Capacity-Building Grants: Learn to Be a Self-Sustaining Nonprofit, Part 2

River City Food Bank (RCFB) was the second recipient of Sutter’s capacity-building grant, receiving the 12-month grant in 2009. The California-based food bank is an established but small organization. Founded in 1968 as River City Community Services — the name it still went by when it first received the Sutter grant — it had just two part-time employees at the time, says Executive Director Eileen Thomas, “and our time was spent almost completely with our mission.”