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Online Undergraduate Certificate in Fundraising

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Lead Fundraising Efforts to Help Sustain and Grow Nonprofit Organizations

Elevate the missions of nonprofit organizations and your career with the business-management and relationship-building skills needed to successfully raise funds. With expertise in public relations, strategy development, and communications, you can identify the financial needs of nonprofit organizations and facilitate solutions for gaining much-needed funding. Other possibilities might include the following:

Promoting awareness of a nonprofit organization’s mission
Implementing event and campaign strategies
Using technology to facilitate financial growth and goal-keeping
Developing and maintaining donor relationships

Program Overview

The Undergraduate Certificate in Fundraising is designed for modern learners who want to lead efforts in fundraising by obtaining private, corporate, and government funding for the benefit of nonprofit organizations. Become an invaluable asset to any educational and religious, research and healthcare, or social services nonprofit looking to increase growth and move forward with their mission. You may also find opportunities in government and political positions.

Courses teach skills that employers say they need from qualified fundraising professionals, including:

Foundations of business management
Using software to track fundraising efforts and financial goals
Public relations and marketing skills

The transcribable, nationally recognized certificate serves as a “stackable credential,” which emphasizes your expertise in Fundraising. Continue working toward a full degree, or highlight the certificate as a way to attest to your investment in your future.

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This 18 credit-hour, stand-alone program consists of six, three credit courses:

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SOC460 - Community Development

Course Description

In this course, students examine urban and rural community development elements with particular attention placed on planning, zoning, land use, asset-based development, community issues, housing, community-based organizations, and globalization. Topics covered in the course are designed to prepare students for careers in community development-oriented human services organizations.

Credit Hours: 3

MKG380 - Social Media Marketing

Course Description

This course provides the student with conceptual frameworks of how social media is strategically used in a marketing plan. It examines the use of popular social media platforms that include well-established platforms as well as emerging forms to include email marketing, mobile marketing, gaming, and location based mediums. Additionally, this course provides a basic understanding of how to measure the effectiveness of, and assess ethical issues associated with social media marketing.

Credit Hours: 3

PMG370 - Fundraising and Grant Writing

Course Description

This course provides a broad overview of theoretical and practical application of nonprofit management. Students will learn about the role and responsibilities of a nonprofit organization fundraising marketing and communication plan. An overview of fundraising will include the importance of an analysis of the essential elements of fundraising: major gift solicitation, the annual campaign, planned giving, understanding alternative fundraising solutions, social enterprises, the use of new technologies for fundraising; individual donor tracking, institutional donors, charitable trusts and foundations and corporate philanthropy. Additionally, students will develop essential research skills, fundraising resources, professional associations and conferences, and examining and measuring the social impact and ethical aspects of fundraising.

Credit Hours: 3

HSM300 - Introduction to Human Services

Course Description

This course provides students with an overview of the human services field including theoretical models for delivery and the roles and responsibilities of human services workers. Students explore human services occupations, professional organizations, and community resources as well as ethical and legal issues. Students engage in several key areas of the human services field including but not limited to law, diversity, mental health, institutions, private and nonprofit organizations, and the scope of building a career in human services.

Credit Hours: 3

COM312 - Public Relations Techniques

Course Description

This course introduces the basic principles associated with writing in a variety of styles and to multiple publics. Students learn how to construct specialized written documents such as backgrounders, biographies, pitch letters, and news releases. Students will also learn the features of effective design and what design options exist.

Credit Hours: 3

COM321 - Campaign and Event Planning

Course Description

This course introduces the systematic process of researching, planning, conducting, and evaluating the major elements of both campaigns and events. The course focuses on establishing campaign and event goals, objectives, strategies, and tactics. Students will also analyze public relations campaigns locally, nationally, and internationally.

Credit Hours: 3

Learning Outcomes

As a student earning your Undergraduate Certificate in Fundraising, you get access to an experiential learning approach – from using fundraising software to facilitate financial growth and goalkeeping – to building public relations and campaign strategies. Specific learning outcomes include the following:

Enhance and develop business management, time-management, public relations, and relationship-building skills
Develop essential skills for a well-rounded approach to raising funds that benefits diverse organization types
Learn how nonprofits increase awareness to develop donor relationships and generate necessary funding

Affordable Tuition

As a not-for-profit public university, our goal at CSU Global is to make your online tuition cost as affordable as possible. We offer low-cost online degree tuition rates without taking anything away from the quality of the education you receive. We also lock in that low tuition rate with our tuition guarantee, and we provide additional discounted tuition rates for members of the armed forces and employees of our corporate affiliate partners.

Learn more about CSU Global tuition rates, and explore financial aid options available that can help cover the cost of your education.

Why You Should Earn Your Online Undergraduate Certificate

In today’s evolving and unpredictable economy, stackable credentials are an important tool you can utilize immediately, while also building credits toward a full degree. With an undergraduate certificate from CSU Global, you prove proficiency in a specific subject with your stand-alone, transcribable, nationally recognized credentials. Get promoted, switch industries, or work toward a full degree. And with our Tuition Guarantee, your affordable tuition rate won’t increase over time. Now is the time to get the career respect you deserve by increasing your market competitiveness.

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Online Undergraduate Certificate in Fundraising

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Lead Fundraising Efforts to Help Sustain and Grow Nonprofit Organizations

Program Overview

SOC460 - Community Development

MKG380 - Social Media Marketing

PMG370 - Fundraising and Grant Writing

HSM300 - Introduction to Human Services

COM312 - Public Relations Techniques

COM321 - Campaign and Event Planning

Learning Outcomes

Affordable Tuition

Why You Should Earn Your Online Undergraduate Certificate

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