Student Assistance Possibilities for Nonprofit Organizations The Nonprofit Leadership & Management Program offers student assistance on a variety of projects for nonprofit organizations. If your organization is interested in any of the following projects, please contact the instructor listed below. Please note: Compensation is requested in the amount of $5,000 per project for the following projects: Capital/Endowment Campaign Plan & Strategic Planning. These funds are used to underwrite scholarships for students enrolled in the Nonprofit Leadership & Management Program. • Governance and Policy Projects – creating or re-writing governance documents such as by-laws and board manuals. Creating or updating policy documents such as: conflict of interest, whistleblower policy, compensation determination policy, gift acceptance policy, document retention and destruction, investment policy. o Contact Pat Libby: plibby@sandiego.edu • Organizational audit for Ethics and Accountability – using a national set of evaluation standards. o Contact Pat Libby: plibby@sandiego.edu • Framework for ethical decision-making tailored to your organization. o Contact Dr. Patti Saraniero – psaraniero@sandiego.edu • Board Manual or Board Recruitment Plan o Contact Liz Shear: eshear@sandiego.edu • Fundraising Plan for a Nonprofit Organization o Contact Anne Farrell: afarrell@sandiego.edu • Marketing Plan for a Nonprofit Organization o Contact Michael Capone: mcapone@goodmancapone.com • Research Pertaining to a Strategic Planning Process including items such as trend analysis, internal management audit, constituent surveys, focus groups, benchmarking performance against similar organizations, etc. o Contact Dr. Mary McDonald: marymc@sandiego.edu • Advocacy Campaign – creating a legislative or advocacy campaign at the city, county or state level o Contact Pat Libby: plibby@sandiego.edu • Researched-based nonprofit program proposal with social marketing plan and evaluation component built into the program design. o Contact Fernando Sanudo: fsanudo@sandiego.edu • Capital and Endowment Campaign Plan o Contact Carole Fish: carolefish@sandiego.edu
• Community Organizing Strategy o Contact Mike Eichler or John Hughes: meichler@sandiego.edu or johnhughes@sandiego.edu • Risk Management Plan o Contact Elaine Lewis: elaine_lewis@sandiego.edu
Please note: We can not guarantee that there will be students available to work for you. I would be happy to answer any questions you have regarding the USD Nonprofit Leadership & Management Program and the opportunities it affords your organization. Please contact me at (619) 260-7442 or lbstein@sandiego.edu . You can also visit our web site at www.sandiego.edu/nonprofit to learn more about us. Sincerely, Laura B. Stein Assistant Director, Institute for Nonprofit Education and Research