Classes and Certifications

Check back in August for our next year of classes!

Register for an Upcoming Class

The Power of Connection: Communication that Builds Trust, Alignment & Action

$215.00
This class will expand your understanding of communication and help you put it into practice, whether you're engaging co-workers, donors, volunteers, board members, or supervisors/supervisees.

Fundamentals of Human Resources

$215.00
This course provides a practical foundation in nonprofit HR essentials, with a focus on legal compliance and effective people management.

Discovering the Power of Program Evaluation

$215.00
This class will cover the value of intentional program evaluation and methods for collecting, analyzing and using data and offer a step-by-step model for evaluation design.

Fundamentals of Successful Fundraising

$215.00
This class covers the fundamentals that everyone involved with nonprofits should know in order to position an organization for fundraising success.

Joy of the Sector: A Welcome to the Essential Functions of Nonprofits

$215.00
This course will focus on the core functions of mission-based organizations and their contribution to organizational health and sustainability.

Certificates in Nonprofit Management, Fundraising, and a Customized Build-Your-Own

In today’s competitive environment, nonprofits and those who work with them need to position themselves for success. One of the most effective ways to elevate yourself and your organization is through The Nonprofit Center’s Certificates. Advance your skills and career through a non-degreed, in-depth learning experience in a specific skill set, an achievement you can proudly add to your resume and demonstrate your competency and commitment.

Each of the programs, in the thoughtfully curated collection, requires between nine and 10 courses given in a recommended sequence to progressively build expertise. You may take up to three years to complete a certificate, making it a realistic goal for working professionals. In addition to this real world professional education, you can also earn respected Continuing Education Units, as well as CFREs for development professionals. A perfect match for today’s world and tomorrow’s changemakers, our certificates offer skills, competency, confidence, a distinction and credibility, without the expense and time commitment of a degree program.

Fundraising

Teaches the basic skills and methods of fundraising from grant writing to major gifts solicitation to proposal writing to corporate sponsorship.

Nonprofit Management

Focused on the entire nonprofit ecosystem, current nonprofit managers and directors, as well as those on the leadership track or new to the sector.

Build-Your-Own

Customized certificate, based on your needs and interests.

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