The Institute on Philanthropy strengthens the community by educating nonprofit professionals, volunteers, donors and community leaders in ethical and effective fundraising, marketing and board development strategies. We design our classes to meet the needs of a variety of nonprofit audiences.
Are You a Board Member?
The goal of our Board Development program is to equip volunteers and staff with high level, practical tools to manage and grow their organization. Our classes are designed to assist an organization in improving its marketing efforts and increasing its fundraising capacity while staying true to its mission.
Do You Work for a Nonprofit?
The Institute’s series of classes and certificate programs assist the nonprofit professional in mastering skill sets and practical applications necessary to manage and grow the fundraising and marketing aspects of the organization.
Program Offerings
The Institute offers three concentrated programs for nonprofits: marketing; fundraising and development; and board development. Classes offer career-enhancing skills and information on cutting edge topics and new trends. More importantly, our programs offer return on your investment with program deliverables, among which are development campaigns, marketing plans and more.
Classes and Registration
Scholarships
Complete the Scholarship Application or contact Kathy Powers for scholarship information.
Advisory Board
Members of the institute’s advisory board provide invaluable feedback, direction and leadership for the institute. They include:
Participating Organizations
Attendees representing this growing list of organizations earned professional certificates through the Institute.
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.
Full participation in IOP courses are applicable for points in Category 1.B - Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification based on the number of contact hours listed for each class.
Kathy Laing, Program Coordinator
School of Professional & Continuing Studies
28 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 287-1290
kpowers2@richmond.edu