We provide classes, workshops and training sessions along with opportunities to attend convenings, peer roundtables and other issues-driven events that help you learn, forge collaborations and gain insights that grow your skills and amplify your impact.
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The Year-End Impact Report workshop will teach participants how to create an impact report to inform funders and stakeholders how the nonprofit organization’s mission is to have a meaningful impact.
Discover the keys to successfully planning a fundraising campaign. This course explores capital, endowment, comprehensive, and project-based campaigns. You will navigate the decision-making process, considering the "why" and "why not" factors, and uncover intangible benefits for your organization, beyond finances. Learn how to engage stakeholders effectively, utilizing proven strategies and tools to design, implement, and manage campaigns. You will gain practical skills that you can apply within your nonprofit context.
Want to save time, boost fundraising, and expand your nonprofit’s impact? This online hands-on course makes AI simple and practical – no tech skills required!
Join us for four 1-hour sessions on consecutive days. Through this interactive training you’ll discover how AI can reduce administrative workload, enhance fundraising, and help you do more with limited resources. You’ll have hands-on exercises designed to support learning and solidify understanding and use of the tools shared.
You’ll learn how to use ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to streamline: Grant writing and research, Donor outreach and engagement, Social media content creation, Volunteer coordination, Impact reporting and storytelling
We’ll also cover ethical AI use, ensuring you can leverage these tools responsibly and transparently.
The class costs $60 per student, and takes place on four consecutive days, via Zoom.
·Monday, December 8 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST (10:00 – 11:00 AM PST): Introduction
·Tuesday, December 9 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST (10:00 – 11:00 AM PST): Prompting
·Wednesday, December 10 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST (10:00 – 11:00 AM PST): Analysis
·Thursday, December 11 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST (10:00 – 11:00 AM PST): Issues
We provide a personalized and hands-on experience, with a maximum of 20 students. The class has four modules, each one hour long. Each module has 30 minutes of presentation, and 30 minutes of hands-on exercises.
Prerequisites: Attendees MUST have a computer with a modern web browser, a recent version of Zoom, and a camera.
Millennial households now donate more on average than their parents. Nonprofits need to update their fundraising strategies to properly cultivate and steward this next generation of donors. Dr. Michael Moody, co-author of, “Generation Impact,” will discuss how best to develop long-term donor relationships with millennials.
Learning opportunities designed to develop skills, practices, and behaviors which best prepare people working in the social sector for success.
Fundraising
Organizational sustainability
Leadership and management
Join national experts for webinars on all aspects of grant management, research, reporting, budgeting, and more. This webinar library can be accessed at your convenience.
The Post-Award Grant Management Pathway will provide you with essential resources to guide your path with insightful webinars, personalized podcasts and blog posts, curated microlearning videos, and specialized strategy papers to lead you to a successful post-award grant experience. This Pathway is designed for all levels of grant professionals. Whether you were awarded a foundation, corporate or government grant, these resources will expand your knowledge of the grant management process. National GPA-approved trainers and grant experts have created practical educational sources within this pathway to answer your questions and steer you in the right direction to be grant compliant.
After you have watched all of the webinars and microlearning videos, listened to the Podcasts and read the Strategy Papers and blogposts listed in this Pathway at your own pace, you will have successfully completed the Grant Management Pathway and will receive a Certificate of Completion issued by GPA. The Post-Award Grant Management and Compliance Learning Pathway has been approved for 11 CEUs through CFRE and 10 CEUs through GPCI.
This series is open to members and nonmembers.