Stages of Nonprofit Capacity Building

By Jessica Kronstadt

Nonprofit Lifecycles: Stage-Based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity, by Susan Kenny Stevens, breaks down the development of nonprofit organizations into seven stages, from the "idea phase" to the terminal one, when an organization must either renew itself or shut down. Susan Kenny Stevens, a consultant, author, and lecturer on finance, management, and organization for philanthropic and nonprofit groups, offers a "developmental perspective on nonprofit