The goal of this concentration’s interdisciplinary curriculum is to help persons understand the role of nonprofit in society and to prepare them to organize, develop, and administer nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit organizations include educational, scientific, religious, and other charitable organizations as well as private foundations, community-based organizations, professional and fraternal associations, and civic and social organizations. The guidelines are designed to serve persons who have worked, or who want to work, within the nonprofit sector as employees, or have served in the community as volunteers. They will want to learn how nonprofit organizations serve the community, to learn about their operation, and their constituencies, and to improve or develop administrative skills in order to work in the nonprofit sector. Persons who wish to enter the nonprofit sector or make a career change will also be served by these guidelines. Graduates of the program will likely enter such careers as communications director, volunteer director, or program director for a nonprofit agency. This curriculum can also prepare for graduate study in master’s degree programs in the fields of public administration, applied anthropology, business administration and social work.

Students in this concentration will be eligible to earn the Nonprofit Management Credential (NMC). The credential is designed to build competencies in nonprofit administration through coursework, internships, community service opportunities, leadership activities and professional development. All students working to obtain the credential will do so through the membership in the Non-Profit Leaders Student Association (NLSA). Those courses will be identified through the NLSA membership.