Online Nonprofit Management Certificate & Courses

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.

Available Courses

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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 26 hours
Cost: $739

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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 3 hours
Cost: $95

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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 3 hours
Cost: $95

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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 4 hours
Cost: $159

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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 3 hours
Cost: $95

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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 5 hours
Cost: $159

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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 5 hours
Cost: $119

Leadership in a Nonprofit Organization

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

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 3 hours
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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 10 hours
Cost: $399

Nonprofit Board and Volunteer Development

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

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 5 hours
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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 3 hours
Cost: $95

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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 5 hours
Cost: $119

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.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Length: 5 hours
Cost: $119