In the third episode of our Capacity Building 2.0 podcast series, Tucker and Sarah are joined by three thoughtful nonprofit leaders from Food to Power, a Colorado Springs organization whose mission is to cultivate a healthy, equitable food system in the greater Colorado Springs community.  

Hear from these leaders as they share their experience with belonging in our THRIVERS community and how that amplified learning and growth in a way that straight training couldn't have done.

They get deep on why capacity building MUST incorporate the power of pause, connection, and belonging otherwise we're doing it wrong. It's not a ‘nice to have’, it's a ‘must have’. 

This episode’s guests:

• Patience Kabwasa - Executive Director, Food to Power
• Jessi Bustamante - Director of Communications, Food to Power
• Slade Custer - Director of Development, Food to Power

Overview of this CAPACITY BUILDING 2.0 series 

Capacity Building” is a phrase that gets tossed around quite a bit in the nonprofit world, but what does it really mean, and how do you know if it’s even working? 

Many capacity building models struggle with: 

• Overvaluing the expertise of experts vs. the wisdom of nonprofit leaders 
• Being one-off or transactional, rarely leading to systemic change within the whole organization
• Often supporting or upholding traditional power structures and dynamics
• Building the social capital of the nonprofit leaders across the community
• Being too expensive - think one consultant for every nonprofit and each of their problems

We must find a more scalable, more efficient way to create real learning and build real capacity for nonprofit leaders. 

Enter Capacity Building 2.0… The next normal of capacity building. 

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