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NeighborWorks Organizational Assessment Services: Testimonials

Capacity assessments are provided on a fee-for-service basis for nonprofit organizations, their funders and investors. Here's what some of them have said about our services.

Thank you for your help in getting us started on our way toward building a stronger Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation with the capacity to help more families improve their housing situation.

— Ruby Mason, executive director
Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation

We asked NeighborWorks to help us evaluate four of our community-based partners and the review process was thorough and professional. The assessment reports give us specific ways to work with these groups to help them improve their operations and maximize housing production in Oregon communities.

— Bob Gillespie
Oregon Housing and Community Services

The NeighborWorks America assessment process has enabled organizations we work with to consider how they can build on strengths and strategize about weaknesses. As they implement new programs to serve their communities, they are more self-aware and are better prepared for the future.

— Paula Rhian
Nebraska Department of Economic Development

The reviewers were the best part of the process. Each of the three that we worked with is exceedingly qualified professionally and temperamentally for the organizations to which they were assigned. While their interaction with each of the organizations was ‘short-term,’ their investment in the assessment and the recommendations for each organization were sincere, creative, and left each organization aware of ‘issues,’ but buttressed with positive actions they can take.”

—Shirley Worthington, VP, Community Initiatives
United Way of Central Alabama

Since fiscal year 2009, NeighborWorks' Organizational Assessment Services completed evaluations for:

United Way of Central Alabama: Assessments for six organizations throughout the state of Alabama as part of a capacity building initiative. Learn more in the Summer 2011 OAS Newsletter.
Oregon Housing and Community Services: Four assessments of housing organizations in rural areas
Wachovia/Wells Fargo Foundation, California: Assessment for one growing nonprofit that provides solar electric systems to low-income homeowners
Nebraska Department of Economic Development: Assessment for four housing organizations in rural areas.
New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority: Assessment for four rural housing authorities covering large regional areas
Central Indiana Community Foundation: Assessment for one neighborhood-based community development corporation in Indianapolis

Assessments currently underway:

Oregon Housing and Community Services: conducting assessments of six organizations in urban and rural areas of the state

Next Step™ - Conducting off-site assessments of five nonprofit organizations that are applying to be part of the Next Step factory built housing initiative.
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, Capacity Building Initiative: Conducting off-site assessments for 35 CDFIs. View more details here.

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