Nonprofit Capacity Building
Greater Miami’s well-being is directly related to the well-being of our community’s nonprofit partners and their staff. As the backbone for our nonprofit ecosystem, we aim to support our partners through valuable workshops and technical assistance that meet their priority growth needs and foster sustainability. We provide capacity building for all nonprofits in Greater Miami, not just recipients of our grants.
Supporting Nonprofits Beyond Funding
The Foundation has spent intensive time listening to our nonprofit partners and evaluating the best ways to support them. We recognize the hard work you do each day to serve communities across Miami and the endless demands on your time and resources. You know your communities best, and we want to support you in delivering your mission and programs as effectively as possible.
Our capacity building takes many forms, including:
- Cohort-based models
- Workshops
- Technical assistance, delivered in small groups or individually to organizations
- Peer-to-peer learning opportunities
- Connections to pro bono legal counsel
- Creation of digital assets to support organizations’ storytelling
- Issue-specific convenings to amplify priority resource needs and facilitate strategic connections
Learn more about our current capacity building opportunities below. If you have questions, please contact Caroline Miller, Director of Capacity Building, at cmiller@miamifoundation.org.
Findings from our
2024 Give Miami Day nonprofit survey:
76% of participating nonprofits indicated Fundraising was their greatest need
48% of nonprofits indicated Visibility, Communications, & Brand Awareness as their second-greatest need
Of the organizations that selected Fundraising as a priority need, they cited a need for support with:
- Accessing grant writing
- Diversifying funding sources
- Retaining and growing their donor pool
- Accessing fundraising technical assistance
- Building a powerful pitch
Capacity Building Opportunities
We’re committed to creating capacity building offerings that are worth your time. You are doing the hard work day-in and day-out to serve communities across Miami. You, as nonprofit leaders, know your communities best, and we want to support you in achieving your mission and stewarding programs as effectively as possible.
Community Grants
Through Community Grants and other Foundation Grant Programs, we provide programmatic and mission-building support to help grow and sustain Greater Miami’s nonprofits.
Give Miami Day
Give Miami Day (GMD) offers workshops, tools, and templates to over 1,200 Miami nonprofits to build end-of-year giving campaigns from individual donors. GMD capacity building workshops are offered in partnership with Radical Partners. Click here to learn more and access resources from prior years.
Lightful
Lightful is a six-month program supporting nonprofits in developing digital strategies that improve communication, fundraising, and community engagement. Nonprofits gain tools and insights to leverage digital and social media platforms to reach more supporters, tell their story effectively and amplify their cause. We are currently funding 16 organizations’ participation in this program.
Resource Bank
Access recordings of previous technical assistance workshops focused on strategy, fundraising, operations, communications, and sustainability, previously funded through our Miami Open for Business initiative with content provided in partnership with Radical Partners.
BoardLead
In partnership with BoardLead, we support the matching of new Board members with nonprofits. BoardLead’s platform offers training to individuals to prepare them for Board membership. It also provides nonprofits with access to trainings and resources for their existing board members, quarterly fireside chats with industry leaders, and networking opportunities. Learn more here.
Submit your application here by October 10, 2025 to be considered in BoardLead’s next round of matches. When applying, please indicate that The Miami Foundation recommended you.
Resilia Impact Hub
Resilia’s Impact Hub offers an online platform to access coaching and technical assistance, opportunities for peer-to-peer learning and a bank of resources, templates, and workshops to support nonprofits fundraising, board management, strategic planning, and more. We currently fund over 50 nonprofits’ participation in this program. If you are interested in joining the Resilia Impact Hub, please fill out this form.
Trust Law
Trust Law is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono legal service. It connects nonprofits and social enterprises with law firms that can provide free legal assistance on matters including governance, contracts, intellectual property, employment, legal research, and more. Apply for membership here. Mention that you have been referred by The Miami Foundation in your application. Eligibility criteria and FAQs can be found here.
Candid
Gain free access to Candid’s Foundation Directory online through Miami-Dade County Libraries to identify potential grant opportunities. Candid offers a “Quick Start” look-up tool online, but advanced features for finding potential new funders are only available to those who either purchase a subscription or access the system in person at Miami-Dade County Libraries (free).
Grant Writing
We have a limited number of grant writing support hours available to strengthen organizations’ capacity to more effectively tell their story and increase their competitiveness when pursuing government and other sustainable sources of funding. Priority for grant writing support will be given to organizations working together collaboratively to pursue a grant. If interested in exploring this opportunity, please reach out to Caroline Miller.
Capacity building opportunities are made possible by the generous support of
