Self-Paced eLearning
Build your skills...on your schedule!
Our self-paced training helps you master the process of seeking grants from foundations and corporations, on your own schedule. We offer interactive eLearning courses and access to webinar recordings. Also explore our Multimedia gallery for recordings of guest speaker programs at Foundation Center regional offices.
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Try Our New Interactive eLearning Courses
This new format is self-paced and includes video, graphics, and interactive quizzes. It's compatible with updated versions of all browsers and mobile-friendly!
Fundraising Courses:
Foundation Center's Online Proposal Writing Course
Learn how to craft a complete and competitive proposal in 15 lessons. $225.
Creating a Sound Proposal Budget
Learn key best practices in preparing a project budget for your funders. $45.
How to Cultivate Meaningful Relationships with Funders
Learn to be more strategic in cultivating meaningful professional relationships with grantmakers. $25
Social Media Courses:
Build a Social Media Strategy
Develop your social media plan to more effectively engage your audience online. $35
Storytelling for Social Media
Learn how to effectively employ stories in your social media efforts. $25
Leveraging Leadership for Social Media Success
Learn how to mobilize your stakeholders as social media ambassadors and grow your influence online. $45.
Social Media for Leaders: Find Your Voice
Learn how to add social media engagement skills to your executive toolkit. $45.
Beginner Courses:
Introduction to Finding Grants Online
Discover what funders are looking for in nonprofits seeking grants and how to find potential funders. Free.
Introduction to Proposal Writing Online
Get an overview of how to prepare a standard project proposal for a foundation grant. Free.
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Before You Seek a Grant Webinar
Recorded WebinarFree
Learn to employ a step-by-step checklist approach to assess your new nonprofit's readiness for foundation fundraising.
Build a Social Media Strategy
Self-Paced eLearning$35.00
Develop your social media plan and learn how to target the people you want to reach, choose the strategies you’ll employ to accomplish those goals, and the available tools you can use to execute your plan effectively.
Cómo conseguir apoyo filantrópico para su educación
Self-Paced eLearningFree
Spanish-language version of Finding Foundation Support for Your Education.
How to Connect Your Work to the Sustainable Development Goals
Recorded WebinarFree
The United Nation’s recent adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) serves as a uniquely valuable opportunity for philanthropy, nonprofit, and civil society to fight extreme poverty, end inequality, and fix climate change across the world. If we want to have a chance at achieving these goals of a more equitable and sustainable world, we'll need your help because of the unique role you play in the social sector.
Corporate Sponsorship for Nonprofits: How To Put a Price Tag On What You Do
Recorded Webinar$45
Success in the world of corporate sponsorship requires learning a whole new vocabulary and approach to development; even experienced fundraisers may be at a disadvantage when starting out. In this webinar, you’ll benefit from Michael Savino’s over twenty years of non-profit experience as he provides tips on selling sponsorship opportunities to companies large and small.
Creating a Sound Proposal Budget
Self-Paced eLearning$45.00
Everything you wanted to know about budgets but were afraid to ask!
Our newest online course, Creating a Sound Proposal Budget, will teach you key best practices in preparing a project budget for your funders.
How to Cultivate Meaningful Relationships with Funders
Self-Paced eLearning$25.00
Learn to be more strategic in cultivating meaningful professional relationships with grantmakers.
Demystifying the 990-PF
Self-Paced eLearningFree
Learn how to get the most out of a private foundation's Form 990-PF.
Diversity and Inclusion: Walking the Talk
Recorded Webinar$45.00
This session will explore leadership strategies that advance racial equity and inclusion in foundations and these partners, including the ability to see the larger system, foster reflection and more generative conversations, and shift the collective focus from reactive problem-solving to co-creating proactive solutions.
Establishing a Nonprofit Organization Tutorial
Self-Paced eLearningFree
Learn how to establish a nonprofit organization, task by task. This version is text only, but it has links to other formats.
Foundation Center's Online Proposal Writing Course
Self-Paced eLearning$225.00
Learn How to Craft a Competitive Proposal!
Getting Started with Government Grants (2-part Webinar Series)
Recorded Webinar$80.00
Learn what you need to know about government funding before you apply, and hear an expert grant reviewer’s advice on what government agencies are looking for in your proposal.
Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts Webinar
Recorded WebinarFree
An overview of the funding research process for individuals working in the arts, including visual and performing artists, creative writers, filmmakers, etc. Topics covered include: who funds individual artists; types of grants available for artists; why grantmakers support artists; and how to find grant
Grantseeking Basics in Spanish: Principios de la búsqueda de fondos
Recorded WebinarFree
Este curso introductorio presenta una orientación al campo de la recaudación de fondos filantrópicos y demuestra cómo identificar posibles fuentes de apoyo.
Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship
Self-Paced eLearningFree
A detailed look at how individual grantseekers can affiliate with an organization to increase their chances for receiving funding.
How to Start Measuring Your Organization's Impact
Recorded Webinar$55.00
Learn about the different kinds of measurement approaches and how you can identify which is right for you.
Introducción a la búsqueda de subvenciones
Self-Paced eLearningFree
Las 10 cosas más importantes que necesita saber acerca de encontrar donaciones.
Introducción a la planificación para el recaudo de fondos
Self-Paced eLearningFree
Aprenda el proceso básico de planificación para lograr diversificar las fuentes de apoyo financiero de su organización.
Introducción a la redacción de la propuesta
Self-Paced eLearningFree
Aprenda sobre los componentes claves de una propuesta a fundaciones y corporaciones.
Introducción a las donaciones corporativas
Self-Paced eLearningFree
Una introducción a su organización a determinar si está lista para buscar contribuciones corporativas.
Introducción de presupuestos del proyecto
Self-Paced eLearningFree
Aprenda a preparar y presentar el presupuesto de un proyecto en su solicitud de fondos.
Introduction to Corporate Giving Webinar
Recorded WebinarFree
This brief recording captures the key concepts of the course. For more expansive discussion of the topic, we suggest attending a live webinar or in-person session. Note the recording is captioned for individuals with hearing impairments.
Introduction to Finding Grants Webinar
Recorded WebinarFree
This brief recording captures the key concepts of the course. For more expansive discussion of the topic, we suggest attending a live webinar or in-person session. Note the recording is captioned for individuals with hearing impairments.
Introduction to Finding Grants Online
Self-Paced eLearningFree
This online course is self-paced and includes video, graphics, and interactive quizzes. Compatible with updated versions of all browsers and mobile-friendly!
Introduction to Fundraising Planning Webinar
Recorded WebinarFree
Does your organization need help directing its fundraising efforts? Planning focuses your organization by setting fundraising priorities and helps give staff and board members a roadmap to success.