Nonprofit Management and Leadership - The Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University

Welcome to The Nonprofit Center

The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University is in the business of nonprofits. Our name is our mission; it's what we do. With nearly 40 years of experience at the forefront of helping organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region and beyond to strengthen themselves, their boards and their staffs, we recognize that all nonprofits must be able to implement and maintain strong and ethical business practices in order to thrive in today's competitive and complex world. We work in partnership with:

Nonprofit Executive Directors, Staff and Volunteers
Nonprofit Boards of Directors
Businesses that Value CSR and the Role Nonprofits Play in our Community

Our diverse, integrated services in nonprofit education, consulting and leadership development, are rooted in best practices and immersed in the unique nonprofit culture.

Special Announcements

Gender Gap in Nonprofit Boards Revealed

A recent study revealed that the top 25 health care and higher education institutions are falling short on general equality.

Read the report on The Gender Gap in Nonprofit Boardrooms>>

Upcoming Courses

Creating Successful Individual and Major Donor Campaigns
Individual and major donor campaigns are the cornerstone of fundraising, never falling below 70% of all philanthropy.
Keys to Successful Strategic Planning
Learn to create a living, constituent-driven strategic plan that is a critical management tool for your board and executive leadership.
Promoting Successful Fundraising Through Effective Stewardship and Donor Management
Learn procedures for accepting, acknowledging and stewarding gifts to improve donor cultivation and comply with legal and ethical best practices.
Building a Successful Marketing Program
Understand the fundamental principles of marketing and its various components so that you can apply them to your nonprofit.
The Art of the Relationship: Board Orientation that Sets the Right Direction
Offer an effective board orientation experience that doesn’t assume that they know everything they need to about the mission, culture, background and history of the organization.
Fundamentals of Successful Fundraising
This class introduces the fundamental fundraising concepts, providing a snapshot of tools available to you and what it takes to implement them.
Keys to Successful Strategic Planning
Learn to create a living, constituent-driven strategic plan that is a critical management tool for your board and executive leadership.
Fundamentals of Human Resources
Get the essential framework for understanding the major human resources responsibilities in nonprofits, with focus on legal issues.
Getting Maximum Value from your Fundraising Events
Identify, design and run successful events at the right time, with the right volunteer mix, to support your overall development goals
Nonprofit Management 101
Get immersed in the individual roles that every senior leader in a nonprofit must work in – fundraising, finance, human resources, marketing, programming.

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FROM NONPROFIT UNIVERSITY BLOG

The Future of Humanity
November 22, by Laura Otten, Ph.D., Director
As I enter into in the final leg of my tenure in a leadership position in the nonprofit sector, I recognize that there is something vital to the sector that I simply do not know and no amount of resea… Read more
Words Matter
November 15, by Laura Otten, Ph.D., Director
The daughter of two writers learns this in the womb: language choices matter. Not too long ago, I was reminded of this when reading the article aptly titled, “Quantifying Impact Alienate… Read more
Giving Tuesday Fatigue
November 8, by Laura Otten, Ph.D., Director
Giving Tuesday is fast approaching. According to reports, Giving Tuesday raised 27% more money in 2018 than it did in 2017; it raised 50% more money in 2017 than in 2016. But where did these billi… Read more

The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University

Our Name is our Mission

Montgomery Co. Assn. for the Blind

Gearing Up

Francisvale Home for Small Animals

Camphill Soltane

The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia

Educational Programs

Value Added Consulting

Leadership Advancement

Welcome to The Nonprofit Center

Special Announcements

Gender Gap in Nonprofit Boards Revealed

Upcoming Courses

Creating Successful Individual and Major Donor Campaigns

Keys to Successful Strategic Planning

Promoting Successful Fundraising Through Effective Stewardship and Donor Management

Building a Successful Marketing Program

The Art of the Relationship: Board Orientation that Sets the Right Direction

Fundamentals of Successful Fundraising

Keys to Successful Strategic Planning

Fundamentals of Human Resources

Getting Maximum Value from your Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Management 101

FROM NONPROFIT UNIVERSITY BLOG

The Future of Humanity

Words Matter

Giving Tuesday Fatigue

The Gender Gap in Nonprofit Boardrooms report now available >>

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Our Name is our Mission

Montgomery Co. Assn. for the Blind

Gearing Up

Francisvale Home for Small Animals

Camphill Soltane

The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia

Educational Programs

Value Added Consulting

Leadership Advancement

Welcome to The Nonprofit Center

Special Announcements

Upcoming Courses

FROM NONPROFIT UNIVERSITY BLOG

<img class="alignleft wp-image-16363" src="https://www.lasallenonprofitcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Women-on-boards-report-1-232x300.png" alt="Women on Boards Report" width="179" height="231" />The Gender Gap in Nonprofit Boardrooms report now available >>

The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University

The Gender Gap in Nonprofit Boardrooms report now available >>