Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Can Nonprofit Capacity Be Measured? |
| Authors: |
Despard, Mathieu R.1 mdespard@umich.edu |
| Source: |
Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Jun2017, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p607-626. 20p. |
| Subject Terms: |
Nonprofit organizations, Capacity building, Confirmatory factor analysis |
| 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
