The Assessment
A structured diagnostic across ten dimensions of institutional health — the honest picture that every good decision starts from.
What you get
Start free. Go deeper when you're ready. Each tier builds on the last.
Answer the structured questionnaire and get an instant capacity profile across all ten dimensions — see your shape at a glance.
The full picture: benchmarked scoring, an interpretation of what your gaps mean, a funding-readiness read, and a prioritized roadmap.
When you're ready to close the gaps, our team helps you do it — restructuring, systems, training and capacity building.
What it measures
How the organization is steered and held accountable — the composition and function of the board, how decisions are made and delegated, leadership stability and succession, and whether authority is exercised transparently.
Whether money is managed to donor standard — accounting systems and record-keeping, budgeting, segregation of duties and internal controls, audit readiness, and cash-flow and reserves.
Whether the organization knows where it is going and how — the existence and quality of a strategic plan, alignment of activities to mission, awareness of its environment, and the ability to prioritize.
The capacity to turn intent into results — sound program design methodology, implementation capacity and quality, genuine beneficiary engagement, and the ability to adapt delivery as conditions change.
Whether the organization knows if its work works — M&E systems and indicators, the quality of the data it collects, how evidence feeds decisions, and how learning is captured and reused.
Whether people and culture are fit for purpose — staffing structure and role clarity, recruitment, retention and development, the health of the organizational culture, and safeguarding and HR policies.
Whether a funder can trust the organization to stay sound — legal and regulatory compliance, donor-compliance systems and history, how risk is identified and mitigated, and Do No Harm safeguards.
How well the organization works with and is trusted by others — partnership and coordination capacity, networks and stakeholder relationships, communications and visibility, and overall reputation.
Whether the organization can handle change, shock and complexity — responsiveness to a shifting environment, willingness to innovate and evolve, resilience to funding volatility, and the habit of self-correction.
Ready when you are
60 questions, about 18–22 minutes. Get your capacity profile across all ten dimensions, your three priority areas, and the first view of your roadmap — right now, in your browser.
For funders
Run the CapLab diagnostic across every organization you fund — comparative scoring, portfolio risk flags, and a capacity strategy that puts your money where it works.