Intermediaries

How do you use intermediaries to help non-profit organizations build their organizational capacity? Have you evaluated your work with intermediaries, and if so, what lessons have you learned?

Learning Communities

Have you participated in a great peer learning community—either in person or on line? What made it great? Are there particular topics or issues that lend themselves to peer learning? When you’re designing a peer learning experience, what pitfalls should you avoid?

Building a Field

OE is thinking about ways in which we might support building a strong NGO sector in countries or regions in which the Packard Foundation works (such as South Asia, the Western Pacific, or Sub-Saharan Africa). This could mean mentorship and peer learning programs among NGOs across countries; weaving strong NGO networks for resource sharing and [...]

Consultants

Do you recommend organizational development consultants to grantees, or require that grantees use certain consultants? Why or why not? If you do recommend/require, how do you find and vet consultants?

Organizational Assessments

Do you think that OE funders should require grantees to undertake an organizational assessment before awarding an OE grant? Why/why not?