Nonprofit Management Education

University of Michigan

Collaboration between three schools: Social Work (SW), Business (Bus Ad), Public Policy (Pub Pol)
1080 South University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-110
Region: South

Contact Information

Ashley Zwick
Managing Director, Nonprofit and Public Management Center
http://nonprofit.umich.edu
zwicka@umich.edu

Graduate Program

Graduate courses offered Yes
Graduate course titles
  • Managing the Nonprofit Organization (Bus. Ad.)
  • Grant Getting, Contracting and Fundraising (SW)
  • Executive Leadership (SW)
  • Management of Human Service Organizations (SW)
  • Empirical Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (Doctoral Seminar, SW)
  • Methods of Program Evaluation (SW)
  • Concepts & Techniquest of Community Participation (SW/Urban Planning)
  • Polices & Services: Social Participation and Community Well Being (SW)
  • Negotiation Skills in Environmental Dispute Resolution (Nat. Res & Envir.)
  • Strategies for Sustainable Development (Bus. Ad.)
  • Urban Entrepreneurship (Bus. Ad.)
  • Leadership, Vision & Change (Bus. Ad.)
  • Program Evaluation I and II (Pub. Pol.)
  • Social Work Practice w/ the Community and Social Systems (SW)
  • Planning for Organizational and Community Change (SW)
  • Organizing for Social and Political Action (SW)
  • Multicultural, Multilingual Organizing (SW)
  • Women & Community Organization (SW)
  • Management of Information Systems in Human Service Agencies (SW)
  • Managing Projects & Organizational Change (SW)
  • Ethical Corporate Management (Bus. Ad.)
  • Social Entrepreneur: Business Tools for Enhanced Social Impact (Bus. Ad.)
  • Tax Policy and Business (Bus. Ad.)
  • Competitive Environmental Strategy (Bus. Ad.)
  • Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development and Enterprise (Bus. Ad.)
  • Topics in Global Sustainable Enterprise (Bus. Ad.)
  • Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (Bus. Ad.)
  • Managerial Writing Fundamentals (Bus. Ad.)
  • Persuasive Management Communication (Bus. Ad.)
  • Managerial Communication for International Students (Bus. Ad.)
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics (Bus. Ad.)
  • Communication for the Global Manager (Bus. Ad.)
  • Management Presentations (Bus. Ad.)
  • Written Managerial Communication (Bus. Ad.)
  • Oral Communication Management (Bus. Ad.)
  • Human Behavior and Organization (Bus. Ad.)
  • Social Marketing (Bus. Ad.)
  • Bargaining and Influence Behavior (Bus. Ad.)
  • Bargaining and Influence Skills (Bus. Ad.)
  • Navigating Change (Bus. Ad.)
  • Workfoce Diversity (Bus. Ad.)
  • Managing Professional Relationships (Bus. Ad.)
  • Developing and Managing High Performing Teams (Bus. Ad.)
  • Organizational Effectiveness and Social Networks (Bus. Ad.)
  • Decision Support with Spreadsheets (Bus. Ad.)
  • Information Systems (Bus. Ad.)
  • Info Technologies in Small Nonprofit Organizations (Pub. Pol.)
  • Applied Policy Seminar (Pub. Pol.)
  • Political Environment of Policy Analysis (Pub. Pol.)
  • Political Environment of Policy Analysis (Pub. Pol.)
  • Public Management (Pub. Pol.)
  • Housing and Community Development (Pub. Pol.)
  • Nonprofit Marketing (Pub. Pol.)
  • Policy and Management in the Nonprofit Sector (Pub. Pol.)
  • Policy Advocacy (Pub. Pol.)
  • Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (Pub. Pol.)
  • State and Local Policy Analysis: Focus on Development (Pub. Pol.)
  • Negotiation and Conflict Management (Pub. Pol.)
  • Practical Politics: Making a Difference in the Public Arena (Pub. Pol.)
  • Managing Professional Relationships (Pub. Pol.)
  • Poverty and Inequality (Pub. Pol.)
  • Local Government, Opportunity for Activism (Pub. Pol.)
  • The Politics of Health Policy (Pub. Pol.)
  • Introduction to Community Organization, Management and Policy/Evaluation Practice (SW)
  • Community Intervention (SW)
  • History and Philosophy of Social Welfare (SW)
  • Structure of the Contemporary U.S. Social Service System (SW)
  • Comparative Cross-National Analyses of Social Services Systems (SW)
  • Research Methods for Evaluating Social Programs and Human Service Organizations (SW)
  • Organization, Community and Societal Structure and Processes (SW)
  • Human Service Organizations: Theories and Approaches (SW)
  • Social Change Theories (SW)
  • Budgeting and Fiscal Management (SW)
  • Evaluation in Social Work (SW)
  • Jewish Communal Services in the U.S. and Abroad (SW)
  • Comparative Cross National Analysis of Social Service Systems (SW)
  • Proseminar in Jewish Communal Service (SW)
  • Building Conflict Management Effectiveness (SW)
  • Seminar in Organizational Studies (SW)
  • Social Entrepreneurship: Business Tools for Enhanced Social Impact (Bus. Ad.)
  • Policy and Management in the Nonprofit Sector (Pub. Pol.)
  • Leading Non-Profit Organizations (Bus. Ad.)
  • Researching Methods for Evaluating Social Programs and Human Service Organizations (S.W.)
  • Human Service Organizations: Theories & Approached (S.W.)
  • Human Service Organizations: Theories & Approaches (S.W.)
  • Budgeting and Fiscal Management (S.W.)
  • Management of Information Systems in Human Service Agencies (S.W.)
  • Grantgetting, Contracting and Fundraising (S.W.)
  • Management of Human Resources (S.W.)
  • Executive Leadership and Organizational Governance (S.W.)
  • Seminar: Empirical Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (S.W.)
  • Information Technologies in Small Nonprofit Organizations (Pub. Pol.)
  • Program Evaluation (Pub. Pol.)
  • Managerial Writing Fundamentals (Bus. Ad.)
  • Persuasive Management Communication (Bus. Ad.)
  • Social Marketing (Bus. Ad.)
Part of certificate program No
Offers 3+ graduate courses in NPO management Yes
Graduate concentration offered Yes
Year concentration established
  • Various, for our three partner schools
  • Various, for our three partner schools
  • Various, for our three partner schools
Concentration name(s)
  • MPP with concentration in Public Management
  • MSW with concentration in Management of Human Services, Community Organization and Social Planning, orSocial Policy and Evaluation
  • MBA in General Management
Program/department name
  • Ross Business School, Ford School of Public Policy, and School of Social Work
  • Ross Business School, Ford School of Public Policy, and School of Social Work
  • Ross Business School, Ford School of Public Policy, and School of Social Work
School/college
  • Other
  • Other
  • Other
School/college
  • Collaboration w/Business, Public Policy and Social Work Schools
  • Collaboration w/ Business, Public Policy and Social Work Schools
  • Collaboration w/ Business, Public Policy and Social Work Schools
Degree name
  • MSW
  • MPA
  • MBA
  • MPP
Doctoral degree name
Services this program provides to the nonprofit community
  • Commission Projects
  • Internships
  • Newsletters
  • Workshops
  • Internships
  • Newsletters
  • Workshops
Mechanisms used to inform nonprofit practitioners of this program's developments
  • Published papers, books
  • Workshops
  • Workshops

Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate courses offered No

Joint Degree Program

Noncredit Program

Noncredit courses offered No

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Continuing Education Units offered No

Online Program

Online courses offered No
Last updated: 27 Feb 2026