By Jonathan Morales

2024年7月31日

A new program at 萨克拉门托 State soon will begin training workers in the essential skills necessary to power the region’s robust nonprofit industry.

The 非营利组织管理证书 program, offered through the 继续教育学院 (CCE), launches this fall, filling a critical need for a fast-growing field.

“There are thousands of nonprofits in the 萨克拉门托 region, and so there are a lot of people that work in nonprofits, many of whom have no training and background in nonprofits, per se,” said Dana Kivel, a professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism 政府 who has taught courses on nonprofits, fundraising and grant writing.

新项目将为有抱负的非营利组织创始人和员工提供所需的培训，从而使这些组织能够更好地为社区服务。

基维尔已经创办了两个非营利组织，自从2003年来到萨克州立大学以来，她就想创建这样一个项目。 While their department offers a 辅修非营利组织管理 and a 非牟利行政证书, they felt a program was needed for working adults or other non-traditional students who may not be able to enroll full time or even part time at the University.

这个概念被讨论了好几年，直到Kivel联系到CCE院长Jenni Murphy； 非营利组织资源中心Impact Foundry的执行董事金·塔克（Kim Tucker）； 萨克州立大学商学院助理教授瑞安·富勒（Ryan Fuller）； 以及格雷格·肖，当时他是卫生与公共服务学院的副院长。

“These are skills that would be unique to setting them up and positioning them to find entry-level jobs with nonprofits and/or strengthening their skills in an entry-level position as they consider maybe a different position or something at the next level.”

-- Dana Kivel, Recreation, Park and Tourism 政府 professor

塔克分享了她与Sac州立大学合作的兴趣，这个想法变成了现实。 Tucker, along with Fuller, Shaw and Kivel, helped create the program’s curriculum and is one of the instructors.

“It took a really long time, but it’s great that we’re doing this and going to be launching it soon,” they said.

该项目于9月下旬开始，由四门异步在线课程组成，其灵活性是为在职成年人设计的。 主题包括非营利组织的管理和治理，筹款，项目开发和资源管理。 每位讲师都有超过20年的非营利行业经验。

CCE的高级项目管理专家蒂芙尼·弗拉托斯（Tiffany Vrattos）说，CCE预计第一批学员将有20-25名左右，课程将持续到明年1月底。

基维尔说，非营利组织的特点和面临的挑战使它们区别于公共和私营部门。 这些挑战包括筹集资金、管理志愿者，以及应对复杂的税法。 但他们说，许多非营利组织的创始人和员工从未接受过这些方面的正式培训。

“There are people who have a passion and an idea, and they know how to mobilize other people, but they need to understand the structure and fundamentals of what you need to know about starting a nonprofit,” Kivel said.

The 萨克拉门托 region’s nonprofit sector is substantial. Impact Foundry的数据显示，该地区有超过1.4万家非营利组织，雇佣了近15万人，年收入超过320亿美元。

囊状态’s certificate program is designed for recent graduates looking to get started in the nonprofit sector and for current nonprofit employees who want to bolster their knowledge and advance their careers.

“Sometimes you get thrown into this work, and you’re like, ‘Wait a minute, what’s a 501(c)3? 在构建我的项目时，我需要考虑什么？ 我该如何管理志愿者？ 如何招募志愿者？’ ” Kivel said. “These are skills that would be unique to setting them up and positioning them to find entry-level jobs with nonprofits and/or strengthening their skills in an entry-level position as they consider maybe a different position or something at the next level.”

The program, they said, is directly in line with 萨克拉门托 State’s commitment to community engagement.

“囊状态 will always be aligned with the community, will always have relationships with the community, and I think that this is just going to be another feather in our cap in terms of the community,” Kivel said.

For more information about the 非营利组织管理证书, including how to apply, visit the 继续教育学院网站.