A Nonprofit Capacity Self-Assessment Workbook
For Rural Community-Based Housing Organizations

Permission is granted ONLY to nonprofit community-based organizations to reproduce and/or adapt this document, and only for their own use.

PHASE II: ASSESSING MANAGEMENT CAPACITY

Management capacity is the ability of an organization's staff:

• to have or acquire the skills needed to promote the organization's mission;
• to perform their written duties competently and ethically;
• to work compatibly as a team to accomplish the organization's mission; and
• to be compensated for their work as appropriate for their position.

Step One:

Gather the following materials from your organization's files.

• Employee Manual
• Personnel Policy Notebook

Step Two:

Meet with your board chair and your senior staff members, and (using the materials above) complete the following worksheets.

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