NGO Education Survey

College: Arts and Sciences

AMGT-608 Grant Writing for Nonprofit Organizations

This course contributes to students’ skills in developing and writing grant proposals for nonprofit organizations. Focused primarily on institutional funding, this course provides an in-depth look at grant writing based on best practices in the field.

AMGT-685 Nonprofit Legal Issues

This course is a survey of legal issues that pertain to the operation of nonprofit organizations, particularly arts groups. Students learn about the relevant aspects of corporate law, tax law, intellectual property, fiduciary duties, corporate sponsorships, nonprofit policies, contracts, and employment laws.

College: Kogod School of Business

MKTG-651 Strategic Marketing for Nonprofits

This course explores the use of best practice strategies to meet the unique marketing requirements of nonprofit organizations in fields such as healthcare, education, global affairs, the arts, and the environment. Lectures and case studies focus on topics such as the development of three-sector (government-business-nonprofit) marketing alliances, volunteer recruitment, fundraising, and communications and branding as practiced by leading nonprofit organizations serving U.S. and global audiences.

College: School Of Education

EDU-681 Managing Nonprofit Organizations

The application of management theories and practices in nonprofit organizations. Establishment and sustainability of nonprofit organizations, strategic management principles, organizational structures and processes, multiple funding sources and their impact on budget decisions, staff/board relationships, human resource practices, use of volunteers, accountability systems, and methods for determining organizational effectiveness.

College: School of Public Affairs

PUAD-681 Managing Nonprofit Organizations

The application of management theories and practices in nonprofit organizations. Establishment and sustainability of nonprofit organizations, strategic management principles, organizational structures and processes, multiple funding sources and their impact on budget decisions, staff/board relationships, human resource practices, use of volunteers, accountability systems, and methods for determining organizational effectiveness.

PUAD-682 Nonprofit Resource Development

Nonprofit organizations support themselves through many different sources, including charitable gifts and grants, government grants and contracts, earned income from fees, memberships and sponsorships, returns on investments, volunteer labor, gifts-in-kind, and other sources. They also mix these sources of income in many different ways. This course illuminates the theoretical rationales and practical considerations involved in developing and utilizing particular sources of income and in selecting appropriate combinations or portfolios, so that nonprofit organizations can effectively advance their particular missions, sustain the infrastructure of their organizations, remain financially healthy, and manage risk, change and growth.