This paper examines the design and implementation of the Nine Elements Assessment Tool (NEAT©), an evidence-based system for assessing nonprofit organizational capacity. The project team that designed NEAT© included three categories of stakeholders: 1) executive directors representing the nonprofits that would use the system, 2) the Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries, Inc. (ACAM), a nonprofit that serves as an intermediary organization providing capacity building programs, and 3) the external evaluator who facilitated the project#organizational-capacity-building #2012Conference #capacity-building #InternationalandCross-CulturalEval