Cooperatives are a flexible model for creating community owned institutions.
The course will review various types of cooperatives including worker, consumer, credit and housing cooperatives. To survive, non-profit organizations must become more competitive. You will learn how to analyze your community and organization in order to develop a fundraising plan to help make your organization more self-sufficient. The focus is on fundraising strategies. Benefits such as peer to peer exchanges have enhanced professional and institutional development and the provision of services.