Continuing Education - Nonprofit Leadership and Management Program

Filling a vital need for nonprofit education and training in the St. Louis metropolitan region and beyond, the Nonprofit Management & Leadership (NPML) Program offers comprehensive education and training for individuals with varied instructional needs:

• Students and others pursuing careers in the nonprofit sector
• Professional nonprofit staff
• Board members
• Community leaders
• Public sector administrators

Managers and leaders in a wide array of nonprofit fields have gained essential skills and knowledge through NPML programs.  Participants join our programs from many fields, including human and social services, health and mental health, the arts and culture, education, public issues advocacy, the environment, religion, and community associations.

Society calls upon nonprofit organizations and voluntary initiatives to address its most critical challenges...revitalizing cities; transforming educational, health, and social service systems; strengthening civic, arts, and cultural life; and sustaining our environment. Therefore, it is vitally important that nonprofit organizations and voluntary initiatives improve the effectiveness of managers and leaders. NPML’s mission is to foster the growth and effectiveness of professionals already working in the nonprofit sector and of others who aspire to such work.
— John McClusky, NPML founder and director emeritus

The NPML Program offers noncredit courses and workshops through the Division of Continuing Education, in addition to the credit courses they offer through the academic units.

• Employee Benefits Design and Compliance for Nonprofit Organizations
• Management Issues in Nonprofit Organizations consists of these three courses, which are offered each year during both the fall and spring semesters:
  • Staff Management Issues in NPOs
  • Legal Issues in Governing and Managing NPOs
  • Financial Issues in Managing NPOs
• Fundraising Institute is offered every summer.
• Operational Technology Issues for Nonprofit Organizations
• Understanding the "L3C" Business Form and Program Related Investments