How is BEST capacity building with nonprofits carried out?
The Flint Funders Collaborative developed plans for a two-phased process for nonprofit capacity building. Phase I funds a team of consultants to conduct a thorough organizational assessment for each nonprofit admitted to BEST; and deliver findings in a confidential report to the nonprofit that is not be shared with the FFC or BEST staff. This latter requirement was deemed necessary to allow nonprofits to interact candidly with the consultants without fear that the information they provided would in some way hurt their standing in the community and, specifically, jeopardize future potential funding. Phase II provides funding directly to nonprofits to hire BEST consultants to help them tackle specific areas identified by the Phase I Assessment. Nonprofits would acquire this funding by submitting a proposal to the FFC, including with the proposal a copy of the Executive Summary only from the Phase I report, which outlines the consultants’; final recommendations.
