All courses are held ONLINE.
Fees: $195 per course
Register for the four-course series and receive a 10% discount. Fee: $700
Courses may be taken individually; completion of certificate is not required.
Courses may be taken consecutively to earn a certificate, or individually for professional development in a specific subject area. See "Requirements for the Certificate" below for more information.
Each course is four weeks long and held online, using the Moodle learning platform. Students can expect to spend 4-5 hours per week on coursework.
The courses consist of reading assignments, weekly forums and live chat sessions with faculty and other students. There are fixed due dates for assignments each week. While it is not required for students to have previous experience with nonprofit organizations, class assignments do require the use of materials from nonprofit organizations. Students who are not currently working in a staff or volunteer capacity will need to approach a nonprofit organization of their choice to ask if they can use that organization as their "example" for some of the course assignments.
There are also weekly live video chats that will be scheduled at the mutual convenience of faculty and students.
Faculty provide students with one-on-one consultation via video chats, phone, and email. Faculty remain available, as do course materials, to students after the completion of each course.
Courses will use the following texts:
Cancelled - To be offered Spring 2017
This course is a comprehensive overview of the multi-disciplinary process of fundraising. Topics include the history of fundraising, ethics, environmental trends, strategic planning methodologies and how to engage volunteers in fundraising plans.
Cancelled - To be offered Spring 2017
This course provides all the methods and programs for developing prospects and donors to sustain the annual operations of the nonprofit organization. Participants will be equipped to apply the development process to their organization; evaluate, design and produce mail, telephone, internet and social media fundraising campaigns; focus their corporate and foundation fundraising efforts.
Cancelled - To be offered Spring 2017
This course is the "toolbox" which contains information and instruction on methods to develop prospects and donors for the large gifts—those that can make a critical difference in the operations and programs of nonprofit organizations. Participants will understand the principles of capital campaigns and planned giving; practice asking techniques; and gain assessment strategies to be able to analyze their organization’s fundraising programs.
Cancelled - To be offered Spring 2017
This course focuses on how to support the people who sustain nonprofit organizations—from volunteers and staff, to board members and other groups. Participants will learn key volunteer recruitment and team building strategies; develop tools to improve board development, performance, training and self-assessment.
The HSU New Designs for Fundraising Certificate program has been registered and approved by Certified Fund Raising Executives International (CFRE). Each course qualifies for 8 continuing education points (32 points for all four courses) that can be used towards initial certification and recertification for the CFRE credential, the global standard for the fundraising profession. 
