Read Our Blog

Capacity Building Opportunities

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is committed to helping you scale change faster. We do this through grants, technology and capacity building. With weekly trainings and expert advising we support the CZI community to grow key capacities to unlock greater impact over the long-term. Our trainings span a wide range of capacity building topics. Each live session is 90-minutes and includes time for Q+A. Below you can sign-up for upcoming trainings. You can also opt-in to receive monthly invitations about these sessions here. If you would like to attend a CZI community session and need ASL or Spanish interpretation, please let us know at least 7 days prior at capacitybuilding@chanzuckerberg.com. *The trainers leading these CZI-sponsored sessions are external vendors. The views and advice they will present are based on their deep experience in their respective fields or sectors and do not necessarily represent the views or advice of CZI. Please note that CZI may record their session(s) through Zoom. This means that any visual (if you choose to put your camera on) and audio will be recorded. By registering for this session(s), you consent to being recorded. If you do not wish for your visual and/or audio to be recorded, you can switch off your camera, and/or remain muted throughout the entire session or decide not to register. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact privacy@chanzuckerberg.com.
Woman seated at table with laptop computer and headphones, participating in CZI Grant Partner Training Session.
Current Sessions

Fundraising

Hosted by Thread Strategies

A professional headshot of a smiling woman with light brown hair, wearing a black top layered with a light gray cardigan and accessorized with a long yellow beaded necklace. She stands against a neutral gray background, looking directly at the camera with a warm and confident expression.
A professional headshot of a smiling woman with medium-length brown hair styled in soft waves. She is wearing a white blouse and a light-colored blazer. The background is a soft, neutral color, and she has a bright and approachable expression, looking directly at the camera.

Engaging and Growing Your Donor Base: Strategies for Individual Giving Success

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand the immense opportunity individual giving presents and learn the key components of individual giving
  • Develop effective solicitation strategies for donors at all levels by exploring tailored approaches for engaging grassroots, mid-level, and major donors
  • Implement best practices for donor stewardship and retention

Thursday, April 10 @ 9:30-11am PT / 12:30-2pm ET

Register Now


From Prospecting to Partnerships: Strengthening Your Foundation Grant Strategy

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand the current foundation funding landscape, including changes in giving priorities and funding models
  • Develop effective prospect research skills to ensure you’re pursuing the best grant opportunities for your organization
  • Learn best practices in building relationships with foundations, including strategies for making a strong first impression, maintaining relationships, and navigating the grant application process effectively
  • Enhance grant writing with best practices for crafting compelling proposals and managing grant reporting requirements

Thursday, April 17 @ 9:30-11am PT / 12:30-2pm ET

Register Now


Smarter Fundraising: How Nonprofits Can Leverage Tech Tools

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand the role of technology in fundraising, including how CRM systems, AI, and other digital tools can improve fundraising outcomes
  • Explore key features of nonprofit CRM platforms so that you can evaluate and select the right tool that fits your organization’s needs
  • Learn how to utilize key features of any CRM platform to strengthen your fundraising efforts
  • Discover how AI-powered tools can help you fundraise more efficiently

Thursday, April 24 @ 9:30-11am PT / 12:30-2pm ET

Register Now

Organizational Operations

Hosted by LaCire

A professional headshot of a Black woman with long, wavy black hair wearing a sleeveless red dress. She is smiling, revealing straight white teeth, and looking directly at the camera. The background is a neutral light gray, softly blurred.
A professional headshot of a White woman with shoulder-length straight blonde hair and bangs wearing a light gray turtleneck sweater under a black coat. She has a subtle smile and looks slightly off-camera. One hand is raised, brushing her hair back. The background consists of white classical-style columns and a staircase, softly blurred.

Operations through times of change

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand how to maintain and adapt business operations when facing significant internal or external changes
  • Learn about change management frameworks that will help your organization plan for, implement, and follow through on new approaches
  • Understand the importance of assessing risks during change periods and learn how to identify different kinds of risk
  • Understand the importance of early and frequent communication to organizational stakeholders during change periods

Thursday, May 1 @ 9:30-11am PT / 12:30-2pm ET

Register Now


How to set up a nonprofit organization

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand the basics of establishing an organization, including required documentation, filings and registrations, costs, and preliminary policies and practices to get you started
  • Learn about various fiscal sponsorship models, and the pros and cons of each
  • Receive recommendations for platforms and systems that will help your new organizations automate processes and minimize operational headaches

Thursday, May 8 @ 9:30-11am PT / 12:30-2pm ET

Register Now


How to build a competitive compensation package

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand how the components of a compensation package can help your organization attract and retain top talent
  • Learn about structured compensation techniques that will make your organization more financially efficient
  • Become familiar with industry best practices for benefits offerings
  • Learn how to do more with less: tips for optimizing compensation offerings in a resource-constrained environment

Thursday, May 15 @ 9:30-11am PT / 12:30-2pm ET

Register Now


Succession Planning 101

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn the step-by-step process for putting together an organizational succession plan
  • Understand the importance of a succession strategy for both contingency and emergency planning
  • Learn how succession planning can be part of a larger talent investment strategy

Thursday, May 29 @ 9:30-11am PT / 12:30-2pm ET

Register Now

We use cookies to help us improve the site and to inform our marketing and digital content efforts. If you choose ‘Don’t Enable,’ sites you’re logged into – like Facebook and Twitter – may still be able to identify you as a visitor to this site. Learn more.