The Capacity Building grants offer up to $50,000 to support direct service organizations in the field of aging in their efforts to work more efficiently and effectively.
Donor Name: Archstone Foundation
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/16/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $50,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Capacity Building grants seek to assist nonprofits in achieving new levels of organizational strength and effectiveness. The purpose is to help nonprofit organizations directly serving older adults to strengthen internal systems; implement evidence-based programs; execute needed IT infrastructure updates; and find new resources to facilitate the organization’s progress in achieving its goals. Capacity Building grants are not intended to pay for existing client-facing programs and services, nor are they intended to provide general operating (core) support to the organization. Financial and operational sustainability of the organization at its enhanced level of capacity is key to being considered.
Capacity building support offered through this RFP is limited to the following (one per application and one application per organization):
- Planning Activities: E.g., organizational assessments, strategic planning, fundraising assessment and development, communications/marketing, contingency/disaster planning, COVID response, or business planning.
- Board and Leadership Development: May include activities such as leadership training, defining the role of the board, strengthening governance, assistance with executive transition, succession, expanding the diversity of the board and leadership, and search process.
- Strategic Relationships: Technical assistance/consultant support to help two or more organizations work through collaboration and strategic restructuring; positioning for merger or affiliation; or business planning for social enterprise and earned income.
- Internal Operations: Improvements to financial management, internal controls and chart of accounts, human resources, or volunteer management; on boarding new staff, training and technical assistance on quality improvement, or facility planning.
- Technology Improvements: IT capacity through upgrades to hardware and software, cyber security, networking, websites, and staff training to optimize the use of technology.
- Developing New Sources for Earned Income: Business planning, contracting, startup costs for a new program, legal services, accounting, or actuarial services.
- Building Evaluation Capacity: Consultants may be utilized to develop evaluation plans and train staff and board on outcome evaluation methods and metrics.
- Evidence-Based Program Adaptation or Implementation: Explore, modify, or adapt an existing evidence-based program or service not currently or previously offered. NOTE: Because of the small dollar amount and short duration of this grant opportunity, it is not intended for the development from scratch, or validation, of a new program or service. This opportunity is intended only for organizations to implement or adapt an existing evidence-based model that is new to the organization.
Capacity Building Request Types
- Supporting Communities Serving Older Adults Through Capacity Building- This is a general capacity building opportunity for nonprofits serving older adults and their caregivers in California.
- Supporting Diverse Communities and Advancing Racial and Health Equity for Older Adults Through Capacity Building – This capacity building RFP opportunity is intended for requests focused exclusively on organizations in the field of aging serving diverse communities and advancing racial equity in California.
Funding Information
- Amount: Up to $50,000
- Duration: Up to one year
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations in California whose work aligns with Archstone Foundation’s mission to improve the health and well-being of older Californians and their caregivers are eligible to apply for a Capacity Building grant.
- One application may be submitted per year per organization. However, organizations previously awarded grants under the Capacity Building Program must wait two years from the end of their prior grant to re-apply to the Capacity Building Program.
For more information, visit Archstone Foundation.
