JUMP Capacity Building
The Journey to Unlock
Management Potential (JUMP) Capacity
Building Initiative is a twelve-month
program that helps nonprofit organizations
“jump” ahead by increasing their capacity.
This Initiative is designed to help
forward-thinking leadership teams unlock
their abilities to sustain their
mission-driven work and create social
change. Capacity-building is defined as the
development of an organization’s core skills
and capabilities including leadership,
management, finance, fundraising, programs,
and evaluation in order to build
organizational effectiveness and
sustainability in achieving their mission.
This innovative effort brings community stakeholders from various sectors together towards a common mission: greater agency sustainability and increased capacity of nonprofit organizations in Tampa Bay. JUMP is coordinated and administered by the Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative. Key partners include Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Collaborative Labs at St. Petersburg College, Lackey Consulting, Nonprofit Leadership Center of Tampa Bay and Robertson Consulting Group, Inc.
The JUMP Capacity
Building Initiative enables nonprofit
organizations to guide themselves to success
as they define their vision, identify
strategies, establish a capacity building
team and develop and implement a
personalized capacity building plan. The
organization selects a five to seven member
core capacity building team which typically
consists of the executive director, board
members, staff and volunteers.
Its unique design allows participants to redefine potential consultative relationships and maximize organizational effectiveness. Combined with methodologically evaluated and evidence based results, JUMP assists participants to achieve mission-related goals and enact positive change for long-term sustainability. Interested organizations complete the online organizational self-assessment and application. Selected organizations participate in interactive workshops and learning labs, develop and implement a personalized capacity building plan, receive technical assistance and acquire capacity building resources.
The pilot program for
this initiative began in October 2008 with
the support of Allegany Franciscan
Ministries and the selection of 6 nonprofit
organizations serving the local Tampa Bay
area. This group included The Centre for
Women, Creative Clay, Franciscan Center,
Gulfcoast Legal Services, REACHUP and St.
Petersburg Free Clinic. In January 2010, the
second cohort of nonprofit organizations
were selected through a competitive
application process. This group included
CASA, Healthy Start Coalition of Pinellas,
Frameworks of Tampa Bay (formerly OPBI –
Ophelia Project & Boys Initiative) and
the YWCA of Tampa Bay). JUMP Cohort 3
participants were selected October 2011 and
included, Alpha House of Tampa, Girls Inc.
of Pinellas, Kimberly Home Pregnancy
Resource Center and Vincent House. In
October 2013, Cohort 4 participants
including Hispanic Services Council,
Homeless Empowerment Program (formerly
Homeless Emergency Project), the Family
Healthcare Foundation and Seniors in Service
were selected.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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