Information on university programs about nonprofits?

Summary:

There are more than can be listed here. This entry contains discussions and links to some that have been mentioned over the years.

Answer:

For a list of degree-granting graduate programs in the US, see http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/13/02.html. (-- Ed.)

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Jayne Cravens wrote in soc.org.nonprofit:
Per someone's request regarding nonprofit managment programs:

In addition to the Berkeley program mentioned, there are four other area programs I know about:


The University of San Francisco, which offers:
- - --Master in Nonprofit Administration
- - --Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Managment
- - --Development Director Certificate
- - --Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Management for Religious Organizations

1-800-281-5180 if you are outside the 415 area code
415-750-5182 for the certificate programs
415-666-6000 for the master program

San Jose State University offers:
- - --Certificate in Nonprofit Management
- - --Certificate in Development
Call the Nonprofit Development Center at 408-452-8181
(I did most of the Management program a while ago; it was excellent)

Indiana University Center of Philantrhopy Fund Raising School offers courses all over the U.S., including San Francisco 317-274-7063

Golden Gate University offers an M.A. Degree, and MBA degree, or a Certificate in Arts Administration through their school of management.

With offices in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, CompassPoint provides professional development as well as comprehensive consulting services to Northern California nonprofits. This site is also the home to "Food for Thought" and "Board Cafe" email newsletters, and the comic strip "Planet 501c3: Tales from the Nonprofit Galaxy." http://www.compasspoint.org

Nonprofit GENIE --
http://www.genie.org
This web site produced by the California Management Assistance Partnership contains over 100 free articles and FAQs on subjects ranging from Board Development to Fundraising to Strategic Planning to Technology to Volunteer Management. It also lists nonprofit management support organizations across
California.

Nonprofit Consultants ONTAP --
http://www.ontap.org
This web site is a free searchable database of nonprofit consultants in Northern California who work on issues such as strategic planning, board development, technology, and fundraising.

Revised 6/9/00

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The website gives detailed information about the programs of The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7235
216/368-8566; fax 216/368-6624
http://www.cwru.edu/mandelcenter/

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Since 1977, Yale's Program on Non-Profit Organizations (PONPO) has operated as an international center for multidisciplinary studies of philanthropy, voluntarism, and nonprofit organizations. See http://www.yale.edu/isps/ponpo

Yale's School of Management offers courses in Nonprofit Management as one of several areas of concentration open to its students; see http://www.cis.yale.edu/som/programs.html#Nonprofit Management for a description of this concentration, or http://www.cis.yale.edu/som/programs.html for the overall program of the School.

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David James wrote on July 15, 1998:
You're correct that Duke doesn't have a separate NP program, though you can get a 'certificate' in NP mgt. from Duke continuing ed., and some graduate students do that. Still it seems to me that, at Duke, there are more courses actually relevant to running a nonprofit availible to master of public policy students than there are in some schools which have
specific NP degrees offered.

Bre Reiber wrote on 29 March 2008:
I would like to post my endorsement of Duke University's Certificate in Nonprofit Management as well. I completed my certificate through the Spring 2008 intensive track, and the quality of instruction was world class. My class had a variety of students: a magistrate looking to be a better board member, workers who volunteer to administer their employer's community fund, professionals from membership organizations, people looking to start a nonprofit, and people looking to switch from a corporate job to nonprofit service. There is ample opportunity to network and share best practices, and the instructors really do follow up with you after the coursework is complete!

Duke is also offering an advanced certificate in nonprofit leadership for those who complete the nonprofit management certificate and have completed several years of service at a nonprofit.

Scott Washington wrote earlier in usnonprofit-l:
Skip the MBA (unless you just HAVE to have it).. Instead, consider some of the excellent Certificate In Nonprofit Management programs offered around the country. I know that the Mandell Center for Nonprofits is one option (see Cleveland Freenet for more info.) I myself have just completed the Duke University Certificate in Nonprofit Management program and highly recommend it! It's not only economical (yay!--averaging about $12 per credit hour, which with a 50 hour , 8 course minimum neccessary means potential of having Certificate in just about $600 time) but practical and courses presented in a concise manner so as to limit extraneous commuting (read that as 2-3 hours at a time). The dialogue among participants has always been lively and engaging. Even if you don't live near sunny North Carolina, the program also offers an annual summer Institute in Nonprofit Leadership which occurs over a three day span and for which you also get 10 hours credit towards
the 50 hour minimum needed to receive the Certificate. Thus, even a busy non-North Carolina nonprofit person could earn their Duke University Certificate in just 5 summers! I'm really big on Duke's program because I think that it's a model program for the nation. The Certificate program has just expanded to offer courses throughout North Carolina as a way of reaching out to where so many nonprofits are located. FYI...North Carolina is also home to the North Carolina Center for
NonProfit Orgranizations (of which I'm also a member) which is serving as a network resource for nonprofits throughout the state. And did you also know (again, just FYI) that Gov. Hunt of this fair state has launched an initiative to link nonprofits with state government agencies as a unique way of promoting public/private partnerships?! I'm proud to report that some exciting things are happening in the nonprofit field
here in North Carolina and the Duke University Certificate Program in Nonprofit Management is on the cutting edge. I'd be glad to get anyone some more info about the Duke program or you can contact the Program Director directly:

Marilyn Hartman, Director
Duke University Certificate in Nonprofit Management
Box 90703, Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0703
(Telephone: 919-684-3255)
http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/nonprofit/

...And if you do contact Marilyn, just tell her that "Scott Washington told you about the program!" (It'll really delight her!) ;- SCW

P.S.--ask for their brochure describing the program or for a copy of their quarterly catalog--and good luck!!!

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Reposted, with additions, 7/15/98; edited and URLs added 3/23/05; additional comment on Duke, 4/6/08 --PB