ILRHR 4605 - Non-Profit Finance, Management, and Leadership

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: 50 juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

J. Grasso.

Provides students with a practitioner’s focus on financial, managerial, and leadership issues in the non-profit sector including universities, hospitals, environmental groups, arts organizations, government agencies, and foundations. The course will include an overview of non-profit financial statements, financial ratios, debt issuance, endowment management, credit analysis, budgeting, auditing and ethics, tax issues, organizational governance issues, strategic planning, mergers & alliances, non-profit executive compensation, venture philanthropy, and fundraising techniques. Students will gain a comprehensive overview of all critical aspects of non-profit management. The course includes guest speakers such as the founder of a major Indian non-profit organization, the president of a family foundation, the CEO of an international environmental organization, and the CFO of a large regional hospital. There will be four, 5-page papers, a mid-term, and a final exam.