foundation capacity: preliminary findings from fccat data
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December 6, 2016
Foundation Capacity: Preliminary Findings from FCCAT Data
Melinda Fine, Ed.D. Jared Raynor Deepti Sood
Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships
Director of Evaluation Senior Consultant
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Agenda
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o Background & Context
o Findings from the FCCAT aggregate sample
o Discussion
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Why Foundation Capacity?
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Background & Context
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FCCAT History
FCCAT Pilot
WE ARE HERE
2007 2015 2016
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• Focus on learning
• Self-assessment
Tool Background
• Measures behaviors, not attitudes
• Five core capacities (and 43 sub-capacities)
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2016 Administration
58participating foundations 54
in aggregate sample
3+staff per foundation
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Five Core Capacities
www.tccccat.com/foundationCCAT
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Sub-capacities• Advocacy• Board
championship• Board-staff
relationship• Commitment
to DEI• External
leadership• Foundation
vision• Internal
decision-making
• Financial mission management• Grant portfolio management• Grantee relationship management• Grantmaking processes• Risk approach• Staff communication• Staff development• Staff performance management
• Data-informed approach• Environmental learning• Evaluation• Foundation networks• Innovation and
experimentation• Networking grantees• Strategy development
• Cultural competency• Facilities• Technology
• Cohesion• Demonstrating
accountability• Demonstrating clear
and lived values• Demonstrating
transparency• Empowerment• Encouraging
collaboration• Supporting staff
sustainability• Valuing different
perspectives• Valuing learning
• Skills (advocacy, evaluation, financial management, fundraising, grantmaking, knowledge management, legal, technology, strategic communications)
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Who took the FCCAT?
Private foundations
Community foundations
Family foundations
Public foundations
Operating foundations
Corporate foundations
34%
24%
18%
16%
6%
2%
Foundation Type
Locally
Regionally
Nationally
Internationally
44%
32%
16%
8%
Foundation Grantmaking Scope
More than $400M
Between $100-$4000M
Between $50-100M
Between $10-50M
14%
30%
18%
14%
Total Asset Size
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What are FCCAT participants engaged in?
Program grants
Capacity building grants
General operating support grants
Multi-year grants
Capital project support grants
Research grants
83%
74%
71%
59%
40%
26%
What sort of grants do you provide?
Support grantee convening & networking
Support capacity building
Provide direct grants
Run operating programs
79%
76%
74%
36%
What sort of activities do you use your funding for?
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Findings
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• Foundations rate themselves relatively similarly regardless of:oAsset size
oAmount of annual giving
oGeographic scope
o Foundation type
High-level Takeaway 1
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• Foundations rate their capacity across the five core concepts are “strong” or “satisfactory”
• FCCAT scores are categorized as follows:
High-level Takeaway 2
Score Category
230 and greater Strong
190 – 229 Satisfactory
Less than 190 Challenging
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POLL: Which core capacity was highest?
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Overall Capacity Scores
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What’s Highest Overall?
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What’s Lowest Overall?
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Leadership Capacity
Advocacy Board Championship
Board-staff Relationship
Commitment to DEI
External Leadership
Foundation Vision
Internal Decision-making
Strong 15 24 34 6 44 40 32
Satisfactory 14 22 15 16 8 12 20
Challenging 25 8 5 32 2 2 2
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Adaptive Capacity
Data-
informed approach
Environmental learning Evaluation Foundation
networksInnovation &
experi-mentation
Networking grantees
Strategy Development
Strong 12 29 3 46 26 43 19
Satisfactory 20 24 20 7 26 10 24
Challenging 22 1 31 1 2 1 11
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Management Capacity
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Management Capacity
Risk approach Staff communication Staff development
Staff performance management
Strong 21 31 30 29
Satisfactory 26 21 23 21
Challenging 7 2 1 4
Financial mission
managementGrant portfolio management
Grantee relationship management
Grantmaking processes
Strong 29 47 47 34
Satisfactory 22 6 7 19
Challenging 3 1 0 1
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Technical Capacity
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Technical Capacity
Advocacy skills
Cultural competency Evaluation skills Facilities
Financial management
skillsFundraising
skills
Strong 25 38 22 35 48 14
Satisfactory 19 15 19 17 6 7
Challenging 10 1 13 2 0 11
Grantmaking skills
Knowledge management
skillsLegal skills
Strategic communication
skillsTechnology Technology
skills
Strong 37 25 34 32 22 27
Satisfactory 16 27 10 16 22 17
Challenging 1 2 10 6 10 10
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Organizational Culture
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Culture
Cohesion Demonstrating accountability
Demonstrating clear and lived
valuesDemonstrating transparency Empowerment
Strong 2 29 34 11 30
Satisfactory 49 23 15 26 22
Challenging 3 2 5 17 2
Encouraging collaboration
Supporting staff sustainability
Valuing different perspectives Valuing learning
Strong 13 29 6 24
Satisfactory 41 17 42 25
Challenging 0 8 6 5
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Discussion & Questions
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• Clarifications?
• Surprises or confirmed expectations?
• Areas you’d like to probe further?
• Suggestions for further research?
• Insights from your foundation results findings that you’d like to share?
Discussion
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• Learning togethero Available for interpretation dialogues
o Please share insights, questions, suggestions
• Building the data seto Consider expanding data sample within your foundation
o Space available for interested foundations
• Sharing knowledgeo Upcoming reports and articles
o Webinars, funder conference presentations
• Digging deepero Continued investigation of data (DEI, collaboration, relation between
foundations and nonprofits)
o Invite your suggestions
Next Steps for FCCAT
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THANK YOU
Jared Raynor
Director of Evaluation
Deepti Sood
Senior Consultant
Melinda Fine, Ed.D.
Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships
www.tccccat.com/foundationCCAT
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Appendices
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Core Capacity Model External Environment
Resources
OrganizationPolitical and
Regulatory Forces
Social and Demographic Forces
Economic ForcesTechnological Forces
Adaptive Capacitythe ability of a nonprofit organization to
monitor, assess and respond to internal and external changes
OrganizationalCulture
Hist
oryStructure Rituals
Beliefs
Lang
uage
Values
Technical Capacitythe ability of a nonprofit organization to implement all of the key organizational and programmatic functions
Key Resourcesthe one or more critically needed resourcesthat most directly support programs and services
Finances/Funding
Program Design andModel
Time Technology
Facilities Human Resources
Management Capacitythe ability of a nonprofit
organization to ensure the effective and efficient use of
organizational resources
Leadership Capacitythe ability of all organizational
leaders to create and sustain the vision, inspire, model, prioritize,
make decisions, provide direction and innovate, all in an effort to
achieve the organizational mission