Learning Path Overview
This capacity area focuses on an organization's ability to manage their relationships with all types of grantmakers, including corporate, foundation, and governmental sources, in order to secure funds and support. Throughout this series, you'll have the opportunity to explore a fresh perspective on the relationships behind the institutional side of nonprofit fundraising.
Certification included
Full participation in this certificate is applicable for 3 points in Category 1.B Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

LEARNING P ATH
What You Will Learn
We will help you unlock your inner potential so you can excel in your professional field
Understanding Grantmaker Relationships and Funding Sources
What defines grantmaker relationships, what grants are, and where they come from.
Ethical Principles in Grant Seeking and Utilization
The importance of a code of ethics in seeking and using grants.
Strategic Team Approaches for Grantmaker Management
Developing strategic approaches for team-level management of grantmakers.
High Empathy Grantmaking: Belonging and Self-Esteem in Focus
The concept of “high empathy grantmaking" and how the human needs of belonging and self-esteem come up in our grantmaker relationships.
Maximizing Non-Financial Support for Organizational Growth
Three ways that non-financial support can impact your organization.
Building Healthy Partnerships by Reducing Power Imbalances
How minimizing power difference can build healthy grantmaker relationships and effective nonprofit fundraising overall.
Tips to Start and Strengthen Grantmaker Relationships
A change management model that can help reframe your typical grantmaker conversations and practices.
Reframing Grantmaker Interactions with Change Management
A change management model that can help reframe your typical grantmaker conversations and practices.
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