This class will explore the history of philanthropy in the US, how it has developed up to the current day, and its role in ensuring that equity, diversity, inclusion, access, and belonging exists within the nonprofit sector.
This class will give you a broad understanding of business finance and equip you with simple, practical tools so you know where to look and can understand what the data is telling you about your organization.
This class will help you understand why and how to secure major donations including how to identify prospects and make initial wealth assessments, how to write a solicitation plan (with a realistic timeline) and how to build a prospect pyramid for campaign planning.
This class will provide a solid foundation in the key tools you will use and prepare you to present them to donors.
This class will show you how to build effective messages and deliver integrated fundraising campaigns that are memorable, cost-effective, and worthy of attracting new donors and retaining existing supporters.
This class will walk you through the mindset of a relational fundraising process, including procedures for accepting, acknowledging and stewarding donors, from the first donation through to mature donor relationships.
This class will provide a broad overview of corporate philanthropy and fund-raising to help you expand or diversify your organization’s funding base.
Through this class, you will identify ways to embrace the twin goals of raising funds and living out your organization’s core values.
This class will help you think through your overall development strategy across various revenue streams.
Designed especially for those who are newer to grant funding, this class will explore the changing landscape of private foundations and corporations.
This is the capstone class for our Certificate in Fundraising and can be taken by any development professional ready to activate fundraising strategy across the organization.
This class will help you understand the necessary elements of building a mission-critical marketing program, prioritize and attract the right audiences, and develop results-oriented objectives so that you can focus on delivering on your mission.
This class takes you through reflective exercises to help you understand what leadership is (and isn’t), and where you see yourself as a leader.
This class will show you how to build a plan that will drive strategic thinking across your organization, helping your plan to stand up to unexpected changes both inside and outside your organization.
This class explores what your board’s role must be, what its goals could be, and what it means for board members to be effective, collectively and individually.
This course will focus on the core functions of mission-based organizations and their contribution to organizational health and sustainability.
This class covers the fundamentals that everyone involved with nonprofits should know in order to position an organization for fundraising success.
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.
This course provides a practical foundation in nonprofit HR essentials, with a focus on legal compliance and effective people management.
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.
