The new MA in Nonprofit Leadership fulfills the need to provide "business-focused" knowledge to current and future nonprofit leaders by addressing issues facing nonprofits in today's evolving business environment. www.webster.edu/nonprofit
Leading today's nonprofit organization requires a unique blend of "heart" and business. Often this blend results in conflict - how to meet the increasing demand to deliver the mission with limited or depleting resources. Leaders of nonprofit organizations must know how to blend business with mission, providing managerial and fiscal leadership along with delivery of mission.
Combine Theory and Practice
Whether seeking a career, advancing your career or starting a nonprofit, the MA in Nonprofit Leadership provides the knowledge and tools necessary to lead in the dynamic field of nonprofits. Offering a unique, business-focused approach, students are prepared to fulfill the nonprofit mission while creating and maintaining a financially sustainable organizational structure. What you learn in class at night can be used at work the next day.
Designed for Nonprofit Leaders
Webster University's MA in Nonprofit Leadership was specifically designed for passionate and committed people who intend to face the realities of current and future nonprofit organizations. The MA will prepare you as a nonprofit practitioner to understand, effectively manage, and promote vitality and foresight to ensure financially sound nonprofit organizations.
Program Description
Program content is designed to promote a holistic business-focused nonprofit management approach and to develop your real-world nonprofit business skills that emphasize both the organization's mission and the business of leading a self-sustaining nonprofit organization.
The 36 credit hour program is comprised of 24 credit hours of required courses plus 12 credit hours of graduate electives. The MA in Nonprofit Leadership program is ACBSP accredited.