Journal Article10.1177/0899764016661425
Can Nonprofit Capacity Be Measured
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TL;DR: In this article, a survey of 1,221 human service organizations participated in a capacity-building demonstration project is used to assess the fit of two conceptual models of capacity using confirmatory factor analysis.
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Abstract: Organizational capacity is the set of structures and functions a nonprofit organization needs to effectively serve the community. Although capacity is defined in the nonprofit literature, no standardized measures exist, making it difficult to accurately assess organizational capacity. Data from a survey of nonprofit human service organizations (N = 1,221) that participated in a capacity-building demonstration project are used to assess the fit of two conceptual models of capacity using confirmatory factor analysis. Results indicated that a model that measured capacity with more than 40 performance-related indicators did not fit the data well. However, a model using fewer (19) indicators of organizations’ self-assessed capacity-building progress fit the data well and was invariant by tenure. Implications for measuring nonprofit organizational capacity are discussed.
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