Organisational capacity assessment for nonprofits
You are growing or about to launch a new strategy — but you have no honest picture of whether your systems, structures, and people are ready for it.
What you'll achieve
A comprehensive, honest assessment of your organisational health across leadership, systems, culture, and strategy, with a prioritised development plan.
How a Nonprofit Builder consultant helps
- Conduct a structured assessment using document review, staff surveys, and leadership interviews, benchmarked against a recognised organisational development framework.
Key deliverables
- Organisational capacity assessment report, scoring across key dimensions, prioritised recommendations, development action plan, board and leadership briefing.
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From the resource library
Free tools and guides to get started
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Bridgespan Organizational Effectiveness Framework survey
An online team survey on Org360 that runs a Bridgespan-based organisational assessment for nonprofits. It has 85 questions and takes about 34 minutes. Areas include strategic clarity, governance, financial sustainability, and diversity, equity and inclusion, with rating questions and open reflection questions. Leaders, board members and staff respond, and Org360 produces an automatic report with strengths, gaps and a development plan. It is free to use after sign-up.
Start hereEmergingTool or templateFree with sign-upNonprofit Builder tool - 1.3C010
How to Build an Organisational Development Plan
A toolkit for Indian NGOs and their funders that takes an organisation from diagnosis to an OD plan. The plan document walks users through 4 steps to find where the NGO falls short and plan improvements. A companion Organisational Development Assessment Guide covers 13 capabilities and helps teams choose a short list to work on first. Bridgespan built it with 5 Indian intermediaries as part of Pay-What-It-Takes India. It is licensed CC BY 4.0.
Start hereCurrentTool or templateFree
All 16 resources on organisational assessment and development All 13 resources on grantmaking and capacity-building funding All 12 resources on networks and partnerships