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Alliance Reports

The Expanding Universe: New Directions in Nonprofit Capacity Building

This research study looks into the leading edge of capacity-building work, highlighting new strategies in strengthening nonprofit organizations via intermediaries, grantmakers, community-based nonprofits and even individual philanthropists. This research by Tom Backer and his colleagues considerably expands our understanding of the broad array of actors and the strategies they use to build capacity with nonprofits. Read more >>

Evaluation of Capacity Building: Lessons from the Field

This highly practical report is the result of Alliance-sponsored research to document current practices and lessons learned in evaluation of capacity building. The report includes insightful case studies, sample logic models and checklists for evaluating capacity building, and research results from over 60 interviews and a broad literature review. Learn more>>

2001 MSO Compensation Survey

The 2001 MSO Compensation Survey is designed specifically for management support organizations (MSOs are nonprofits that offer training, consulting, and/or other types of management assistance to nonprofit agencies).

The Report presents detailed wage and benefits data on 20 different job positions within MSOs. Prepared by the Alliance and Raffa. If you work for an MSO, this is a resource you won't want to miss!

Gold Book

The Alliance Gold Book highlights success stories in nonprofit capacity building, written by Alliance members. Case studies are highlight the experiences of nonprofit consultants, facilitators, and grant makers, giving you insight into the ways in which capacity builders promote excellence in nonprofit management and governance. We invite you to get involved in our quality conversation! Order copies of the print Gold Book for $20, or join the Alliance to gain ongoing access to the Gold Book Online.

The Gold Book Online is a dynamic collection of case studies - a new one published online each month and available to the public, with the entire collection residing in the Alliance members-only area of the website. Learn More about the Gold Book >>

Alliance Insights - E-Newsletter

Insights

Free monthly email newsletter for capacity builders and nonprofit management and governance professionals. Alliance Insights keeps you up to date on the latest events, research, technology and tools in the nonprofit sector.

Conference Reports

Capacity Building for What? A Mosaic of Opportunity

This report on the Alliance's 2003 Annual Conference in Houston provides an overview of the mission-rich work of capacity builders as they aim to improve the outcomes of organizations fighting AIDS, providing job training and placement, promoting social justice, and more. It covers a wide range of new developments, research and innovations in nonprofit capacity building, and describes the important work of Alliance members in growing the field via affinity groups and other approaches to knowledge sharing and networking. The report also includes a special section on "Capacity Building for Community Building" that emerged from the Alliance's 2002 Annual Conference in San Diego.

Download the PDF version of the report, or order a free print copy (plus postage).

Report on 2002 Alliance Regional Meetings (download PDF)

The 2002 Regional Meetings Report covers these topics from a variety of perspectives:

Funding and Capacity Building in Difficult Times
Reaching Rural, Under-Served and Minority-Led Nonprofits
Starting and Maintaining a Healthy Management Support Organization

Book Award

Terry McAdam Book Award

Each year, the Alliance for Nonprofit Management reviews books published in the nonprofit sector and awards the Terry McAdam Book Award to the book that makes the greatest contribution to nonprofit management. The Award was established in 1989 to commemorate Nonprofit Management Association (now the Alliance) board member and New York Community Trust Vice President Terry McAdam. Terry devoted his life to improving the nonprofit management field, and he urged us all to write about the sector. Each year the Alliance forms an Award Committee, which seeks nominations for the most inspirational, and useful new book published which makes a substantial contribution to nonprofit management. The McAdam Book Award is presented to the author of the winning book at the Alliance Annual Conference.

View this year's Awards >>