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 IV: ASSESSING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) CAPACITY

IT capacity is the ability of an organization:

• to organize, process and store information in a way that is easily accessible;
• to communicate efficiently within the organization and with the outside world;
• to base financial decisions on adequate information; and
• to monitor financial risk and intervene where necessary.

Step One:

Gather the following materials from your organization's files.

• Accounting Control Procedures
• Computer Hardware and Software Inventory

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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