The Institute for Nonprofit Development collaborates with leaders in the helping professions, arts and culture, education and social service industries to improve effectiveness and sustainability. We work with nonprofits of all sizes, grassroots organizations, community-based organizations, individual advocates, and faith-based providers of safety-net social services.
We seek to improve your overall effectiveness and sustainability--also called “capacity building” in four broad areas of nonprofit development (organizational, leadership, revenue, and program) and in community engagement--by providing:
Given the largely grant-funded nature of our services, service areas may vary slightly across activity, although eligibility requirements based on location are clearly described for each service when relevant. Generally, our service area encompasses the cities and towns of north central Massachusetts. The ultimate purpose of our support to social-benefit organizations is to measurably move the needle on key indicators of health and vitality in our region.