CSBG Organizational Standards - Useful Tools

Cross-Category Tools

  • Schedule of Organizational Standards:
  • UTILIZING A STRENGTHS-BASED APPROACH TO IMPLEMENT ROMA THROUGHOUT THE CAA:
  • PRACTICAL RESOURCES FOR PURSUING EXCELLENCE: The EICAP Toolbox:
  • NEW MODELS TO ACHIEVE YOUR MISSION:Strategic Restructuring for your CAA:
  • MONITORING MAPS FOR CAAs:
  • Exemplary Legal Practices and Policies Guidebook:
  • Tools for Top-Notch CAAs: A Practical Approach to Governance and Financial Excellence:

Category 1: Consumer Input and Involvement

  • Category 1 Toolkit from nCAP:
  • Consumer Inputand Involvement - Resources from San Luis Obispo:
  • Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership Toolkit as the 2012 Community Action Award for Excellence:
  • Board Cafe's 360 Degree Evaluation of the Agency:
  • Embracing Cultural Competency: A Roadmap for Nonprofit Capacity Builders:

Category 2: Community Engagement

  • Category 2 Toolkit from nCAP:
  • COLLABORATION CHECKUP: Assessing & Improving Your Community Partnerships:
  • How-To for Using Social Media::
  • Storytelling Manual:
  • Calculating the Economic Impact of Volunteers:
  • Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties Online Volunteer Management Website:

Category 3: Community Assessment

  • Category 3 Toolkit from nCAP:
  • Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment Online Tool:
  • Community Needs Assessment Guide for Agencies:
  • NASCSP Guide to a Comprehensive Community Assessment:

Category 4: Organizational Leadership

  • Category 4 Toolkit from nCAP:
  • Nonprofit Risk Management Center - Online Assessment:
  • RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT:
  • DYNAMIC DUO: A GUIDE TO ENHANCING THE BOARD & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARTNERSHIP:
  • Building Leaderful Organizations: Succession Planning for Nonprofits:
  • PREPARING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY'S FUTURE: SUSTAINABILITY, SUCCESSION AND TRANSITION

Part 1 – Organizational Sustainability Planning:

Part 2 – Executive Succession Planning:

Part 3 – Executive Transition Management:

  • BATTER UP! BUILDING YOUR LEADERSHIP BENCH:
  • How to Create an Effective Non-Profit Mission Statement:

Category 5: Board Governance

  • Category 5 Toolkit from nCAP:
  • Raising the Low-Income Voice: Case Studies in Democratic Selection Procedures:
  • CSBG Training Tools for Nonprofit and Public CAA Boards:
  • Private CAAs:
  • Public CAAs:
  • Board of Directors Interview Tool:
  • Board Responsibilities Best Practices Checklist:

Category 6: Strategic Planning

  • Category 6 Toolkit from nCAP:
  • Living into Your Strategic Plan: A Guide to Implementation That Gets Results:
  • Online Strategic Planning Tool:
  • Lofty Missions, Down-to-Earth Plans:

Category 7: Human Resource Management

  • Category 7 Toolkit from nCAP:
  • PERSONNEL ACTIVITY REPORTS (PARs): The Do's and the Don'ts:
  • Employee Benefits Check-Up: Are you in Compliance with the Affordable Care Act?:
  • HR Policy Pushup: How To Pump Up Your Policy And Procedures Manual:
  • Managing the Changing Face, Risk and Cost of Discrimination:

Category 8: Financial Operations and Oversight

  • Category 8 Toolkit from nCAP:
  • Fiscal Fundamentals for Executive Directors
  • AUDIT ESSENTIALS: What Every Board Member Needs to Know
  • SPOTLIGHT ON NONPROFIT GRANTS ADMINISTRATION: An Annotated Guide to OMB Circular A-110:
  • COST ALLOCATION: RedFlags and Remedies:

Category 9: Data and Analysis

  • Category 9 Toolkit from nCAP:
  • IMPROVING PERFORMANCE, SCORING SUCCESS Using Balanced Scorecards for Organizational Excellence:
  • NASCSP Performance Targeting Field Guide:
  • Constructing a Community Action Dashboard: