Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

an online certificate program for current and future nonprofit leaders

Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations is a five-course, ten-month online certificate program introducing the fundamental aspects of running a nonprofit organization, including governance, fund development, marketing and communications, volunteerism, program development, financial management, strategic planning, and legal issues.

Participants will advance through the sequence of courses together with a group of like-minded peers to explore personal leadership styles, values, and programmatic interests -- and build a plan of action to connect those characteristics to meaningful work.

In addition to the online courses, participants may attend an optional two-day, in-person intensive workshop in San Francisco during the final class of the program. A $400 completion grant will be awarded in the final course. This program is designed for anyone who wants to become a better leader in a nonprofit organization, including paid staff, volunteers, board members, and those interested in starting a nonprofit.

• Discover the history, scope, diversity, and significance of the American nonprofit sector
• Understand fundamental aspects of nonprofit organizations
• Evaluate the concepts of mission, values, ethics and good stewardship
• Develop insight into successful leadership styles in nonprofit organizations
• Network to find career opportunities in the nonprofit sector

• Course 1: Nonprofit Fundamentals: An Overview of the Nonprofit Sector
• Course 2: Governance and Administration in Nonprofit Organizations
• Course 3: Where's the Money? An Introduction to Fundraising in Nonprofits
• Course 4: Nonprofits as Agents of Transformational Change
• Course 5: Getting the Work Done: Human Resource in Non-profit Organizations

Learn more about this program and get your questions answered during a free, online information session with Marvin Weinbaum, dean, CyberCampus, founder of the Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations certificate program.

Upcoming Webinars (all PST):

• check in with us in August!

$695 per course; $3475 for the entire 5-course program Learn more about this program:

• Introducing the Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations Certificate

Learn more about nonprofit organizations:

• Opportunities in the Nonprofit World(2:21)
• How this Program is Different?(2:08)
• Why an Online Program?(2:05)
• Changing Your Life in a Positive Way(0:54)

For more information about program content:

• Phone: 415-369-5322
• E-mail: nonprofitleadership@ggu.edu

Frequently asked questions can be found here: FAQs




"Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive."
~ Harold Thurman

"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you"
~ Carl Sandberg

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
~ Anne Frank