12 HOURS · SELF-PACED · CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Fundraising & Sustainable Ministry
Build confidence in fundraising, communicate vision clearly, strengthen donor trust, and develop healthier local and diversified sources of support.
What this course is about
This course reframes fundraising as mission, stewardship and invitation. It explores changing funding realities, why people give, assumptions that become barriers, the role of local support, and how to build a compelling Case for Support.
You will learn to
- Understand the biblical and ministry foundations of fundraising.
- Recognise changing global funding patterns and the need for local approaches.
- Understand key reasons people give and common assumptions that limit fundraising.
- Strengthen trust through character, track record and communication.
- Create a clear Case for Support for a ministry or project.
- Develop a practical local fundraising and sustainability plan.
Course at a glance
Duration: 12 learning hours
Format: Self-paced online learning
Structure: 6 modules
Assessment: Case for Support, fundraising plan and final assessment
Award: GrowSQ Certificate of Completion
Course curriculum
- Fundraising Foundations & Mindset — stewardship, generosity and fundraising as invitation.
- Changing Funding Realities — shifts in external funding and the case for local sustainability.
- Why People Give — vision, purpose, specific need, character and track record.
- Building a Local Support Base — assumptions, relationships, communication and diversified support.
- Creating a Case for Support — vision, story, need, approach, cost, outcome and track record.
- Communication, Prayer & Sustainability Plan — practical application and final assessment.