University of Houston - Downtown
The Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management (MANPM) is a multidisciplinary program that prepares recent college graduates as well as mid- and senior-level administrators to manage and lead nonprofit organizations of all types. The program was created by UHD faculty in close collaboration with leaders from some of Houston’s most prominent nonprofit organizations and emphasizes hands-on experiences and teamwork to help students develop skills in the following areas:
Evaluation, assessment and strategic planning
Entrepreneurship
Program management
Fund-raising, revenue generation and grant writing
Human resources
Marketing and social media
Law and ethics
Leadership, board development and team building
Goals and Objectives
Program Learning Outcomes
LO#1 LEADERSHIP
Graduates will be able to evaluate a non-profit organization’s status on leadership and teambuilding, report their findings, and initiate effective interventions to alleviate shortcomings in those areas.
LO#2 STRATEGIC PLANNING
Graduates will be able to do a strategic plan for an organization, articulate ways to improve productivity from that plan, and implement a financially feasible intervention based on the results of the strategic plan.
LO#3 ASSESSMENT
Graduates will be able to articulate expected outcomes for an organization, create a plan to assess those outcomes, implement the assessment, draw conclusions from the analysis, and make effective analysis based adjustments to significantly enhance efficiency in the organization.
LO#4 FUND RAISING
Graduates will be able to create, implement and plan data and research driven strategies for recruiting and fund raising.
LO#5 PERSONEL
Graduates will be able to apply and implement employment law, recruiting and hiring practices,
diversity in the workplace goals, compensation and benefits, performance appraisal, and discipline.
LO#6 BUDGETING & FINANCE
Graduates will be able to analyze budgeting and accounting documents and make organizational decisions based on said documents.
LO#7 MANAGEMENT
Graduates will be able to effectively manage within a non-profit organization.
