CFSC: Capacity Building Grants

From Community Foundation of Sarasota County

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County aims to empower and achieve successful educational and developmental outcomes across the community. It focuses on closing the achievement gap and supports initiatives that allow students to achieve reading proficiency by the 3rd grade while also backing whole-family focused programs.

Type of Support

Overview

The Capacity Building Grants program aims to support nonprofit organizations by responding to their specific organizational needs to enhance their ability to fulfill their missions. Grants focus on increasing an organization's capacity in the following ways:

Data Gathering, Evaluation, and Learning: tools, technology, and training to assist with monitoring, evaluation, and collection of data
Leadership: board development, professional development, or strategic planning
Assessment, Planning, Evaluation: strategic planning and impact measurement or program tracking
Emergency Needs: unexpected expenses for which an organization was unable to prepare
Fundraising: purchasing a donor database or other CRM tool, hiring a fundraising consultant, or developing online giving