This course for nonprofit leaders digs deep into nonprofit financial best practices, helps them avoid pitfalls, and permits them to make a strong overall contribution to the organization they serve.  This course is presented in plain English, for non-financial people, with very little jargon.

Sessions:

• Core Roles & Duties - Build a strong foundation in nonprofit financial leadership by understanding the distinct roles, responsibilities, and legal obligations of executives, board members, finance staff, and committees. Learn practical strategies to reduce fraud risk, strengthen oversight, and create a healthy, accountable organizational culture. 

• Relationships - Explore how relationships—with money, time, technology, and each other—influence financial decision-making and organizational effectiveness. This session provides practical guidance for clarifying roles, strengthening board-staff partnerships, and fostering productive collaboration around financial stewardship. 

• Financial Reports - Gain the confidence to read and interpret the financial reports that drive informed decision-making. Learn what key reports reveal, what deserves attention, and how to engage boards and staff in meaningful financial conversations. 

• Fraud Prevention, Audits & Separation of Duties - Learn how strong internal controls, clear separation of duties, and effective oversight protect both people and organizations. This session also explains the purpose of audits, how to select an auditor, and why audits alone are not a safeguard against fraud. 

• Budgeting: Big Picture - Discover how nonprofit leaders can guide a thoughtful, strategic budgeting process without getting lost in spreadsheets. Learn how to build organizational buy-in, prepare for uncertainty, make difficult financial decisions, and create budgets that support long-term sustainability. 

Facilitated by Sean Hale, Nonprofit CFOs. 

Who Should Attend? This training series is designed for nonprofit executive directors, senior staff, board members, finance committee members, and emerging leaders who want to strengthen their understanding of nonprofit financial management. 

Where & How to Get Involved?

All sessions are virtual

Registration coming soon!

Fall 2026 Dates:

• October 14, 12-1:30 pm - Core Roles & Duties

• October 29, 12-1:30 pm - Relationships

• November 12, 12-1:30 pm - Financial Reports

• November 19, 12-1:30 pm - Fraud Prevention, Audits & Separation of Duties

• December 2, 12-1:30 pm - Budgeting: Big Picture

Practical fundraising tools that strengthen your work today and your organization for the future.

Fundraising has never been more important or more challenging. Nonprofit leaders face growing community needs, changing donor expectations, and limited time and resources. Too often, fundraising becomes a series of urgent tasks instead of a thoughtful, sustainable strategy.

This interactive four-part learning series provides practical tools and strategies you can put to work immediately while helping you build a stronger fundraising program for the future. Whether you attend one session or all four, you’ll leave with ideas, frameworks, and action steps you can apply with confidence the very next day.

Who Should Attend? Whether you're an executive director, development professional, board member, or someone who wears many hats, you'll gain practical strategies to communicate your impact more effectively, engage donors across generations, strengthen donor relationships, and build a fundraising program that is both more effective today and sustainable for the future.

Fall 2026 Session Dates:

4 Wednesdays in September

• September 2, 10:30 am-12 pm - The New Rules of Fundraising

• September 9, 10:30 am-12 pm -The Five Generations of Giving

• September 23, 10:30 am-12 pm - Authentic Relationships

• September 30, 10:30 am-12 pm - From Busy to Sustainable

Session Descriptions:

• The New Rules of Fundraising - Today’s fundraising landscape looks very different than it did just a few years ago. Learn how to communicate your organization’s impact in ways that build trust, inspire generosity, and strengthen your fundraising. You’ll leave with practical messaging tools you can use in appeals, donor meetings, campaigns, and everyday conversations about your mission. Whether you attend this session on its own or as part of the full series, it provides a strong foundation for the relationship-building and fundraising strategies explored throughout the remaining sessions.

• The Five Generations of Giving - Today’s donors span five generations, each shaped by different experiences, values, and expectations. Understanding what motivates each generation, and how each prefers to engage, is becoming an essential fundraising skill as we experience the greatest transfer of wealth in history. Whether your organization is focused on retaining long-time supporters or engaging the next generation of philanthropists, you’ll leave with practical strategies you can use.

• Authentic Relationships - Fundraising isn’t about asking - it’s about building meaningful relationships that inspire generosity. Learn practical, manageable ways to strengthen donor relationships, improve stewardship, and build a healthy donor pipeline. You’ll leave with simple tools to engage supporters more intentionally and make every interaction more meaningful.

• From Busy to Sustainable - The strongest fundraising programs aren’t built on heroic effort. They’re built on meaningful relationships and consistent habits. In this final session, you’ll develop simple practices that increase effectiveness, and turn ideas into action through manageable systems, weekly habits, and intentional planning. You’ll leave with a roadmap for building a fundraising program that is more focused, more consistent, and better equipped to support your mission for years to come.

Facilitated by JJ Langston, Paul Philanthropy Partners

Where & How to Get Involved?

All sessions are virtual

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Strengthen your organization's grant program through this two-part training series. Designed for nonprofit professionals at any experience level, the series provides practical strategies, tools, and resources to help you build a stronger, more effective grant program—from developing competitive proposals to creating efficient systems that support long-term success. 

Organizations that attend one or both sessions are eligible for one complimentary “office hour” session with Melissa to receive feedback on grant proposals, ask questions, and discuss grant strategy. Session must be used between November 2026 and February 2027.

Facilitated by Melissa Ralston

Sessions:

Session 1 - Managing the Grant Program

Tuesday, November 10 | 11:00 am-12:30pm

This workshop will focus on managing and organizing the job of grant writing. It covers tips for working across departments, organizing information, and planning ahead. Included for attendees is a robust packet of tangible resources, organized in a Google Docs folder, with practical templates and tools to support your grant work. Topics include creating time-saving systems, managing active grants, improving stewardship, forecasting grant revenue, collaborating effectively with program and finance staff, and evaluating your organization through a funder's lens to strengthen your overall grants program.

Session 2 - Grant Writing

Tuesday, January 12 | 11 am-12:30 pm

This workshop focuses on strengthening grant applications. Most organizations have strong programs and strong outcomes, but the application itself does not always reflect that strength. Participants will leave with practical tools to make their grants clearer and more compelling. Topics include what funders are looking for in an application, strengthening responses to common grant questions, writing with clarity and impact, developing stronger budgets, and simple strategies to help your proposal stand out in a competitive funding environment.

Who Should Attend?

This series is ideal for nonprofit staff and leaders involved in grant writing, grant management, fundraising, or program administration.

Where & How to Get Involved?

Both sessions are virtual

Registration coming soon!

More information coming soon!