The Impact Capacity Assessment Tool (iCAT) is an organizational assessment and planning tool that helps nonprofits better understand their capacity and put that understanding into action to increase their impact.

2. Building organizational capacity.

3. Introducing

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a better capacity assessment tool for nonprofits

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Giving every nonprofit the capacity to lead.
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7. Decades of national data shows that
the health of a nonprofit can be
assessed using 6 core capacities.

8. Leading
Learning
Overseeing
Generating
Planning
Managing

9. Where do you excel?

10. What needs more attention?

11. Organizational assessment builds
deeper understanding — equipping
you to make thoughtful, strategic
change happen.

12. Recognizing that nonprofits need a
better way to measure organizational
capacity, CVNL has partnered with
Algorhythm to offer iCAT.

13. iCAT is unique.

14. • Web-based, multiple choice survey
• A 20-30 minute commitment
for each participant
• Survey from 3-25 people
• CVNL guidance throughout
• Custom dashboard
• Centralized online administration
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15. • All-inclusive low fee covers:
• the online tool
• a customized report with recommendations
based on individual results
• consultation time with CVNL to interpret
results and determine next steps
• Reasonable price allows for regular
capacity assessments over time
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16. • Identifies top 3 strengths
& challenges
• Recommendations individualized
to each organization
• Highly actionable plan, including
top 10 priorities for improvement
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17. • Objective & data-driven
• Comprehensive tool covering 25
indicators of nonprofit effectiveness
• National instrument, based on
15+ years of research & data
• Statistically valid and reliable
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18. Online access.

19. The tool delivers
a clear summary
of strengths and
challenges.

20. iCAT gets results.

21. Nonprofits
Receive valuable, confidential
feedback from stakeholders.
Leverage iCAT results to seek funding
for capacity-building, and inform
planning and decision-making.

22. “The ICAT survey helped us
realize our strengths and
weaknesses and then informed
what we could do to be the
best we could be.”
Brigitte Moran,
Executive Director,
Agricultural
Institute of Marin

23. Funders
Recommend the tool with
confidence. Purchase in bulk for
multiple grantees. View reports in an
on-demand online dashboard.
Inform capacity building investments.

24. “…iCAT provides a comprehensive
view of how an organization is
changing and growing, priorities it can
pursue, and realistic suggestions for
improvements… The process and
report provide credibility and
justification to organizations and
funders for capacity building support.”
Barbara
Clifton Zarate,
Director of
Economic
Opportunity,
Marin Community
Foundation

25. EASY
COST
EFFECTIVE
INSIGHTFUL ROBUST
Ci A T
a better capacity assessment tool for nonprofits

26. EASY
COST
EFFECTIVE
INSIGHTFUL ROBUST
Ci A T
a better capacity assessment tool for nonprofits
Giving every nonprofit the capacity to lead.

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