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ONLINE NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE & COURSES

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For a limited time, when you purchase any course from Goodwin College’s Online Professional Development Course catalog, you’ll receive the online, self-paced course, Speak With Confidence for free! The link to access Speak with Confidence will be included in your course confirmation email that you receive 24-48 hours after registration.


Continue your education with self-paced online nonprofit courses and a nonprofit management certificate with Drexel. Gain an understanding of the nonprofit sector and the issues that leaders face in this exciting and growing field. You are also exposed to the major areas of responsibility for nonprofit leaders, including strategy, managing employees, fundraising, grant writing, board governance and social media.

The following online nonprofit and grant writing courses can be taken individually or in the bundle certificate package at a discounted rate:

Certificate in Nonprofit Management

Understand key management challenges and gain skills in fundraising, board and volunteer development, budgeting, reading financial statements, leadership, marketing and setting strategic direction.

  • Length: 26 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $699

Budgeting in a Nonprofit Organization

In this course, you study different budget systems as well as the functions of budgets and the relationship between strategic budgeting and tactical budgeting.

  • Length: 3 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $79

Capital Campaigns

Explore the phases of conducting a capital campaign—evaluation, feasibility study, organization, solicitation, and post-campaign activities—as well as how to avoid common pitfalls in order to lead a successful capital campaign. 

  • Length: 3 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $79

Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations

Learn how nonprofit funds can be raised through a wide array of mediums and gain methods for evaluating annual campaign performance.

  • Length: 4 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $150

How to Read a Nonprofit Financial Statement

Develop your ability to appropriately interpret the major financial accounting statements that are used by non-profit organizations.

  • Length: 3 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $79

Introduction to Grant Writing

Learn the six stages of grant writing—from identifying need to post-grant follow-up—and gain grant writing best practices.

  • Length: 5 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $150

Introduction to Nonprofit Management

Gain an understanding of the nonprofit sector and the issues that leaders face in this exciting and growing field. You also learn the central responsibilities for nonprofit leaders, including strategy, managing employees, fundraising, grant writing, board governance, and marketing.

  • Length: 5 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $99

Leadership in a Nonprofit Organization

In this course, you consider the foundations of leadership and examine how to be a successful and effective leader.

  • Length: 3 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $99

Leading the Courtney Museum Simulation

Assume the role of executive director of the troubled Courtney Museum, and deal with a series of personnel, marketing, financial, and board and community relations issues to explore real-world leadership issues confronted by nonprofit managers.

  • Length: 10 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $399

Nonprofit Board and Volunteer Development

Discover the fundamentals of board and volunteer development as well as recruiting, effective communication and retention.

  • Length: 5 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $150

Principles of Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations

Examine how non-profits use marketing to publicize their mission and to gather contributions of time and money. 

  • Length: 3 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $79

Social Media for Nonprofits

Explore the major social media platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest) as vehicles for nonprofits to reach and engage with members, volunteers and donors.

  • Length: 5 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $79

Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations

Do a better job implementing the strategy by understanding a nonprofit's strategy and how it helps the organization fulfill its mission.

  • Length: 5 hours
  • Format: Online
  • Cost: $79

Nonprofit Course Catalog