Grant Development & Resource Development   

Course Description

This completely online and self-paced one-module course utilizes Inc. Magazine's prize-winning editorial content to introduce basic concepts related to business financing, including how various loan products work, what to consider when assessing your business's financing needs, and how to navigate the application process.

The focus is on providing practical, hands-on advice to entrepreneurs and small business people, including video segments and commentary from industry-leading practitioners and subject matter experts. The course also offers how-to lists and advice, interactive games, and review questions to ensure mastery of the material.

Included with your course is a six-month complimentary subscription to Inc. Magazine. Your subscription will start with the current issue. Inc. Magazine publishes 6 issues a year.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Explain why business loans are financial beneficial
• Summarize reasons why a business might explore taking out a business loan
• Identify and explain various financing options
• Determine your business financing needs
• Discuss the pros and cons of different financing options
• Describe the loan application process
• Articulate the importance of good credit and collateral
• Outline reasons why loan applications are not approved
• Discuss when to consider refinancing business loan debt

Key Features

• Expert-supported
• Mobile-friendly
• Accessible
• Badge and credit-awarding
• Games & Flashcards
• Video content
• Audio-enabled in app

Refund Policy

You may request a refund up to 5 days from the purchase date. The registration fee will only be refunded if less than 10% of the course has been completed. Completion percentage can be viewed on the Course Progress page from within the course.

Notes

This course has an "Ask the Expert" feature, which submits your questions directly to an expert in the field you are studying. Questions are answered as quickly as possible and usually within 24 hours.

This course does not require any additional purchases of supplementary materials.

Learners must achieve an average test score of at least 70% to meet the minimum successful completion requirement and qualify to receive IACET CEUs.

Course Description

Pushing your grant writing skills to the next level is an exercise in focusing on the details. This course shows you how to ask iterative questions of yourself, your team, and your proposed program in order to sharpen and refine your grant proposal and push it to the top of the pack. By looking closely at how a logic model can shore up your proposal at each key stage, this course will demonstrate how to push your planning, evaluation, and budgeting from good to great.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

• Identify the relationship between logic model components in effective grant program planning
• Assess the level of detail required in a grant planning timeline
• Differentiate between formative and summative evaluations in a grant program's evaluation plan
• Choose common line items in a grant program's budget plan
• Determine the level of detail required in a grant program's budget
• Decide when a no-cost extension request is warranted
• Evaluate post-award sustainability throughout a grant program's planning

Key Features

• Expert-supported
• Real-world case studies
• Mobile-friendly
• Accessible
• Badge and credit-awarding
• Games & Flashcards
• Video content
• Audio-enabled in app

Refund Policy

You may request a refund up to 5 days from the purchase date. The registration fee will only be refunded if less than 10% of the course has been completed. Completion percentage can be viewed on the Course Progress page from within the course.

Notes

This course has an "Ask the Expert" feature, which submits your questions directly to an expert in the field you are studying. Questions are answered as quickly as possible and usually within 24 hours.

This course does not require any additional purchases of supplementary materials.

Learners must achieve an average test score of at least 70% to meet the minimum successful completion requirement and qualify to receive IACET CEUs.

Course Description

Understanding what the numbers say about the health of your nonprofit is critical to being able to manage the organization successfully. This course will develop your ability to appropriately interpret the major financial accounting statements that are used by nonprofit organizations. You will gain an understanding of the types of financial statements that are used by nonprofit organizations, and how they differ from for-profit financial reporting. Also, the course demonstrates the power and limitations of accounting information in assessing financial performance and decision-making. You will also learn the uses of financial statement analysis, or ratio analysis for nonprofit organizations.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify and describe the documents and financial statements included in a nonprofit organization's financial report
• Analyze the information found in nonprofit statements of financial positions
• Analyze the information found in the statement of activities
• Analyze the information found in the statement of cash flows
• Describe the nature of business enterprises and nonprofit organizations, as reflected by the statement of financial position
• Define financial (ratio) analysis and explain its objectives and limitations
• Identify the various categories of financial ratios used in nonprofit analyses
• Define and calculate the ratios within each category

Key Features

• Expert-supported
• Mobile-friendly
• Accessible
• Badge and credit-awarding
• Games & Flashcards
• Video content
• Real-world case studies
• Audio-enabled in app

Refund Policy

You may request a refund up to 5 days from the purchase date. The registration fee will only be refunded if less than 10% of the course has been completed. Completion percentage can be viewed on the Course Progress page from within the course.

Notes

Although this course is introductory, having some understanding of basic finance concepts is helpful.

This course has an "Ask the Expert" feature, which submits your questions directly to an expert in the field you are studying. Questions are answered as quickly as possible and usually within 24 hours.

Learners must achieve an average test score of at least 70% to meet the minimum successful completion requirement and qualify to receive IACET CEUs. Learners will have three attempts at all graded assessments.