Fundraising Management for Nonprofit Organizations: Planning, Managing and Evaluating the Fundraising Process

The course enables you to identify board, staff and volunteer roles and responsibilities, assess an organization's readiness to begin the fundraising process, assess long-range fundraising strategies and develop ways to monitor progress that will guide a nonprofit organization toward creating a sustainable fundraising effort.

This intensive five-week course explores the following topics:

• What has to be in place before you raise money?
• Identifying and assessing external factors for success
• Developing a fundraising plan - Assessing strategies
• From planning to implementation - Managing the unexpected
• Evaluating your plan and staying on track - Creating a sustainable effort

Special features of this course include:

• Links to useful web content from leading organizations in nonprofit fundraising management such as The Association of Fundraising Professionals, The Foundation Center, and Alliance for Nonprofit Management.
  
  
• Small group projects that will give you hands-on experience in developing a fundraising plan.
  
  
• Audio presentations by Chicago area grantmakers at the Fry Foundation and the Woods Fund of Chicago.
  
  
• In-depth weekly discussions with peers around the world.
  
  
• Small class size of 25 participants.

Learning Objectives

What you and your organization will gain from this course:

• The ability to clarify and enhance understanding of the roles and responsibilities of staff and volunteers in nonprofit fundraising efforts
  
  
• An understanding of how to structure and assess multi-year fundraising plans that support the organization's mission
  
  
• An understanding of how to develop, implement and assess practices that will keep fundraising efforts on track