Capacity Building
Strong organizations are the building blocks of social change. We help our clients and partners enhance and build the skills, knowledge, and resources they need to create effective programs and strong, resilient organizations.
Transforming how you work
Our capacity‑building services help organizations create lasting social change. We partner with nonprofits, coalitions, municipal agencies, and community‑based, faith-based, and tribal organizations to strengthen programs, systems, and leadership. Through collaborative, trust‑based partnerships, we tailor our support to your goals, budget, and timeline.
Our expertise includes, but is not limited to, substance use disorders, harm reduction, tobacco prevention, problem gambling, violence intervention and prevention, and sexual and reproductive health. Youth development is central to our work. We believe programs serving young people are stronger when youth voices are included.
Areas of Expertise
Training & Curriculum Development
We help people and organizations learn and apply new skills in ways that strengthen organizations and improve community health and equity.
Training and learning play a critical role in helping people and organizations adapt, lead, and deliver on their missions. We work with nonprofits, government agencies, community coalitions, health systems, and educational partners to strengthen knowledge, skills, and shared practice across teams and communities.
We begin by understanding your goals and desired learning outcomes, then collaborate to design or adapt curricula that are engaging, effective, and aligned with how people learn—whether delivered in-person or online. Grounded in adult and youth learning theory and backed by decades of experience, our team delivers high‑quality, flexible, and customized training that builds capacity and supports meaningful, real‑world impact.
Grant Writing & Fundraising Support
We help organizations secure the funding they need for impact and sustainability.
HRiA’s grant writing and fundraising support services help you compete for the resources you need to achieve your goals. Our services include identifying funding opportunities, writing competitive proposals and compelling impact reports, managing grant pipelines and deadlines, creating fund development plans and strategies, and supporting annual giving programs and campaigns.
Our seasoned grant writing and fundraising team has decades of success with foundation, corporate, and government opportunities. We work with you to understand your goals and resources, and to propose and deliver services tailored to your needs. This can range from short-term, targeted grant writing or fundraising strategy support to comprehensive ongoing grant and proposal writing and fundraising services to strengthen your internal capacity.
Organizational & Leadership Development
HRiA helps build strong, resilient organizations to achieve success and sustainability.
Strong organizations are essential for social change. Our organizational and leadership development services help transform organizations by aligning leadership skills and behaviors with organizational systems and structures, as well as the organization’s vision, mission, values, and priorities. We help define, improve, and support the skills, behaviors, practices, and systems that enhance organizational performance and culture.
We partner with you to understand your needs and to develop and deliver customized, cost-effective services to promote and achieve change. Our flexible and tailored services include leadership coaching, team and organizational assessments, strategic discussions, mentoring, retreats, workshops, trainings, and technical assistance and support.
Program Design & Implementation
We help organizations design and implement programs to support healthy and equitable communities.
It can be challenging to create and sustain effective programs, while being responsive to your communities and managing the myriad demands on your time and resources. Our team is here to help.
We partner with you to understand your community’s needs and the impacts you hope to achieve. Building on this foundation, we collaborate with you to design programs and interventions that leverage your organizational and community strengths and expertise, and incorporate best practices and our years of experience. But we don’t stop there –we also provide ongoing support and guidance to help ensure you have the tools and support you need to effectively implement, evaluate, improve, and sustain your programs.
Website Development
HRiA brings an interactive, user insight-focused approach to website and application development.
Our development efforts incorporate sustainability. All platforms, plug-ins, and databases have a long life with simple maintenance and content management for technical and nontechnical users. HRiA uses a project management process rooted in effective collaboration, communication, flexibility, and responsiveness. All projects start with a clear workplan and alignment on key points of client and stakeholder input, communication, review, and approval. This results in a mutual understanding of goals, role management, and efficient review cycles.
HRiA has expertise working with state/federal government, non-profits, associations, and other entities. Our web applications and sites meet 508(C) and US Federal accessibility standards.
Impact Stories
Learn more about our capacity building work through impact stories.
Building statewide capacity for problem gambling treatment
Advancing health equity at the local level
Leadership
Jeremy T. Holman, PhD
Vice President, Capacity Building Assistance
Tamaki West, MA
Managing Director, Capacity Building Assistance
Daisy P. Ortega, MEd
Managing Director, Capacity Building Assistance
Amanda K. Henry, MPH
Managing Director, Strategic Planning & Organizational Effectiveness
Jaime Hoebeke, MPH, MCHES
Managing Director, Grant Writing and Fundraising Services
Chris Whyte
Managing Director, Technology
Think we can help?
We work with our clients to create custom capacity building plans that meet specific organizational and community needs. If you don’t see your exact needs listed in our services and offerings, we’d still love to hear from you and discuss how we can help.