Oak Foundation provides financial support for organisational development and capacity building. This support helps partners grow stronger in terms of their organisational capacity, so that they can better attain their grant objectives and achieve their goals. We provide this support directly to partners through grants or by linking partners with consultants that Oak has established partnerships with.

Partners can use the money to support any capacity issue they consider a priority for their organisation. These include:

1) Foundational: support to help partners to comply with basic processes such as legal and financial or fiscal requirements, registration and taxation, security and wellbeing.

2) Direct response: support which responds to specific challenges organisations face in their daily work, such as fundraising, leadership or programme design.

3) Organisational development: support for organisational transformation for institutions undergoing significant change due to a shift in programme focus, expansion to new regions, a change in leadership or the impact of external factors.

4) Field building: support for organisations that offer capacity development to other not-for-profit organisations or that develop resources, such as research or tools, that benefit civil society as a whole.

We believe that capacity building support strengthens organisations institutionally, allowing them to stay strong and survive storms for many years to come. Capacity building can take place at any point in an organisation's life cycle and, in fact, it should be continuous process in organisational life. However, organisations may sometimes be overloaded dealing with other issues and not ready for capacity-building support; we are happy to offer advice in this regard. We also believe that every organisation should own their capacity building journey.

If you are an Oak partner and would like to be considered for capacity-building support, please reach out to your programme officer who will put you in touch with Adriana Craciun, our senior adviser for organisational development and capacity building. You can also find out more information on our website: [ Ссылка ]

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