Measuring Organizational Growth: Integrating Ownership and Validity for Better Measurement and Stronger Partnerships (October 2023)

The brief discusses the importance of measuring organizational growth and capacity strengthening in local organizations, particularly in the context of nutrition programs. It highlights the challenges of measuring organizational capacity and performance and shares lessons learned from USAID Advancing Nutrition's experience in supporting locally-led development through its New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) program. The brief provides insights on how to design and measure effective capacity strengthening programs, including the use of participatory self-assessments, quantitative and qualitative measures, and linking capacity measures to project performance and system performance.