Teaching the Fundamentals of Effective Fundraising and Governance
The Development Resource Center is committed to providing affordable, accessible training for nonprofit organizations. Our courses impart the fundamentals of effective fundraising and governance to a broad audience.
DRC's veteran faculty teach all major areas of development
- Building a donor base
- Introduction to grant writing
- Building strong boards of trustees/directors
- Major donor cultivation
- How to start a nonprofit organization
- Donor research
- Capital campaigns
- Planned giving
- Periodic seminars on special topics
We teach our courses both in person and over the internet. Our internet-based distance learning classes allow you to sit at your own computer, talk with the instructor and other students, and receive the same high-quality curriculum used in all of our classes. Our in person courses take place in Copley Square, Boston, at 645 Boylston Street (The Old South Church building), convenient to the Copley (Green Line) and Back Bay (Orange Line) 'T' Stops, the Back Bay commuter rail station, numerous bus lines, Mass Pike and Storrow Drive entry and exit ramps, and parking. Click here for a map of our location.
If driving, take the Copley Square exit from either the Mass Pike or Storrow Drive. Turn left and drive two blocks to Boylston Street. There is metered, on-street parking all around Copley Square. Click here for a list of local parking garages.
** RECESSION RESCUE: Nonprofit Survival School **
Nonprofits across the U.S. are suffering in the current recession. The DRC has decided, as a public service, to offer a series of free monthly seminars via conference call to small- and medium-sized nonprofits that are feeling the pinch. We will offer concrete advice on fundraising in a recession as well as management and fiscal policy counsel that we call "best practices for bad times."
The seminars will be held monthly until the economy improves. Click here for more information and to register.