Insights & Perspectives How do organizations use the CCAT®? Determining strengths and identifying opportunities Built on decades of experience and research in capacity building, the Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT) measures a nonprofit’s effectiveness in relation to four core capacities – leadership, adaptability, management, and technical capacity – as well as organizational culture. The CCAT is intended to help…
Insights & Perspectives The Story of a TCC-er at Summer Camp I may not be unique. Like most people who work in or with the social sector, I have a personal drive to give back. But volunteering at a week-long summer camp gave me pause – and I will share with you how this experience reinforced how I embody TCC’s values…
Resources The Secret to Building Fundraising Capacity When you ask any nonprofit what it needs most, you will ALWAYS get the same answer…money. But is it really that cut and dried? The secret to successful fundraising actually lies in an organization’s ability to convey clearly WHAT it is raising money for, WHY it remains relevant in the…
Insights & Perspectives Using an Ecosystem Approach to Define Nonprofit Strategy You’ve been hearing about the “external environment” “ecosystem” “collaboration” “collective impact” and “hubs, spoke, nodes, etc.” a lot lately. Have you been wondering how all these concepts should influence your organization’s strategic priorities? So have we.
Resources Meet Me Where I Want To Be: An Ethnographic Research Study of Black Gay Men in Baltimore, Maryland, and Jackson, Mississippi To kick off the ACCELERATE! Initiative, ViiV Healthcare commissioned an ethnographic research study beginning with a comprehensive environment assessment to familiarize the research team with daily life in Baltimore and Jackson. The assessment also helped to establish an understanding about the contexts in which Black gay men operate at home,…
Insights & Perspectives Building a More Effective Community Approach Companies are developing their corporate citizenship approaches and strategies based on three primary drivers: aligning with their purpose; addressing an operational issue; and/or supporting the communities where they have operations and employees. Public media and high-profile stories surrounding companies and their corporate citizenship efforts tend to focus on the major…
Insights & Perspectives Municipalities: The Missing Link To Social Sector Capacity Building Through our work in the nonprofit sector, we have found government agencies are often the critical (and missing) link to building and sustaining a strong social sector. But why has so little attention been given to their role and their efforts with respect to capacity building?
Resources Networks That Care: An Ethnographic Research Study of Black Women in New Orleans With the help of leaders and communities across the country, in 2016, ViiV Healthcare spoke with women living with HIV and commissioned ethnographic research to learn more about the experiences of Black women and their networks. The study served as the cornerstone of our in-depth community research, helping to shape,…
Insights & Perspectives Grow Stronger & Achieve Greater Impact What do legal advocacy and organizational effectiveness have in common? TCC Group CEO Richard Mittenthal shares his takeaways from the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) 2016 National Conference in Minneapolis.
Insights & Perspectives Legal Advocacy as a Strategy: An Undertaking of the Atlas Learning Project Over the last year, TCC Group has been conducting a field review into the world of legal advocacy in the nonprofit sector. Partnering with the Center for Evaluation Innovation and the Atlantic Philanthropies via the Atlas Learning Project, which aims to push advocacy in bolder and more effective directions, TCC…