Nonprofits across WNY and
Monroe County.

We’re not looking for easy solutions. We’re looking for ways to build more equity and agency so that these amazing nonprofits in our region can scale their capacity for success in their own unique missions.

Who we
work with.

NSG works with nonprofits and the organizations that serve them in the 8 counties of WNY and Monroe County. Our services and programs are designed with the nonprofit ecosystem to scale up existing resources and fill in gaps identified by nonprofit leaders. We aim to strengthen the nonprofit ecosystem and support organizations as they fulfill their missions and serve the communities relying on their work.

Nonprofit Leaders

NSG works with Nonprofit Leaders who are looking to deepen their skills or seeking thought-partners to work through challenges.

Capacity Building Provider

NSG works with Capacity Building Providers to promote alignment and collaboration throughout the region and provide a platform for them to share something they have learned that could positively impact the nonprofit sector.

Nonprofit Organizations

NSG works with Nonprofit Organizations who are looking for an encouraging partner in working through issues to ensure they have the resources needed to fulfill their mission.

Networks

NSG works with Networks working to create change on an issue or align their efforts.

We have partnered with over 800 nonprofits

The Pillars of
Capacity Building.

We work with leaders, organizations, networks and the organizations that support them across our 9-county region. Our initiatives are designed with nonprofit leaders to foster a connected nonprofit and social sector community.

Resources
Building the capacity of nonprofits to manage finances, human capacity, networks of support, information technology, communications and physical space.
Alignment & Collaboration
Building the capacity of nonprofits to engage and mobilize their communities, partner with other organizations, work across sectors and engage in advocacy efforts.
Vision & Mission:
Build the capacity of nonprofits clarify and reflect on the organization’s mission and vision as they inform and affect other components including programming and services offered, leadership and fundraising, networking, and strategic planning.
Research, evaluation and
strategic learning:
Build the capacity of nonprofits to understand and anticipate evolving community needs, inform program development and refinement, measure outcomes, account for resources and promote organizational learning.
Diversity, equity and inclusion:
Build the capacity of nonprofits to demonstrate commitment to, and embed these principles in board governance, leadership, policies and practices, research and learning and program development.
Leadership:
Build the capacity of nonprofits to develop skills and abilities including board governance and succession planning, as well as relational skills, attention to self-care/mindfulness and willingness to work

Accelerating impact in WNY and Monroe County.

We work with leaders, organizations, networks and the organizations that support them across our 9-county region. Our initiatives are designed with nonprofit leaders to foster a connected nonprofit and social sector community.

We aim to connect nonprofits to existing resources. We take a regional lens to identify gaps in existing services. We work with nonprofits to fill those gaps.

Made with love in Buffalo, NY