CERTIFICATE Nonprofit Manager + Professional Grant Writing
If you are looking for a meaningful career that helps others, the Nonprofit Manager + Professional Grant Writing course is a perfect place to start. This bundle of courses will teach you everything you need to transform good intentions into a professional plan of action.
*This certificate includes the Nonprofit Manager course and Professional Grant Writing course
Career series
The Nonprofit Manager course will teach you how to start a nonprofit, including the most important aspect—your mission and how to define that. You will also study governance and leadership issues, looking at the laws that regulate nonprofits and codes of conduct as you learn how to run a nonprofit further. From there, you will be looking at how best to manage your volunteer program. You will learn how to handle nonprofit finances and, critically, how to create a budget. This course will also teach you how to market and raise funds through fundraising and earned income. Lastly, you will understand the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion and how to achieve this within your organization.
In the Professional Grant Writing course, you will develop the skills and strategies you need to become an integral part of one of the world's fastest-growing professional certification sectors. Further the ideals and goals of your career track by learning about the required competencies that can lead to internationally recognized certification by one of the leading grant professional associations.
You will also become proficient in the proposal and case statement formats used by foundations and government grantmaking agencies. Throughout this course, you will learn about the certification process for grant professionals and write different elements of a complete grant application, culminating in a case statement for your capstone assignment with expert instructor feedback on each element. From grant funding trends to matching your course project to the right funding sources, you will be confident in differentiating yourself from a grant writer to a grant professional!
Upon course completion, you will be prepared for the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) exam offered by the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI), which has minimum requirements of education and grant experience based on the level of education obtained.
What you will learn
- Differentiate between the different nonprofit sectors.
- Define your nonprofit's mission and vision.
- Identify the roles of governance and leadership.
- Apply management skills to lead volunteers.
- Create a fundraising plan.
- Identify marketing and communication tools.
- Apply DEI within your organization.
- Describe how a certification enhances professionalism and opportunities for grant writers.
- List the skills needed to be a professional grant writer.
- Describe how current trends can impact the distribution of funds in the private and public sectors.
- Describe how to match grant funders and fundable programs.
- Describe organizational missions, cultures, and norms and how they impact grant readiness.
- Using best practices, create a logic model showing interrelationships among elements of project design.
- Write an evaluation plan using community resources and cultural competencies.
- Prepare a grant budget with appropriate costs, cash, in-kind or leveraged matches.
- Describe the grant writer's role in post-award grant management and transition.
How you will benefit
- Learn skills and develop strategies to get your nonprofit organization successfully off the ground.
- Obtain an understanding of how to be a strong leader in this field.
- Gain confidence in your ability to work at a nonprofit organization and get closer to achieving your personal career goals.
- Communicate effectively with grant funders for relationship cultivation.
- Submit a grant proposal.
- Write a persuasive case statement.
- Use a professional code of ethics to guide decisions and conduct.