Peer Learning Cohorts

In the yearlong cohorts, nonprofit leaders work together to unlock the capacities that strengthen their organizations’ impact and further their missions.

How Do Cohorts Work?

Each year, our Capacity Building Program forms a Peer Learning Cohort consisting of select nonprofits that agree to work together for 36 months at becoming more efficient, effective, and cooperative. They dig deep on leadership development, continuous learning processes, managing, planning, oversight, and generating resources. The goal: to help vital nonprofits operate at peak performance.

The organizations involved represent a breadth of services being offered in San Antonio, from after-school activities to distressed housing restoration to mental health support and more. Each nonprofit is provided with an external assessment using the Impact Capacity Assessment Tool (iCAT), which helps orient them to the work ahead. In the first year, cohort members meet on five occasions, connecting through peer learning opportunities, and creating the potential for lasting collaborations that can benefit communities for years to come. A list of all the partners can be found here.

Beginning in 2024, the H. E. Butt Foundation’s Capacity Building Program and the UP Partnership’s Future Ready program joined forces to help San Antonio youth-serving organizations ensure an equitable future for the next generation. The Capacity Building Program will work solely with Future Ready partner organizations until 2028.

Capacity Building is based out of our San Antonio office at 140 West Sunset Road, San Antonio, TX 78209.

Please contact Meg Loomis for information on Capacity Building work.

Previous Cohorts

Cohort 7 (2024-2025)
Cohort 6 (2022-2023)
Cohort 5 (2021-2022)
Cohort 4 (2020-2021)
Cohort 3 (2019-2020)
Cohort 2 (2018-2019)
Cohort 1 (2017-2018)

Cohort Spotlights

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