Below you will find resources and tools in our key service areas that our clients have found useful. Please check back regularly for monthly updates and additions as we grow our resource library.

Leadership and Governance

• BoardSource – Provides a variety of free and paid-access tools, trainings, and research to enhance your board leadership.

• The Management Center – Includes a variety of free management and team development resources, tools, and editable templates.

• Harvard Business Review – Provides online access to a broad spectrum of leadership, management, and organizational insights and resources, including for nonprofit organizations. A limited number of articles are viewable by signing up for free. A paid subscription option for greater access is also available.

• Stanford Social Innovation Review - A magazine and website that covers cross-sector solutions to global problems. SSIR is written by and for social change leaders from around the world and from all sectors of society—nonprofits, foundations, business, government, and engaged community leaders.

Organizational Strengthening

• “What is Capacity Building?” – Published by the Council of Nonprofits, this overview provides a helpful definition of what capacity building is and why it’s an important ongoing practice for every organization. Links to other great organizational resources are also listed.

• The Impact Capacity Assessment Tool – The Impact Capacity Assessment Tool (or iCAT) is an easy-to-administer and cost-effective organizational capacity assessment that highlights nonprofits strengths and challenges to inform your organizational strengthening goals. Our firm has been approved by its creator, ©Algorhythm, to administer this tool to help your organization generate organizational strengthening strategies to deepen your impact. Contact us for a quote!

• “The Best Time to Say “Yes”: How Strategic Planning Can Help” – Written by Vlad Nedelea for The Bridgespan Group, this is a helpful article to read if you’re considering starting a strategic planning process. Let us know if you'd like to have a complimentary discovery call to explore your options.

• “Developing a Theory of Change: Practice Guidance” – Developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this free guide is designed to help funders and leaders who implement programs realize their ambitious social change efforts. It explores theory of change models, processes, and tools to for designing a program that will help you achieve your desired impact.

• Racial Equity Impact Assessment – A tool created by Race Forward to systematically examine how different racial and ethnic groups will likely be affected by your proposed action, decision, or program. This is a free helpful tool for asking key questions as you develop your program or initiative.

Collaborative Strategy Development

• "A Guide for Building a Sustainable and Resilient Coalition" – Developed by the Tamarack Institute, this free guide describes the key factors that contribute to sustainable, resilient, and impactful collaboration.

• "Developing Effective Coalitions: An Eight Step Guide" – Created by the Prevention Institute, this free guide provides a variety of modules and tools for developing and sustaining your coalition from a health equity perspective.

• "Sharing Power with Communities: A Field Guide" – Created by Community Wealth Partners, a valued client of our firm, this free field guide offers practical tips and examples to help organizations and coalitions engage and share power with communities most impacted by your work.

• Youth Engaged in Leadership and Learning Curriculum – This free 300-page curriculum piloted and co-authored by our Founder and CEO, provides a variety plans and activities to engage youth as researchers and leaders in your collaborative community efforts.

*Note: Our firm does not hold any financial or promotional benefit agreements with these resource providers.