Corporate Relations and Partnership
BUSA-X409.82
Enrollment is now open for the next session of this course scheduled to start on October 12, 2026.
The right community allies can advance your organization’s mission and impact. This course explores how corporations engage with nonprofits through philanthropy, sponsorships, and strategic partnerships. Learn to identify prospective corporate partners, align shared values, and build mutually beneficial, long-term relationships. Gain practical tools to develop and sustain strong corporate partnerships that elevate your organization's growth and reach.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will:
- Research and identify prospective corporate partners
- Create opportunities to cultivate prospective partners
- Build partnerships that benefit both the nonprofit and the corporate partner
- Steward and maintain partnerships for the long-term
Full participation in Corporate Relations and Partnership is applicable for 20 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.
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Katie Croskrey teaches Corporate Relations and Partnership and Board and Volunteer Management, two of the elective courses in the Fundraising and Development Certificate.
Course Information
Partnerships Reimagined: Non-profit strategies to capture corporate value 1st
by Linda Garnett, Sharon Dann
ISBN / ASIN: 9780975644300
This course can be taken on a stand-alone basis or counted towards the Professional Certificate in Fundraising and Development.
For more information, contact the Program Manager at FRDevProgram@ucsd.edu.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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Partnerships Reimagined: Non-profit strategies to capture corporate value 1st. Author: Linda Garnett, Sharon Dann, ISBN / ASIN: 9780975644300.
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Instructor:
Katie Croskrey
Division Vice President, American Diabetes Association
