NGO have been suffering from capacity problems which hamper the efficiencyrneffectivene s, relevance and sustainability of their programs. In order to solve this problemrngroup of NGOs established a coalition called Christine Relief DevelopmentrnAssociation/CRDA to contribute to the capacity development interventions of the NGOs.rnThis study conducted with the objective to assess the capacity development interventions ofrnNGOs focusing on CRDA member NGOs in light of governance, management practices,rnhuman resources, financial resources, service delivery, external relations and sustainability.rnMethodologically, descriptive survey method was employed. Data were gathered from 97rnNGO employees, 3 CRDA capacity development experts and 6 stakeholders using randomrnavailability and purposive sampling techniques and appropriate data gathered throughrnmodified standard Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool, Focus Group Discussion andrnKey Informant Interview were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. Frequency countsrnand X 2 test together with Fishers Exact Test for significant differences were used in thernanalysis. The results of the analysis indicated that the state of the seven core dimensions ofrnorganizational capacity is different among the local and international NGOs. Accordingly,rnthe results of the study revealed that significant number of the local NGOs are found in anrnemerging stage/developing some capacity structure while the international NGOs are in thernstage of expanding their organizational capacity, have a track record of achievement, theirrnwork is recognized by their constituency, the government, the private sector and other NGOsrnactive in the same sector. Only very few of them are found to be in mature organizationalrndevelopment stage/fully functioning and sustainable, with a diversified resource base andrnpartnership relationship with national and international networks. The degree of linkagernbetween the NGOs capacity and the development needs of stakeholders was found to bernmedium among the local NGOs and relatively high/well defined and recognized in therninternational NGOs and the NGO-Government relationship/linkage is not strong andrnsmooth after the 2005 national election. CRDA 's capacity development interventions are notrnadequately improving the effectiveness and efficiency of member NGOs and offer greaterrnpriority to training/workshop/seminars as the expense of grant and research relatedrnsupports. Growing interests in terms of the content of training,' addressing the fond requestsrnof all members,' shortage of professionals to run and follow the capacity developmentrninterventions to support the diverse members,' reluctance of some members to report on thernoutcomes of capacity development interventions,' rigid capacity development interventions,rnand linking all phases of the capacity enhancement process found to be the major problemsrnencountered by CRDA. The strategies that have been used by CRDA to enhance capacity ofrnmembers are increasing the capacity of members in the area of expertise and emergencyrnresponsiveness,' creating access to information on various developmental approaches andrnpractices,' funding and developing the skill of resource mobilization. On top of this,rnconducting tailor made and participatory assessment before interventions; increasing the .rndegree of linkage between NGOs and stakeholder; designing feasible capacity developmentrninterventions focusing on fund rai ing, developing the capacity of CRDA in all aspects;rnresuming the development of members' capacity to influence the enabling environmentrnthrough strategic alliance with similar umbrella organizations rather than engaging inrnadvocacy were suggested as indispen able ways to improve the performance of CRDArnmember NGOs