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35 CAPACITY BUILDING
Challenge The scope, size, and reach of New York City’s nonprofit social service network is vast, and millions of New Yorkers depend upon it for essential, lifesaving, and stabilizing support. These services include, but are not limited to, food pantries, shelters, child care centers, after-school programs, senior centers, workforce training, and more. Despite the significant role many social service nonprofits play in the daily lives of New Yorkers, many simply lack the resources and tools needed to strengthen their resiliency and scale their impact. Our data tells us that the most requested capacity-building services nonprofits in the social service sector require include strategy planning and human capital consulting to support staff recruitment and retention. Response That’s where Robin Hood’s Management Acceleration team comes in. It collaborates with our grantee partners on key decisions and helps them build their networks, develop skills, fund capacity-building projects, and scale effective, sustainable programs. We do this both through grantmaking and by
connecting our grantees to pro bono support from powerhouse professional partners including Accenture, Alvarez and Marsal, Berkeley Partnership, Deloitte, McKinsey, OC&C, and Penn Pac. Last year, the Management Acceleration team launched five peer learning groups for new executive directors, chief human capital officers, development directors, senior leaders of color, and middle managers of color. Additional offerings included training sessions on AI compliance and the use of AI technology in fundraising, customized workshops for nonprofit leaders in health care, managing organizational culture shifts with Gen Z employees, and learning collaboratives for nonprofit leaders working with migrant and immigrant populations. Through the leadership of CEO Richard Buery, Jr. as the chair of NYC Charter Revision Commission, Robin Hood continues to explore how changes to the City’s charter can reduce the backlog of contract payments overdue to direct -service nonprofits that provide essential services, like food, shelter, and workforce training to the neediest New Yorkers.
IN 2024
GRANTS TOTALED $7.8 MILLION**
Here’s What You Made Happen
In 2024, the Management Acceleration team helped place
139 NEW PEOPLE (Robin Hood donors and employees of our corporate partners) on the boards of directors of grantee partner nonprofits.
Robin Hood secured $6.4 million in pro bono services to strengthen the capacity of grantee partners.
**Note: Includes grants for Capacity Building as well as grants for Data Analysis, Evaluation, and grants related to the Robin Hood Poverty Tracker.
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