--- title: "The Capacity Paradox: Why Nonprofits Need Different Support in 2026" description: "If you're leading a nonprofit right now, you're probably familiar with this paradox: you need data and evaluation capacity more than ever, but you have less budget and bandwidth to build it." --- [![CCNY](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/CCNY_Sep2021/images/header_logo.png?width=1008&height=900&name=header_logo.png "CCNY")](https://ccnyinc.org/) - [Register For Training](http://ccnyinc.org/training-reg-form) - [Home](https://ccnyinc.org/) - Our Story - [Our Story](https://ccnyinc.org/our-story/) - [Our Team](https://ccnyinc.org/about-us/) - [Case Studies](https://ccnyinc.org/case-studies/) - Service Toolkits - [Data Collection Toolkit](https://ccnyinc.org/data-collection-toolkit/) - [Data Analysis Toolkit](https://ccnyinc.org/data-analysis-toolkit/) - [Program Evaluation Toolkit](https://ccnyinc.org/program-evaluation-toolkit/) - [Performance Enhancement Toolkit](https://ccnyinc.org/performance-enhancement-toolkit/) - [Specialized Training](https://ccnyinc.org/specialized-training-2/) - [Management Services](https://ccnyinc.org/management-services/) - Project Portal - [Project Portal](https://ccnyinc.org/project-portal/) - [IT Resources](https://ccnyinc.org/teamviewer-remote/) - [High Fidelity Wraparound](https://ccnyinc.org/high-fidelity-wraparound/) - [STEM 2035](https://www.stem2035.org/) - [PEDALS](https://pedalsprogram.org/) - [AROUNJA](http://arounja.com/) - [News](https://ccnyinc.org/news/) [Work With CCNY](http://ccnyinc.org/#work-with-pie) - [Register For Training](http://ccnyinc.org/training-reg-form) - [Home](https://ccnyinc.org/) - [Our Story](https://ccnyinc.org/our-story/) - [Our Team](https://ccnyinc.org/about-us/) - [Case Studies](https://ccnyinc.org/case-studies/) - [Data Collection Toolkit](https://ccnyinc.org/data-collection-toolkit/) - [Data Analysis Toolkit](https://ccnyinc.org/data-analysis-toolkit/) - [Program Evaluation Toolkit](https://ccnyinc.org/program-evaluation-toolkit/) - [Performance Enhancement Toolkit](https://ccnyinc.org/performance-enhancement-toolkit/) - [Specialized Training](https://ccnyinc.org/specialized-training-2/) - [Management Services](https://ccnyinc.org/management-services/) - [Project Portal](https://ccnyinc.org/project-portal/) - [IT Resources](https://ccnyinc.org/teamviewer-remote/) - [High Fidelity Wraparound](https://ccnyinc.org/high-fidelity-wraparound/) - [STEM 2035](https://www.stem2035.org/) - [PEDALS](https://pedalsprogram.org/) - [AROUNJA](http://arounja.com/) - [News](https://ccnyinc.org/news/) - [Work With CCNY](http://ccnyinc.org/#work-with-pie) # The Capacity Paradox: Why Nonprofits Need Different Support in 2026 [![](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/hubfs/istockphoto-2159133009-612x612.jpg)](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/your-staff-is-drowning-in-spreadsheets-a-better-way-exists) ## [Your Staff Is Drowning in Spreadsheets: A Better Way Exists.](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/your-staff-is-drowning-in-spreadsheets-a-better-way-exists) by [Anna Loewer](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/author/anna-loewer) | May 7, 2026 | "If you develop an integrated system but the culture of the organization is not around data engagement, those tools will sit on a shelf. Data engagement creates the culture. Integrated systems then scale and sustain it." -- Heidi Milch, Executive Director at CCNY Inc. A... [read more](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/your-staff-is-drowning-in-spreadsheets-a-better-way-exists) [![](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/hubfs/istockphoto-2159133009-612x612.jpg)](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/the-data-gaps-that-are-quietly-costing-behavioral-health-organizations-funding-trust-and-time) ## [The Data Gaps That Are Quietly Costing Behavioral Health Organizations Funding, Trust, and Time](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/the-data-gaps-that-are-quietly-costing-behavioral-health-organizations-funding-trust-and-time) by [Anna Loewer](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/author/anna-loewer) | Feb 26, 2026 | Most of the organizations we talk to already know what they need. They need their logic model to actually reflect their current programs. They need to know whether their data systems can support the grant they're about to write. They need someone to help them make a technology... [read more](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/the-data-gaps-that-are-quietly-costing-behavioral-health-organizations-funding-trust-and-time) [![](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/hubfs/istockphoto-2159133009-612x612.jpg)](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026) ## [The Capacity Paradox: Why Nonprofits Need Different Support in 2026](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026) by [Anna Loewer](https://blog.ccnyinc.org/the-capacity-paradox-why-nonprofits-need-different-support-in-2026/author/anna-loewer) | Nov 10, 2025 | If you're leading a nonprofit right now, you know this paradox intimately: you need data and evaluation capacity more than ever, but you have less budget and bandwidth to build it. Funders want proof of impact. Compliance requirements are multiplying. Your board is asking... 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