Center for Nonprofit Management Programs

Now more than ever, nonprofit organizations need their development strategies to be well structured, creative and data-driven. Nonprofit organizations not only need an understanding of the donor market, stakeholders and fundraising strategy, but also a strong infrastructure to drive fundraising decisions. Learn how to assess your current fundraising systems, communicate your philanthropic value and leverage data for strategic fundraising. Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 14 Points in category 1.B

This program is designed to encourage the psychology and thought processes that drive consistent, creative and effective fund generation techniques for all scales and types of nonprofit organizations. The participants will work collaboratively to thoughtfully assess their own fundraising practices and discover which techniques work best. Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 21 Points in category 1.B

For principals, development officers and other education-based leaders charged with school fundraising, this practical program offers a mix of core fundraising principles paired with marketing and positioning to enhance your annual fundraising and major gifts. Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 14 Points in category 1.B

This highly interactive learning experience explores the essentials of designing and leading a successful major gift fundraising strategy and how to apply the science of persuasion and the art of storytelling as part of your major gift solicitation efforts. Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 14 Points in category 1.B

As a nonprofit leader when you define your mission to the board members, donors and other stakeholders, you are defining your brand. This program will engage nonprofit leaders to actively think about their mission in the context of the frameworks of brand strategy. Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 14 Points in category 1.B

Assess your organization's competitive positioning in the nonprofit sector and learn how to create and sustain a competitive advantage in this program. You'll focus on three key components of nonprofit organizational success: market strategy, competitive analysis and implementation.

This half-day retreat-style program, specially designed to fit your schedule, explores the relationships amongst and the best practices for the executive-level nonprofit leaders and for the board members serving these nonprofits.

This cutting-edge, non-denominational program offers faith leaders the rare opportunity to learn — and practice — the leadership and management skills they need to address the myriad of challenges facing the faith-based organizations they serve today.

Will the leaders of today be able to prepare their organizations to meet the social and leadership challenges of a world in transition? This program is designed to prepare nonprofit leaders to understand, lead and manage change initiatives to transform their organizations. Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 14 Points in category 1.B

The word "innovation" elicits images of high-tech contraptions and digitized everything. However, innovation is also about organizational design, creative & blended processes and exploring new applications of existing systems. This program will focus on how leaders infuse and sustain an innovation mindset into their organizations.

Learn how to drive impact by applying your private sector skills to the nonprofit world. This program will help leaders looking to make a career change or deepen their understanding of social impact.

This program focuses on new ways to think strategically about one's own leadership style, issues and challenges. Participants will also look at how to maximize your own performance while engaging and inspiring others by communicating a sense of purpose, value and vision. Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 14 Points in category 1.B

Embracing diversity, equity and inclusion is no longer a conversation but an expectation. As a leader, you must look within yourself to understand your power and privilege and commit to addressing systemic inequities. Now is the time to set the strategic direction for equity in your organization and become an agent for change.

Designed for the frontline leaders of nonprofits, especially those in multi-functional roles, this highly interactive program provides a foundation for organizational and management topics. You gain practical knowledge and insight regarding operational effectiveness and the organizational structure which best suits the internal efficacies, by engaging with faculty experts and your peers.

This program will help senior nonprofit executives gain a deeper understanding of the intersection of financial management and organizational mission. Participants will have an opportunity to better understand how long-term financial plans are developed and evaluated. This program will also look at the nonprofit’s capital structure, capital budgeting practices, and the investment of organizational assets. Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 14 Points in category 1.B

Deepen your knowledge of nonprofit finance and broaden your understanding of your organization's financial picture. Improve your ability to analyze financial statements, spot trends, identify cost containment opportunities and foresee the implications of your financial management decisions. Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 14 Points in category 1.B

Explore how strong leaders develop and retain high-performing people committed to their organizations' missions. In a self-managed world, how do leaders empower employees, build trust and give feedback? Learn how to motivate and energize people to achieve greater individual and collective success.Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 14 Points in category 1.B

As a leader on the cusp of a continuously changing workforce, you, too, need to rethink your nonprofit human capital recruitment strategy. This program is designed to focus on the capabilities, skills and insights you need for to understand how to design jobs that fit your organization, recruiting the right candidates and hiring a diverse and effective workforce.

Develop tools to increase the leadership and organizational capacity at your school. Join Kellogg and Northwestern faculty who will share best practice leadership and management strategies in a school environment. Participants will learn how to instill critical leadership attributes in an increasingly complex environment, practices for developing a team that can help to achieve the vision and mission of your school, and how to implement sustainable frameworks for ongoing organizational success.

For principals, development officers and other education-based leaders charged with school fundraising, this practical program offers a mix of core fundraising principles paired with marketing and positioning to enhance your annual fundraising and major gifts. Certified Fund Raising Executive Credential – 14 Points in category 1.B

Learn an array of strategies that will take your personal leadership to the next level in your school environment. Topics such as strategic leadership communications, learning from leadership failures and harnessing the power of social networks empower participants to walk away with actionable plans to maximize their leadership impact across students, staff and communities.

This hands-on exploration of the unique challenges of leading a university core facility or research hospital will enhance your business and management skills and give you practical experience in applying them to a project specific to your organization.

For clinical investigators and administrative staff in clinical labs, this program offers a strong foundation of business concepts from finance and fundraising to organizational culture, strategic time management and influence strategies. Kellogg faculty will share principles of building collaborative teams and how to leverage personal leadership strengths. Participants will then have the chance to apply the learnings to their own situations.