Capacity Building Grant for Small Nonprofits

The Alexandra Hallock Capacity Building Grant provides a unique and comprehensive package designed to empower nonprofits.

Donor Name: Cause Strategy Partners

State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 03/14/2025

Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

The Alexandra Hallock Capacity Building Grant for Small Nonprofits, established in 2024 to honor the extraordinary life and legacy of Alexandra Hallock, is dedicated to supporting small nonprofit organizations whose mission and work champions human rights, girls’ and women’s empowerment, and LGBTQ+ causes.

This capacity building grant opportunity offers recipient organizations a one-time $20,000 USD unrestricted grant and a host of pro-bono capacity building support, including:

• Financial Support
  • Receiving a $20,000 unrestricted grant offers nonprofits the flexibility to allocate funds where they’re needed most. This financial support allows organizations to address immediate needs while planning for long-term sustainability.
• Pro-Bono Capacity Building
  • The grant also includes invaluable capacity-building resources, such as:
    • A consulting engagement from Cause Strategy Partners experts, valued at $10,000.
    • Access to Taproot Foundation’s Nonprofit Success Coaches, offering personalized guidance to maximize the use of pro-bono resources.
• Long-Term Governance Support
  • Nonprofits will gain permanent access to the BoardLead Nonprofit Network and Cause Strategy Partners’ BoardLearn platform. These tools equip board members with the training and insights they need to foster strong governance, ensuring organizations can grow sustainably.
• Enhanced Visibility
  • Grantees will also receive significant publicity during the grant award announcement, amplifying their work and expanding their reach to new audiences and potential supporters.

By combining financial support with resources designed to build capacity and governance, this grant empowers small nonprofits to strengthen their foundation and amplify their impact.

Eligibility Requirements

• Organizations must meet the following qualifications to apply:
  • Must be a tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
  • Must have been operating for at least 1 year (12 months) as either a 501(c)3 or with a fiscal sponsor
  • Must have completed prior fiscal year with revenue totaling no more than $400,000
  • Must be an organization dedicated to advancing work that relates to human rights, girls’ and women’s empowerment, and/or LGBTQ+ causes, as demonstrated by the organization’s mission statement and programmatic offerings
  • Must be based in and serve communities anywhere in the United States
  • Organizations that currently have a Cause Strategy Partners (CSP) employee or Advisory Board member on one of their boards, or are otherwise affiliated with CSP or a CSP team member, are not eligible for this opportunity
• Additionally, successful applicants will:
  • Effectively demonstrate their current program impact in the communities they serve
  • Clearly describe their organization’s capacity building needs
  • Highlight the critical structural improvements that the organization hopes to address with these grant funds, describe why these improvements are essential to the organization’s long-term success, and how they will enable the organization to strengthen its impact.

For more information, visit Cause Strategy Partners.