Payment must be received prior to the start of the course to maintain your registration. Registrants may pay via check or credit card. Your registration confirmation email serves as your invoice/receipt.
Due to the intensity of the course agenda, we recommend that participants stay near the site. Registrants will receive complete course logistical information including recommended hotel accommodations as part of the confirmation email.
Thank you for your interest in taking a course from The Fund Raising School. We are excited to have you join us.
Credentials and certificates demonstrate the learning of relevant skills and commitment to a profession. Employers – including in the nonprofit sector – take credentials and certificates into account when hiring new staff members, encouraging the professional development of current staff, and assessing readiness to be promoted. The Fund Raising School’s course credentials and certificates are highly valued in these ways by nonprofit employers.
In addition, you have made a significant investment in time and money to attend this course. Each session is important and related to other sessions in the course. Travel arrangements and other appointments should be planned around the class schedule.
Attendance is taken daily. Participants must stay through the end of the class to receive the certificate of completion. Below is the full attendance policy for each course modality. Please contact TFRS (tfrs@iu.edu) before registering for a course if you have any questions.
Many of our courses are eligible for CFRE education points. Successful completion of a course is required to earn CFRE education points.
In-Person Courses
For in-person courses participation in all scheduled days of the program is mandatory to receive the certificate of completion and CFRE educational points. Participants who miss more than two hours of the entire program will not be eligible to receive the certificate. Travel arrangements and other appointments should be planned around the class schedule. Attendance is taken daily. Participants must stay through the end of the class to receive CFRE education points and the certificate of completion.
If a participant misses the first day of a course, they will need to transfer to a different available course. All cancellations and transfers are subject to an administrative fee of $275.
Virtual (Live) Courses
For courses five sessions or longer, one missed live session can be made up by listening to a session recording in full and provide written responses to key questions from the session. Participants who miss more than one live session will not be eligible to receive the certificate of completion and CFRE education points.
For courses with four or fewer sessions, attendance at all live sessions is required to receive a certificate.
If a participant misses the first session of a course, they will need to transfer to a different available course. All cancellations and transfers are subject to an administrative fee of $275.
Online (Asynchronous) Courses
Each week participants will have a course module to complete. Each module may consist of readings (PDF study guide), narrated presentations, a quiz, submitting assignments, and discussion question responses. Participants should expect to spend a minimum of 4-7 hours per week on this course.
To be eligible for the certificate of completion and CFRE educational points, coursework (quizzes, assignments, and discussions) must be completed and submitted weekly. Any outstanding work must be submitted no later than the final day of class. This is a firm deadline and late work will not be accepted. Multiple weeks of coursework submitted at the end of class will not be accepted.
All cancellations and transfer requests must be in writing (may be sent via email to tfrs@iu.edu) and received at least two weeks prior to the start of the class. All cancellations and transfers are subject to an administrative fee of $275. Registrants who do not cancel or transfer the minimum two weeks in advance, or do not attend, are liable for the entire fee. We cannot hold a credit for any reason.
If you are unable to attend a course after registering, you have three options:
- Transfer your registration by designating, in writing, the alternative date you will attend ($275 administrative fee).
- Designate an alternate person to attend in your place (no fee).
- Receive a refund, minus the $275 administrative fee.
