CERTIFICATE IN NONPROFIT PROGRAM SUCCESS
Program success is about more than reporting numbers—it’s about learning, improving, and increasing impact. This certificate helps nonprofit professionals assess outcomes, identify areas for growth, and create a culture of learning that drives stronger programs and services.
Through the 9 courses included in this certificate, you’ll learn how to evaluate your programs effectively, apply tools like the Theory of Change, and take action that enhances both your outcomes and your team’s learning.
Understand the differences between programs and services, correlation and causation, and how to clarify your intended impact.
Explore the Theory of Change, outputs vs. outcomes, and tools like the Program Strategy Map and quadrant matrices to assess and enhance program effectiveness.
Learn how staff at all levels can influence program success—and how to identify gaps and growth areas across your team’s work.
Shift your mindset and your systems toward ongoing evaluation, meaningful goal-setting, and mission-aligned improvement.
Learn how to measure what matters and strengthen your program outcomes from the inside out.
Each certificate includes nine bite-sized, 15-minute courses packed with video lessons, reflection exercises, knowledge checks, and interactive activities. Even better? They're fully mobile-friendly, so you can learn anytime, anywhere—right from your phone or tablet.
Incorporating 9 micro-learning courses, learning checks, and a reflective workbook.
Checking your savvy on 5 related leadership competencies.
Complete the coursework for both a brag-worthy certificate of completion plus 3 CFRE points.
Thousands of nonprofit professionals have completed courses and certificates on the Merit® Nonprofit Professional Development platform. Here are just a few of their thoughts.
This was the clearest, most actionable program evaluation training I’ve ever taken.
- Zach T., Indianapolis, IN
It made me excited about program data again—yes, really.
- Tamara L., Bozeman, MT
Our team is now using the Theory of Change and seeing results we can explain and improve.
- Derek R., Jacksonville, FL
Build evaluation skills, goal-setting strategies, and a learning culture to boost nonprofit effectiveness.
Merit® is a signature product of the Nonprofit Help Center, a company founded in 2018 by Dr. Emilie Socash. The Nonprofit Help Center team helps nonprofits and the people who power them go from mission impossible to mission unstoppable with a just-for-nonprofits suite of capacity-building solutions, fixing what's holding them back.
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