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Upgrade Your Nonprofit Knowledge and Broaden Your Impact

Apply By: 12/29/2025
Start Class: 1/12/2026

Become a stronger advocate for your cause when you earn an MBA in Nonprofit Management online from North Park, a university recognized for helping students lead lives of significance and service. Our IACBE-accredited program will advance your broad-based business knowledge and heighten your nuanced nonprofit management expertise.

Expert faculty who care about your academic success will guide you through the ins and outs of nonprofit management, finance, fundraising, and more. Plus, you can study while continuing to work full time with convenient, 100% online coursework.

Concentrations Details

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IACBE accredited
No entrance exams required
Flexible, asynchronous courses
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Accelerated Coursework Helps You Graduate Faster

With seven-week courses designed for efficiency, you will be able to complete your online MBA nonprofit management in as few as 12 months. Deepen your understanding of core business concepts while also examining nonprofit management through social, political, economic, and cultural lenses.

Academically trained professors will guide you through IACBE-accredited curriculum rooted in modern research, cutting-edge initiatives, and practical skills. Complete your MBA experience with a capstone simulation that uses your expanded skill set in a supportive setting.

Nonprofit Management Required Courses

SBNM 5711 Nonprofit Management: Theory & Application 3 Credits

A foundation course examining the origins and societal role of private nonprofit organizations including their social, political, economic, cultural, and ideological importance in American society and compared against the global non-governmental sector and organizations. Major types of nonprofit organizations are studied, as well as distinguishing organizational characteristics of third-sector institutions as contrasted with business and government organizations. Current trends in the nonprofit sector and projections for the future are analyzed.

SBNM 5777 Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations 3 Credits

This course covers the fundamentals of effective resource development as they pertain to nonprofit organizations. Principles and best practices of fundraising are studied, including the fundraising process (i.e., organizational readiness, case development, donor pyramid, strategic planning, management and research). The principles that undergird effective fundraising practices will also be reviewed, including the historical, organizational, legal, ethical, and theoretical contexts of fundraising.

SBNM 5352 Nonprofit Finance 3 Credits

This course provides both basic and advanced financial planning and management skills necessary in today’s nonprofit organization. Successful financial planning and business development strategies will be combined to create a financial plan which achieves the goals of the organization. Included are basic principles of managerial accounting. Fund accounting, budgeting, cash flow analysis, expenditure control, long-range financial planning, audits, and grants and contracts are studied, as applied to nonprofit organizations.

Our MBA online programs include eight core courses that cover executive leadership, strategic management, finance, operations, and more. Position yourself for success when you learn from comprehensive curriculum that provides both fundamental and high-level business expertise. Find more curriculum details through the button below.

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Develop the Skills to Lead Nonprofit Organizations

Align your career path with your personal passions at a university recognized by the U.S. News & World Report as the No. 6 Top Performer in Social Mobility¹. Gain the knowledge to champion what you believe in—and prepare for leading roles in nonprofit and other mission-oriented organizations.

General and Operations Managers $101,280 per year²

Fundraising Managers $119,200 per year³

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Sources

U.S. News & World Report. “North Park University.” Retrieved October 10, 2025, from https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/north-park-university-1735.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. “General and Operations Managers.” Retrieved October 10, 2025, from https://www.bls.gov/oes/2023/may/oes111021.htm.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. “Fundraising Managers.” Retrieved October 10, 2025, from https://www.bls.gov/oes/2023/may/oes112033.htm.

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