 Summer 2008 Courses
Use our revised online course schedule to view classes for Summer 2008. Once you arrive at the online schedule, select from the course categories to find schedule details. You can also review the Calendar of 2008 Courses (PDF).
Seminar on Nonprofit Ethics
The Community Tax Law Project, Pro Bono Clearinghouse and the Institute on
Philanthropy are pleased to present a 2-hour
CLE seminar on Nonprofit Ethics.
Save the date. The seminar will be held on June 5, 4:00 - 6:15 p.m. in the University of
Richmond School of Law, Moot Courtroom.
The seminar will focus on ethics rules and legal standards of conduct for
nonprofit board members and include a discussion of hypothetical case
examples. The presentation will be relevant to nonprofit professionals who
want to know what their attorney board members can and cannot do for them.
The faculty include:
- Deborah Barfield-Williamson, Esq., Executive Director, Virginia Network of Nonprofit Organizations (VANNO)
- Robert L. Freed, Esq., Freed & Shepherd, P.C., and Chair, Virginia
Disciplinary Board, Virginia State Bar
- Leslie A. T. Haley, Esq., Assistant Ethics Counsel, Virginia State Bar
Learn more. For more information about the seminar, and to complete the registration form, download the flyer in PDF format. Registration deadline is June 2.
Certificate Program Details
Fundraising and
Development
Certificate Program
It is essential that nonprofit professionals
become knowledgeable
in current fundraising
techniques and skills. As a result, the Institute offers the following certificate program.
- Required Classes: 24 total hours
- Introduction to Grantsmanship/Grantwriting 101: 6 hours
- Three Nonprofit Board
Development Classes*: 6 hours
- Development Programs - A Comprehensive
Overview**: 6 hours
- Annual Giving: 6 hours
- Core Classes: Choose 2 for 12 total hours
- Capital Campaigns: 6 hours
- Major Gifts: 6 hours
- Planned Giving: 6 hours
- Electives: 12 total hours
- Advanced Grant Writing: 6 hours
- Marketing to Nonprofit Advantage: 6 hours
- To Get a Big Gift,Think Like A Donor: 3 hours
- Donor Relations: 3 hours
- Event Planning Inside and Out: 6 hours
- Working with Volunteers: 6 hours
- Fundraising for Small Nonprofits: 6 hours
- Online Fundraising Basics: 6 hours
- Direct Mail and Constituent Communication: 6 hours
* Nonprofit Board Development Series topics are subject to change
each year/semester to bring up to
date information to our students.
** Students may substitute
Philanthropy in the 21st Century,
which was offered as part of our
original certificate program.
Nonprofit Marketing Certificate Program
Effective marketing has become vital to the success of nonprofit
organizations. For this reason, it is important to have a thorough
understanding of marketing to make the most of limited resources
within nonprofits. This certificate program is designed to provide you
with a comprehensive overview of marketing basics, effective communication
and promotion. You will develop the skills needed to create
an effective marketing plan, how to develop a powerful message
about your organization and how to make the most of your marketing
dollars. Participants in the Nonprofit Marketing Certificate will typically
complete eight courses equaling 48 contact hours of instruction.
- Core Classes: 30 Total Hours
Please let us know if you are interested in an online version of these core classes.
- Nonprofit Marketing Basics I: 6 hours
- Nonprofit Marketing Basics II: 6 hours
- Persuasive Development Writing: 6 hours
- Integrated Nonprofit Marketing: Promotion I*: 6 hours
- Integrated Nonprofit Marketing: Promotion II*: 6 hours
- Nonprofit Marketing Electives: 12 Total Hours
- Event Planning Inside and Out: 6 hours
- Direct Mail & Constituent Communication: 6 hours
- Market Research for Nonprofits: 6 hours
- ePhilanthropy/Online Fundraising Basics: 6 hours
- Fundraising & Development Electives: 6 Total Hours
- Advanced Grant Writing: 6 hours
- Marketing to Nonprofit Advantage: 6 hours
- To Get a Big Gift, Think Like A Donor: 3 hours
- Donor Relations: 3 hours
- Working with Volunteers: 6 hours
- Fundraising for Small Nonprofits: 6 hours
- Nonprofit Board Development**: Total of 6 hours
* These classes must be taken in sequential order.
** Nonprofit Board Development Series topics are subject to change each year/semester to bring up to date information to our students.
Institute Information
Mission Statement
The Institute on Philanthropy strives to strengthen the community and inspire charitable giving by educating professionals, volunteers and donors about the practices and purposes of nonprofit fundraising and development.
Our aim: Helping You Help Others
Our classes are designed with fund raising and development professionals in mind, but much of the information can be applied to religious, political, and foundation settings.
Members of the Advisory Board
Members provide invaluable feedback, direction, and leadership.
- Lisa Freeman
- Phyllis C. Katz, JD
- Reggie Gordon
- Dave Martin, Jr.
- Kathy Panoff
- Elizabeth Pearce
- Robert Thalhimer
- Nancy ReMine Trego, CFRE
Online Manual: "Starting a Nonprofit: What You Need to Know"
In the spring of 2005, the students in the Law of Nonprofit Organizations class at the University of Richmond created a manual on how to start a nonprofit organization. One of the goals in creating the manual was to make it available to individuals interested in starting nonprofits or in learning about the legal issues relating to nonprofit organizations. It is their hope that this manual will assist individuals in establishing nonprofit organizations to address important societal needs and in operating those organizations most effectively.
The class professors were Ann C. Hodges, Professor of Law and Phyllis C. Katz, Adjunct Professor of Law. The manual was written by the students whose names are set forth at the beginning of the full document and edited by two of the students, Kristi Cahoon (former Institute on Philanthropy Student) and Rebecca Adams. The Manual can be found at: http://law.richmond.edu/nonprofit.
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