Non-Profit Courses
Online Non-Profit Management Classes | Certificate Program | Business Skills
Managing a non-profit organization is a tough task regardless of how you look at it. Make sure your skills are current with our self-paced online Non-Profit Courses. All of our courses can be taken individually or as part of of our Certificate in Non-Profit Management. Each course combines an interactive study experience with the convenience of the Internet. Our non-profit management courses are perfect for individual professional development but also for organizations with a group of employees to train. Enroll today!
- Self-paced, web-based courses
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Non-Profit Certificate Program
Certificate in Non-Profit Management
Cost: $699.00
Access Time: 240 Days
CRFE Credits: 27.0 | CEUs: 4.0
This certificate program covers key current management issues for nonprofit organizations. Fund raising, board and volunteer development, budgeting, financial statements, leadership, marketing and setting strategic direction are all addressed. The program also includes video commentary on these crucial topics to provide insight into how nonprofit professionals apply key concepts in their own organizations.
Non-Profit Courses
Budgeting in a Non-Profit Organization
Cost: $79.00
Access Time: 30 Days
CRFE Credits: 3.0 | CEUs: 0.5
This course covers budgets and how they are used in nonprofit organizations. Learn the uses and functions of budgets and the relationship between strategic budgeting and tactical budgeting. This course also covers the organization-wide budget and various budget systems. The course will continue on to slightly more advanced budgeting topics such as capital budgets, cash flow budgets, and opportunity budgets but you will see how nonprofit organizations are using different budgeting techniques to handle operating challenges.
Capital Campaigns
Cost: $79.00
Access Time: 30 Days
CRFE Credits: 3.0 | CEUs: 0.5
This course covers the key terminology and practices surrounding running a successful capital campaign within a nonprofit organization. Learn about the phases of conducting a capital campaign including evaluation, feasibility study, organization, solicitation and post-campaign activities. The course also covers avoiding common pitfalls in capital campaigns. Expert video commentary, a case study and a vocabulary game will ensure you have a solid grasp of the material.
Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations
Cost: $150.00
Access Time: 30 Days
CRFE Credits: 4.0 | CEUs: 0.5
This course offers an introduction to fundraising for nonprofit organizations. Learn how fund raising helps finance operating budgets and why nonprofits must raise money every year. In addition, special projects and improvements to facilities may be needed. In these situations, fund raisers will often launch large capital campaigns or apply for foundation grants.
Complete Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations Description
How to Read a Nonprofit Financial Statement
Cost: $79.00
Access Time: 30 Days
CRFE Credits: 3.0 | CEUs: 0.5
This course teach you how to interpret the major financial accounting statements that are used by nonprofit organizations. You will gain an understanding of the types of financial statements used by nonprofit organizations and how they differ from for-profit financial reporting. Also, you should gain an appreciation of both the power and limitations of accounting information in assessing financial performance and decision-making.
Leadership in a Nonprofit Organization
Cost: $99.00
Access Time: 30 Days
CRFE Credits: 3.0 | CEUs: 0.5
This course covers key issues surrounding leadership in a non-profit organization. What is leadership? Why is it important? What does it require to be a leader? How does leadership in a nonprofit environment differ from the private sector? What is visionary leadership? What role should ethics play? You will learn foundations of leadership and how to be a successful leader. The actual work of leadership requires specific qualities and skills. Some of these skills are unique to the nonprofit sector.
Leading the Courtney Museum Simulation
Cost: $399.00
Access Time: 180 Days
CRFE Credits: 10.0 | CEUs: 1.0
Leading the Courtney Museum is an exciting simulation designed specifically for nonprofit managers. It challenges and engages participants while exploring real-world leadership issues confronted by nonprofit managers. You get to assume the role of executive director of the troubled Courtney Museum, and deal with a series of personnel, marketing, financial and board/community relations issues. As you make tough decisions, an adaptive scoreboard reflects the impact of those choices on the museum's prospects. Video commentary from experienced non-profit leaders provides qualitative context and explores the consequences of choosing different paths for reviving the museum.
Nonprofit Board & Volunteer Development
Cost: $150.00
Access Time: 30 Days
CRFE Credits: 5.0 | CEUs: 0.5
Volunteers are the lifeblood of most nonprofit organizations. Board members are a special type of volunteer. They help to guide the direction of a nonprofit, to promote the organization in the community and to ensure that the nonprofit's mission is fulfilled. This course covers reasons people volunteer, how to make volunteer programs more successful, responsibilities of the nonprofit board, models for organizing a board and the differences between a nonprofit board and a for-profit board.
Complete Nonprofit Board & Volunteer Development Description
Principles of Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
Cost: $79.00
Access Time: 30 Days
CRFE Credits: 3.0 | CEUs: 0.5
This course covers marketing in the non-profit organization. Marketing is how nonprofits determine client and donor needs. As in the for-profit world, nonprofit marketing includes advertising, promotion, public relations and customer relationship management. This course examines how nonprofits use marketing to publicize their mission and to gather contributions of time and money. The course also discusses marketing planning in the nonprofit organization.
Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations
Cost: $79.00
Access Time: 30 Days
CRFE Credits: 3.0 | CEUs: 0.5
This course covers the importance of strategy to the non-profit organization. While nonprofit organizations are not concerned with profit maximization, they still benefit from following a strategy. A nonprofit's strategy constitutes its decisions about what it will do and how it will do it. By understanding a nonprofit's strategy and how it helps the organization fulfill its mission, a manager can do a better job implementing the strategy.
Non-Profit Courses Credit & Completion Info
Access Time: Learners who enroll in any of our online non-profit courses get full access for 30-days. Access to the Certificate in Non-Profit Management is granted for 240-days.
Completion Time: Completion time is dependent on several factors. The average completion time is five hours each for Budgeting in a Nonprofit Organization, Capital Campaigns, Fund raising for Nonprofit Organizations, How to Read a Nonprofit Financial Statement, Leadership in a Nonprofit Organization, Nonprofit Board & Volunteer Development, Principles of Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations and Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations. Our non-profit leadership simulation, Leading the Courtney Museum, averages ten hours. The Certificate in Non-Profit Management includes all of the aforementioned courses except for Leading the Courtney Museum. It averages forty hours to complete. A student's prior knowledge, Internet connection speed, reading comprehension, optional exercises and videos all contribute to how quickly students complete courses.
Certificate: After completing one of our courses you will be able to instantly print your certificate with CRFEs and CEUs.
Volume Pricing: To enroll 10 or more employees in one of our non-profit courses, or to integrate any of our business skills courses into your Learning Management System, submit your request using our contact form or by calling 1-888-658-6641 during our normal business hours 9:00 am - 5:30 pm EST, M - F.
