Program Overview

Nonprofit Management Certificate

The Nonprofit Management Certificate at Highline College equips individuals with essential skills in leadership, fundraising, strategic planning, and financial management tailored for the nonprofit sector. This comprehensive program is designed for aspiring and current nonprofit professionals aiming to enhance their effectiveness and impact within their organizations.

Important Notes

• This information does not substitute for meeting with a faculty adviser.
• Students must achieve a cumulative 2.0 GPA and a minimum 2.0 GPA in each core course to attain a certificate or AAS.
• Not all classes are offered every quarter, at night, online, or on the weekends.

Requirements

Professional-Technical Core Courses

• LEGAL 120 - Forming and Maintaining a Nonprofit Organization
• HOST 109 - Nonprofit Event Planning
• AND
• ACCTG 121 - Practical Financial Accounting
• OR
• ACCT& 201 - Principles of Accounting I
• OR
• BUSN 157 - Grant Writing/Grassroots Fundraising
• OR
• HOST 104 - The Art of Negotiation
• AND
• BUSN 134 - Principles of Sales
• OR
• BUSN 238 - E-Marketing
• OR
• HOST 248 - Marketing Principles and Managerial Practices

Total Professional-Technical Courses: 18 credits

Learning Outcomes

• Describe the essential legal requirements for nonprofit corporations and explain the step by step process for forming a nonprofit corporation.
• Describe and distinguish the proper roles and legal duties of the Executive Director, Staff, and Board of Directors
• Identify and apply strategic considerations for recruiting, training, and maintaining a committed and effective board of directors
• Analyze and apply the principles of successful grant writing, event planning, and donor cultivation to fund a nonprofit organization
• Describe and apply sound principles for bookkeeping, budgeting, financial reporting and planning
• Explain the role of internet technologies in business marketing strategies
• Define and identify how internet sites carry out the marketing activities of content, network service, and promotion
• Create an internet marketing plan