You arrived at Section I with passion and a desire to create change. You leave with the analytical tools to understand power, a functioning group with shared identity and purpose, a strategic plan with specific targets and tactics, and the financial and operational infrastructure to sustain the fight. Section II teaches the specific skills your strategy demands.
What You Built
Over five modules, you developed the complete financial and operational infrastructure for your organizing effort:
Module 1: The Politics of Money — You analyzed money as a form of power and the Nonprofit Industrial Complex. You completed an Autonomy Audit and drafted a funding philosophy that protects your independence.
Module 2: The Revenue Landscape — You assessed seven revenue streams and designed a diversification plan ensuring no single source exceeds 40% of your revenue.
Module 3: The Ask — You connected organizing skills to fundraising, built a donor prospect list, crafted your fundraising ask, and planned grassroots fundraising activities.
Module 4: Grant Writing — You researched funders, drafted a grant narrative with needs statement, program description, goals, and budget.
Module 5: Budgeting, Operations & Section I Capstone — You built a realistic budget, assessed your operational systems, and completed the Strategic Action Plan with resource acquisition and operational timeline.
Your Responses
All the work you did across this course — your autonomy audit, revenue plan, donor prospects, grant narrative, budget, and Section I capstone — is preserved here.
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Download Your Work
Save a PDF of all your responses — your complete financial and operational toolkit.
Your Certificate
Congratulations on completing Resource & Capacity Development — the final school in Section 1: Foundations. You have completed all four foundational schools.
Your Badge
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Section I Complete
You have now completed all four schools in Section 1: Foundations. This is a major milestone. You possess:
- Analytical literacy from Foundations of Power
- A group from Organizing & Base-Building
- A strategy from Power & Resource Mapping
- The resources from Resource & Capacity Development
Your Strategic Action Plan is a complete, actionable document. You are ready for Section II: Tactics.
What's Next
Your Strategic Action Plan tells you exactly which Section II school to take next.
If your strategy requires changing laws, regulations, or institutional policies, Legislative & Policy Strategy teaches you to navigate the legislative process, lobby effectively, and build policy campaigns.
Legislative & Policy StrategyIf your strategy requires scaling your narrative to broader audiences, Communications & Narrative Strategy teaches media relations, framing, digital campaigns, and crisis communications.
Communications & Narrative StrategyIf your strategy requires electoral power — electing allies, defeating opponents, or passing ballot measures — Electoral & Campaign Strategy teaches field operations, voter contact, and campaign management.
Electoral & Campaign Strategy