Nonprofit Manager + Professional Grant Writing   

Build a solid foundation in the skills and strategies you need to become a leader in the nonprofit and professional grant writing sector.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

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

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 12 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

If you are looking for a meaningful career that helps others, the Nonprofit Manager + Professional Grant Writing course is a perfect place to start. This bundle of courses will show you everything you need to know to transform good intentions into a professional plan of action.

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.

This course will also teach you how to market and raise funds through fundraising and earned income. Lastly, you will understand the importance of diversity considerations and how to achieve this within your organization.

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.

You will also become proficient in the proposal and case statement formats used by foundations and government grantmaking agencies. Throughout this course, you will learn about the certification process for grant professionals and write different elements of a complete grant application, culminating in a case statement for your capstone assignment with expert instructor feedback on each element. From grant funding trends to matching your course project to the right funding sources, you will be confident in differentiating yourself from a grant writer to a grant professional!

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 has been accepted in GPCI's (Grant Professionals Certification Institute) Accepted Education Program.

1. Nonprofit Manager
   1. The Nonprofit Sector
   2. Defining Your Mission/Imagining Your Vision
   3. Governance and Leadership
   4. Volunteer Management
   5. Nonprofit Finance
   6. Fund Development
   7. Other Revenue Sources
   8. Marketing and Communications
   9. Meeting Your Mission
   10. Human Resources
   11. Diversity Considerations
   12. Change is The Only Constant
   13. Nonprofit Manager Final Exam
2. Professional Grant Writing
   1. Why Get a Grant Writing Certification
   2. Being Confident in Your Grant Writing Skills
   3. Grant Funding Trends
   4. Grant Funding Resources and Best Matches for Programs and Projects
   5. Establishing Initial and Ongoing Relationships with Funders
   6. Relationship Between Organizational Development and Grant Seeking Readiness
   7. Proposal Writing Preparation
   8. Proposal Writing Research, Implementation Strategies, Writing Characteristics, and Incorporating Graphics
   9. Writing the Boilerplate for the Grant Applicant Organization
   10. Diving Deep into Organizational Development Strategies and Funding Needs
   11. Midterm Exam and Writing Prompt Response
   12. Stakeholders, Partnerships, and Key Personnel Collaborations and Communications
   13. Effective Program and Project Design and Development Strategies
   14. Community Resources, Evaluation Designs, and Cultural Competencies
   15. Proposal Budgets
   16. Grant Proposal Submission Processes and Follow-up for Unfunded Submissions
   17. Funded Grant Requests
   18. Writing an Effective Case Statement for Fundraising Purposes
   19. Capstone Assignment: Case Statement
   20. Deciding to Move Forward with Certification
   21. Employability Ethics
   22. Bonus Lesson: Interview Pregame
   23. Professional Grant Writing Final Exam

What you will learn

• Differentiate between the different nonprofit sectors
• Define your nonprofit's mission and vision
• Identify the roles of governance and leadership
• Apply management skills to lead volunteers
• Create a fundraising plan
• Identify marketing and communication tools
• Apply diversity considerations within your organization
• Describe how a certification enhances professionalism and opportunities for grant writers
• List the skills needed to be a professional grant writer
• Describe how current trends can impact the distribution of funds in the private and public sectors
• Describe how to match grant funders and fundable programs
• Describe organizational missions, cultures, and norms and how they impact grant readiness
• Using best practices, create a logic model showing interrelationships among elements of project design
• Write an evaluation plan using community resources and cultural competencies
• Prepare a grant budget with appropriate costs, cash, in-kind or leveraged matches
• Describe the grant writer's role in post-award grant management and transition

How you will benefit

• 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
• Submit a grant proposal
• 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

Dr. Beverly A. Browning

Dr. Beverly A. Browning is a grant writing consultant and visionary who uses thought leadership to work with nonprofit organizations struggling with the woes of revenue stream imbalances. She has been researching grant funding, grantmaking trends, and board-related barriers to nonprofit capacity building for over 40 years. Together she and her team have helped her clients win over $750 million in grant awards. Dr. Browning is the founder and director of the Grant Writing Training Foundation and Bev Browning, LLC. She is the author of 44 grant writing publications, including six editions of Grant Writing for Dummies and the 6th edition of Nonprofit Kit for Dummies (to be published in 2021). Dr. Browning holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in organizational development, public administration, and business administration. She is also a Certified Strategic Planning Facilitator (CSPF), has a McNellis Compression Planning Institute Facilitation Training distinction, and is an Approved Trainer for the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) and the Certified Fund Raising Executive International (CFRE).