The COVID-19 Recovery to Rebuilding Capacity Building area is requesting proposals from organizations providing services in the following two opportunities.  Applicants can apply to only one opportunity.  

Organizational Capacity Building​
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, nonprofits had to quickly shift their operations and service delivery. With an Organizational Capacity Building grant, grantees will have the opportunity to participate in a capacity building needs assessment and build a customized capacity building plan. Grants awards will support the implementation of the capacity building plan.​ 

Selected organizations will start their capacity building journey by completing the Impact for Capacity Building Assessment (iCAT). The iCAT is an organizational assessment, planning and evaluation tool that assesses six key organizational capacities: Leading, Learning, Resource Generating, Planning, Managing, and Overseeing. It incorporates input from multiple organizational stakeholders to generate a series of detailed and prioritized recommendations, and a capacity building plan. Read more about it here. 

United Way and your organization will debrief the report together to identify the priority recommendations from the report. The grant funds will be used to support the implementation of these priority capacity building recommendations. 

At United Way of Greater Atlanta, we frame capacity building as a positive-minded endeavor to improve growth edges and increase strengths. It is not a sign of failure, poor performance, or a reprimand. This grant opportunity is for organizations who are ready to undertake significant capacity building efforts.  

Successful capacity building efforts will often require participation from individuals across an organization’s structure (Staff, Leadership, Board of Directors) and dedicated time to focus on the capacity building project. 

Resiliency Planning Capacity Building
The Resiliency: Reset Your Strategy program is an 8 week program focusing on strengthening your organization’s ability to adapt to both the continued needs of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the shifting landscape between now and recovery. This program will be run by Georgia Center for Nonprofits in Spring 2022, and includes: 

• 4 virtual workshop sessions, conducted in small cohorts 
• 2 hours of individual coaching 
• Free tools and templates  
• A $2,500 general operating support stipend to help support your work while you engage in this capacity building program

Through this virtual program, organizations will work with a consultant and a cohort of other nonprofits to develop their strategy for keeping their organization sustainable through this year and the next, and pick up skills to continue adapting in the years to come.​ 

We will be prioritizing applicants with annual organizational budgets under $500,000.