The Center for Nonprofit Development (CEND) promotes professional development for all staff, board members, and volunteers at nonprofit organizations. CEND brings essential training to those who need it most by providing affordable, accessible educational programs. CEND takes a holistic approach to training, creating programs that are tailored for nonprofits—their mindsets, their staff, and their culture. We combine education with mentoring to train nonprofit staff, board members, and volunteers on how to solve problems and understand challenges today, not next month or next year.

Our instructors build lasting relationships with students, going beyond the classroom to offer coaching and mentoring while students are working. Students get support for immediately applying what they’ve learned in an effective way. CEND gets crucial feedback from the field, which allows us to continuously improve our educational offerings for the nonprofit sector.

Ready to get real? Learn to turn theory into actual substance and develop work products that meet your staff’s specific needs right in class. Exactly what you take away depends on the training: it could be the draft of a full proposal, sections of a proposal, a proposal outline, a stack of proposals created and reviewed in class, a project timeline, a business plan, or some combination of these items. The following four trainings are offered publicly but can also be hosted or privately sponsored by your