Investing in Capacity Building: Lessons from the Cedarmere Foundation

Relatively small amounts of money may be used by effective leaders to strengthen an organization’s people and infrastructure can be transformative, in spite of the fact that funds for this type of work are very hard for nonprofits to find. The Cedarmere Foundation operated from 2006 to 2024 and created this legacy document to share lessons learned and inspire other funders to add dollars designated for capacity building to their general operating grants.