Montgomery Co. Assn. for the Blind

Anatomy of an Interim Executive Directorship

Montgomery Co. Assn. for the Blind

Gearing Up

Enhancing leadership through the Nonprofit Center

Gearing Up

Francisvale Home for Small Animals

A continuum of services from The Nonprofit Center

Francisvale Home for Small Animals

Camphill Soltane

Nonprofit Center Member creating a community for young adults with developmental disabilities

Camphill Soltane

The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia

A major force in choral music gets results from The Nonprofit Center

The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia

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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

Online/evening Nonprofit Management Certificate beginning in 2021

Starting January 5, 2021 - our perpetually virtual Certificate in Nonprofit Management. Same great content and instructors as our signature face-to-face Certificate in Nonprofit Management but delivered synchronously and virtually in 1.5 hour bites, one evening a week (4 evenings for each class) over ten months. You will be able to apply your new knowledge immediately from the first class in January 2021 and keep that up right through the last class in November 2021. To get your questions answered and learn more, contact Terri Clark ([email protected]).

Registration and dates/descriptions of classes are online here>>

Upcoming Courses

  • 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.

    Building a Successful Marketing Program

    Understand the fundamental principles of marketing and its various components so that you can apply them to your nonprofit.

  • What Makes a Superior Leader? Creating and Mastering a Successful Leadership Style

    Explore the essence of nonprofit leadership while looking at the leadership styles of others and yourself, to understand the traits of successful leaders.

    Successful Fundraising in a Diverse World Starts With You

    This class will help you understand the fundamentals of the components of cultural competency: awareness of your own culture’s perspective and your attitudes towards cultural differences. It will then explore how your cultural competency influences your ability to be a more or less successful fundraiser when working within the multicultural world in which we live.

  • 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.

    Effective Nonprofit Governance: How Boards Should Work

    This impactful board training is the first step in appreciating the objective and true roles and responsibilities that the job of board member requires.

  • 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.

    How to Launch a Legacy Program for Planned Giving

    Demystify the various planned giving techniques and vehicles so you can thoughtfully decide what will work for your organization.

  • Taking Your Event Into the Virtual World

    Pivoting from a face-to-face event to a virtual one is not a simple linear effort. There are many moving parts to the switch and many questions that need to be asked and answered. Michael Schweisheimer, who has been helping nonprofits make this very pivot, along with his colleague David Smith, will take you through the ins and outs of virtual events in this 1.5 hour remote class. The class will cover both the strategic and the tactical elements of doing a virtual event.  

    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

  • A Winning Year-End

    November 30, by Laura Otten, Ph.D., Director

    Research consistently shows that giving to nonprofits makes people feel good and therefore encourages giving. Make this year-end successful by bringing in donations that help donors feel better throug… Read more

  • The Elusive Nonprofit Brand

    November 23, by Laura Otten, Ph.D., Director

    Fast Company has been running a series called “USA: Can This Brand Be Saved?” With the goal of exploring what our brand is, how that brand has changed over the past four years and what needs to ha… Read more

  • Uncertainty Is Our Constant

    November 16, by Laura Otten, Ph.D., Director

    At the start of this year, I was invited to speak at a philanthropy conference slated for late spring. I entitled my presentation, “Understanding the Philanthropic Zeitgeist.” Of course, t… Read more