Certificate Program in Fundraising

• Details

• Program Requirements

• Schedule

• Contact Hours / CEUs

• Fee

• Certificate Progress Tracking

• Instructors 

• Receive Your Certificate

• Professional Resources

Details:

This certificate program provides you the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and develop the skills to support a variety of development activities and establish a well-rounded foundation for your professional or volunteer fundraising.

You will learn skills critical to successful nonprofit development such as relationship building and "making the ask" for the right reason at the right time, andprospect identification combined with the understanding of what motivates donors to give.

Program Requirements:

The program is anchored by four required courses and one elective that you can select to meet your particular training needs.

Required Courses: (36 total hours)

• Fundraising Fundamentals (12 hours) - February 2013

• The Annual Fund (6 hours) - March 2013

• Major Gifts (6 hours) - May 2013

• Introduction to Planned Giving(12 hours) - April 2013

Elective course: (6 total minimum hours) Choose from any Professional Development Course. Browse Additional Elective Options.

• Social Media for Fundraising (6 hours) - March 2013

Schedule:

This certificate program is offered during the spring semester only.
Please click individual required courses above for class schedules.

Contact Hours / CEUs:

42 total contact hours/ 4.2 CEUs

Fee:

Total cost of required courses is $900 – includes all course materials. Elective course fees vary.

Certificate Progress Tracking:

Track the progress of your certificate program with this form.

Instructors:

Each course within this certificate program is taught by industry professionals. Click on the course descriptions above to view instructor biographies.

Receive Your Certificate:

After you have met all certificate program requirements, complete the  program evaluation and certificate completion form, and we will award your certificate.

Professional Resources:

• GuideStar
  www.guidestar.org
  An information source about nonprofits that includes 990 tax returns, available for review at no cost.  This is an excellent resource for research foundation giving. 

• Idealware
  www.idealware.org
  Idealware, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, provides thoroughly researched, impartial and accessible resources about software to help nonprofits make smart software decisions.  In 2011, they published A Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems.

• Maine Philanthropy  Center
  www.mainephilanthropy.org
  The Maine Philanthropy Center offers grant seekers educational programs, access to online resources, the Directory of Maine Grantmakers, and is a resource center for philanthropy.  Nonprofit organizations and those seeking grants utilize Maine Philanthropy Center to:

• Identify potential sources of grants matching their programmatic, geographic, and population focus;
• Research local and national foundations, corporate giving programs, and community funders;
• Gain free access to materials on all aspects of philanthropy and nonprofit management, including fundraising, board development, and proposal writing.

• Network for Good
  http://www1.networkforgood.org/ (general website)
  www.fundraising123.org/ (nonprofit learning center)
  Network for Good makes it as easy to donate and volunteer online as it is to shop online, and we make it simple and affordable for all nonprofits, of any size, to recruit donors and volunteers via the Internet.   They also have a terrific Learning Center with  helpful articles on a wide range of fundraising topics.