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Management Capacity

Type of Tool: 
Excel Document

"The Marguerite Casey Foundation Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool helps nonprofits identify capacity strengths and challenges and establish capacity building goals. It is primarily a diagnostic and learning tool. Results from the Assessment can also help grantmakers deepen their understanding of the current capacity of their grantees as well as track their growth in capacity over time." Format of the tool is an Excel file.

Type of Organization: 
Non-profit / civil society organizations (CSOs)
Donors / grantmakers / funders
Universalia IOA Model Classification: 
Performance
Capacity
Motivation
Charge: 
free
Size of Organisation: 
Small
Large
Type of Tool: 
Word Document

Initially drafted for the Croatia's Non-Governmental Sector (CroNGO), this offline questionnaire will be usefull to all NGOs who wish to self-assess their capacity in the following areas: human resources, governance, constituence, monitoring and evalution processes, and planning.  For each area, determined open-ended questions are to discuss in group, with the help of a facilitator.

Type of Organization: 
Non-profit / civil society organizations (CSOs)
Universalia IOA Model Classification: 
Capacity
Charge: 
free
Size of Organisation: 
Small
Large
Type of Tool: 
Website

This workbook is particularly addressed to environmental education organizations and professionals.  It aims to help you improve your effectiveness and fill your mission and objectives. Covering all areas that concern internal development (culture, team building, governance, strategic planning, management, stakeholders, and program evaluation), this tool provides you with a comprehensive review of your organization so that you can increase its leadership and sustainability.

Type of Organization: 
Profit
Non-profit / civil society organizations (CSOs)
Universalia IOA Model Classification: 
Performance
Capacity
Environment
Motivation
All four areas (comprehensive tool)
Charge: 
approximately US$10
Size of Organisation: 
Small
Large
Type of Tool: 
Website

This webpage from the Institute for Human Services defines and explains in a simple way its view of organizational assessment. At the bottom of page, you can click on the link entitled "McKinsey-Ameen Capacity Assessment Sample Questions" (below graph) to open an offline survey. While you get no analysis of your results, the survey can still be used as a basic tool for you and your team to identify possible areas of improvement among the ones explored (leadership, management, operational, and adaptative capacities). Also available in French and Spanish.

Type of Organization: 
Non-profit / civil society organizations (CSOs)
Governmental agencies / departments / organizations
Universalia IOA Model Classification: 
Capacity
Charge: 
free
Size of Organisation: 
Small
Large
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