What does a typical cohort look like?

6–10 nonprofits — often grantees from a shared portfolio or focus area — go through the 3-hour workshop together. Each org leaves with the full toolkit, and the peer-learning and benchmarking across the cohort produce effects that 1:1 grants can't. You receive a cohort-level impact summary.

What's the typical timeline?

A single cohort can be scoped and delivered within a quarter. Series and field-building partnerships run across the year — typically four cohorts annually — and we build the calendar around your grant cycle. We'll map a 2026 timeline with you on the scoping call.

How do you measure capacity gains?

Every participant completes the Capacity Self-Assessment Scorecard across all six pillars at the start, then re-scores at day 90. That pre/post movement, combined with completion of the funding-readiness and action-plan tools, gives you a concrete read on capacity change — not just satisfaction scores.

Can the workshop be customized to our portfolio?

Yes. We co-design case examples and curriculum modules around your sector and the specific gaps in your portfolio. At the Series and Field-Building tiers this extends to custom modules, co-branded materials, and longitudinal evaluation.

What does sponsor recognition look like?

It scales with the tier — from logo and recognition on materials at the Cohort level, to named-partner recognition across all materials and a board-level recap deck at the Series level, up to co-branding on our annual State of Nonprofit Capacity diagnostic at the Field-Building tier.

Non-Profit Leader

THE PROBLEM

Capacity isn't a fundraising problem. It's a design problem.

Most nonprofits scale impact on infrastructure that was built for a smaller version of them. The result is predictable: founder dependency, operational fragility, and burnout dressed up as commitment.

"The board asks for impact. The funders ask for outcomes. The team has neither time nor systems to produce either."

— A pattern we see in nearly every organization we work with

The 6 Pillars of Nonprofit Capacity

Capacity is six things, not one. Most organizations are strong in two or three and quietly bleeding in the other three or four.

Leadership & Governance

How decisions get made, by whom, and with what level of accountability — including succession.

Financial Health

Diversified revenue, monthly review rhythms, healthy reserves, and a board that can engage with real numbers.

Strategic Clarity

A small number of priorities everyone can repeat, and a discipline of mapping programs to outcomes.

People & Culture

Onboarding, performance feedback, and a culture that grows people instead of burning them out.

Program Infrastructure

The workflows, SOPs, and delivery systems that let programs run consistently — without depending on any one person's memory.

Data & Learning

Outcomes (not just outputs), a clear data owner, and learning structured into the work — not added on after.

THE WORKSHOP

3 hours. 4 parts. One powerful shift.

Interactive, practical, rooted in real nonprofit operations. Each part ends with a tool you take home.

45 MIN

Capacity Check

Score your org across all 6 pillars. Identify your highest-leverage gap. Deliverable: a completed Self-Assessment Scorecard.

45 MIN

Sustainability & Funding

Funding readiness, revenue diversification, partnership mapping. Deliverable: a 20-point Funding Readiness Checklist.

60 MIN

Systems That Scale

Roles, workflows, communication rhythms, SOPs, and data basics. Deliverable: a Systems Map for what to build, document, improve.

30 MIN

Action Planning

Write your real 30–60–90 day Capacity Action Plan — not a template, a roadmap. Deliverable: your written plan.

The 4-Tool Capacity Toolkit

You don't leave with notes. You leave with working documents your team will reference for 12 months.

Capacity Self-Assessment Scorecard

A diagnostic across all 6 pillars. Pre/post scoring tracks growth in 90 days.

Systems Map Worksheet

A working document of what to build, what to document, and what to improve.

Funding Readiness Checklist

20 indicators across finance, outcomes, story, and infrastructure — your gap list before the next funder ask.

30–60–90 Day Capacity Action Plan

A written, prioritized roadmap with quick wins, short-term systems, and long-term growth investments.

Three ways to bring this to your org

In-person, virtual, or hybrid. Solo team or peer cohort. Choose the shape that fits.

Solo Org

From $4,500 virtual /

$6,500 in-person

A custom workshop delivered exclusively for your team. Best for full team alignment.

3-hour workshop, up to 25 participants
Full toolkit for every participant
Customized case examples from your sector
30-day post-workshop email Q&A

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Cohort

$1,250 per organization

3–5 organizations together. Peer learning accelerates implementation. Quarterly calendar.

3-hour shared workshop
Up to 3 participants per org
Full toolkit per org
Peer benchmarking across the cohort

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Custom Engagement

From $14,500

Workshop + our 90-Day Coaching Follow-Up Arc. Built for orgs ready to actually ship the plan.

Full Solo Org workshop
3 coaching sessions over 90 days
Async check-ins + accountability
Pre/post capacity re-scoring at day 90

Scope an Engagement

Read before the call

Two free downloads to bring you up to speed before we talk.

The State of Nonprofit Capacity (Report)

A 11-page diagnostic + thesis. Includes a condensed self-score card. PDF.

Download

Workshop One-Pager

The Capacity to Impact workshop in a single page - to share internally or with your board members