Capacity Building Toolkit
A Guide for Improving Nonprofit Organizational Capacity
This toolkit is a product of 100s of hours of conversations Mass Cultural Council staff had with nonprofit cultural leaders in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Leaders identified focus areas critical to planning a post-COVID operating environment for cultural nonprofits and creative workers. Based on these candid conversations, a nationwide RFP process was completed to provide the highest-quality, most critical intellectual capital necessary to recover, rebuild, and renew our sector post-pandemic.
Financial Management
Basics of financial planning, managing risks, understanding your business model, and operating in a changing world.
Legal Issues for Arts Administrators
Employment law, risk assessment, and nonprofit suspension, closure, mergers, and absorptions.
Leadership and Management
Adaptive leadership, strategic planning, audience engagement, lifecycle planning, collaborations and partnerships.
Board Governance
The role of the board, recruitment and retainment, and motivating members.
Human Resources
Creating a positive work from home experience, self-care, and balancing stress.
Crisis Management
Cash flow projections, scenarios and budgets, and decision making amid crisis.
