non-profit to the