Grants from the NPTA fund shall be awarded to nonprofit organizations to improve or increase organizational and management capacity in the following areas:
Planning
- Diversity/Inclusion Assessment and Planning
- Management Audit
- Annual Planning
- Creating a Business Plan
- Long-range Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Community Needs Assessment
- Facility Planning
- Organizational Evaluation
- Fund Development Assessment and Planning
- Marketing Plan
- Program Evaluation
Human Resources
- Staffing Structure/Plan
- Job Classification and Analysis
- Personnel Evaluation
- Staff Development (see ineligible categories at the bottom for additional clarification)
- Salary Administration
- Benefit/Pension Plans
- Volunteer Management
- Executive Search
- Executive Coaching
Finance
- Budgeting
- Accounting Systems
- Internal Controls
- Cash Flow Analysis
- Computerization
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Financial Policies/Procedures
- Inventory Control
- Investment Management
Information Technology
- Technology Plans
- Needs Assessment Planning
- Management Information System
- Hardware/Software Consultation
- Software Purchase (Maximum 1 year for subscription-based software)
- Database Design
- Website Design
- Network Design
- Software Training/Support (Maximum 1-year technical support)
Corporate Structure/Board of Directors
- Organizational Structures
- Board Development
- By-laws
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Board/Staff Teamwork
- Assessment
Organizational Alternatives
- Change in Corporate Status
- Merger
- Major Change in Program Direction
- Dissolution
- Joint Project or Collaboration (Grant amounts up to $15,000 may be considered for joint projects)
Technical assistance grants will not be made for the following activities:
- General operating support (including staff time)
- Equipment/hardware purchase
- Construction or rehabilitation of facilities
- Emergency repairs
- Payroll needs
- Debt liquidation
- Routine financial audits
- Expenses associated with capital campaigns
- Feasibility studies
- Videography
- Staff development travel costs, webinars, certificate programs
- Donor prospecting software subscriptions