Nonprofit Manager + Professional Grant Writing (Voucher Included)

Overview

If you are looking for a meaningful career that helps others, the Nonprofit Manager + Professional Grant Writing course is a perfect place to start. In this course you will build a solid foundation in the skills and strategies you need to become a leader in the nonprofit and professional grant writing sector. You will also prepare for the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) exam offered by the Grant Professionals Certification Institute.

The Nonprofit Manager course will look at the most important aspect of nonprofits—your mission and how to define that—which will help should you want to start a nonprofit. You will also study governance and leadership issues, looking at the laws that regulate nonprofits and codes of conduct. From there, you will be looking at how best to manage your volunteer program as you continue to learn how to run a nonprofit. You will learn how to handle nonprofit finances and, critically, how to create a budget. 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.

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. Completion of this course is applicable for 90 GPCI Education points towards acquiring or maintaining the GPC certification. This course offers enrollment with a voucher. The voucher covers the fee to sit for the GPC exam upon eligibility, and includes a one-year professional membership to the Grant Professionals Association (GPA).

This course has been accepted in GPCI's (Grant Professionals Certification Institute) Accepted Education Program.
  • Voucher Included: Yes
  • Course ID: GES2129
  • Total Hours: 190
  • Format: Asynchronous/Self-Paced
  • Location: Online
  • Schedule: 12 Months (Self-Paced)
  • Credit(s) Earned: 19 CEU
  • Instructor: Ed2go
  • Cost: $4,950.00
  • Category: Office/Administrative
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Prerequisites:

This course is intended for anyone with prior grant writing experience who is interested in enhancing their professional grant writing abilities. Basic keyboarding and computer skills, be comfortable navigating the Internet and using email and have experience using a word-processing computer program (Microsoft Word is recommended) and a spreadsheet program (such as Microsoft Excel) for the budgeting portion.

Certification Requirements:

The Professional Grant Writing is aligned to the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) exam offered by the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI), which has minimum education and grant experience requirements, based on the level of education obtained. Completion of this course is applicable for 90 GPCI Education points towards acquiring or maintaining the GPC certification. For information on GPC Exam Eligibility

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 10 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word Online
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment. The following textbooks will be shipped to you approximately 7-10 business days after enrollment in the Nonprofit Manager course:

  • Nonprofit Management 101

The following textbooks will be shipped to you approximately 7-10 business days after enrollment in the Professional Grant Writing course:

  • In the Trenches Manual: Prepare for the GPC Exam, Earn Your Grant Professional Certified Credential, by Annarino, Blitch II, Has de Muga, and Mitchell

What you will learn

  • Understand nonprofit sectors and define your own mission and vision
  • Identify governance and leadership roles, including managing volunteers
  • Gain fundraising, marketing, and communication strategies
  • Discover how to apply diversity consideration principles within an organization
  • Describe certification benefits for grant writers and required skills
  • Current trends in fund distribution in private and public sectors
  • Learn how to match grant funders and fundable programs
  • Impact of organizational missions, cultures, and norms on grant readiness
  • Best practices for project design and logic model creation
  • Write evaluation plans with community resources and cultural competencies
  • Prepare grant budgets with appropriate costs and matches

Program Outcomes

  • 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
  • Successfully submit a grant proposal
  • Under how to write a persuasive case statement
  • Use a professional code of ethics to guide decisions and conduct
  • Qualify for a free one-year GPCI (Grant Professional Certification Institute) professional membership