Resources Empowering Communities for TB Advocacy: The TAG-ICW Model Over eight years, TCC provided formative data to Treatment Action Group (TAG) to help them understand the impact of their global work in TB and HIV. As part of that, TCC Group evaluated the quality and impact of their Advocacy Workshops, developed case profiles of individual activists, interviewed global stakeholders,…
Resources Change Management: Strategies to Help Nonprofit Leaders Make the Most of Uncertain Times TCC Group offers guidance to help organizations manage change—be it transitions in leadership, organizational structure, or programmatic focus. We identify ideas, strategies, and examples that can help nonprofit executives and their boards successfully navigate the change process.
Resources Strategic Philanthropy: Maximizing Family Engagement and Social Impact Many family foundations start out giving to causes based on trustees’ personal interests. As they grow, more family members with more interests become involved, making the giving more diffuse. Many assume that a scattered approach is the cost of involving family members—that in order to establish and maintain participation, family…
Resources When Things Fall Apart: Building Organizational Strength of Humanitarian Aid Organizations Humanitarian aid organizations (HAOs) constantly balance competing demands: developmental change with emergency relief; visible and immediate impact with long-term sustainability; and donor and media demands with the needs of the population. HAOs are usually the first on the scene in the wake of a disaster, and as more organizations enter…
Resources Maximizing Foundation Effectiveness: Aligning Program Strategy, Organizational Capacity, Strategic Planning, and Performance Assessment to Achieve Success Funders are increasingly being held to higher standards—by regulators and the general public. This paper is for funders interested in concrete strategies for developing effective grantmaking programs.
Resources Advocacy Core Capacity Assessment Tool (Advocacy CCAT) As nonprofits increasingly recognize the value of advocacy—or are pushed toward advocacy by external stakeholders—building advocacy capacity is critical. Understanding what capacity to build and how to measure it is important. The Advocacy CCAT is a supplemental tool to TCC Group’s Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT), which presents an assessment…
Resources TCC Group’s CCAT® Strengthen your nonprofit. TCC Group’s Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT) is the premier organizational assessment tool nonprofits use to become resilient and sustainable, and to determine how to deliver programs and services most effectively. Capacity building is about increasing your nonprofit’s ability to achieve its mission both now and in…
Resources Ten Keys to Successful Strategic Planning for Nonprofit and Foundation Leaders A successful plan is, by definition, a usable plan—one that informs the organization’s activities as well as its long-range view, and one that yields meaningful improvements in effectiveness, capacity, and relevance. Although the challenges of funding, governing, and managing each organization are unique, certain lessons apply across the board. The…