Executive Nonprofit Administration

Strengthen your Servant Heart. Broaden your Business Mind. Make a Greater Impact.
As an Executive Master of Nonprofit Administration (EMNA) student, you will gain a solid business education and acquire insights and strategies to elevate your organization into a more effective and sustainable force for good. 

Each cohort develops a tight bond fostered by shared experiences and the collective desire to influence transformative change. You will work alongside peers who all have the same desire to "do something." 

Every day we are exposed to suffering and hardship all over the world—things that make us stop and think "someone really needs to do something." As an EMNA grad, YOU can be that someone.

OUR 42-CREDIT PROGRAM IS HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE:

• Students typically maintain full-time employment
• Minimum of two years post undergraduate nonprofit work or volunteer experience
• Summer on-campus commitment is minimal
• Fall and spring courses delivered online
• Students can complete the program in 14–48 months
• Tuition rates are kept at reasonable levels, and some fellowships are available

The EMNA program is flexible, and its 42 credit hours may be completed in as little as 14 months or as many as 48 months. The total commitment time on campus is 10 weeks over a two to four-summer time frame. Four weeks of core courses are taken in the first summer. Distance learning courses are offered in the fall and spring semesters. 

Core Courses

• Accounting for the NFP, MNA 60310
• Board Relations & Management, MNA 60510
• Decision Analysis & Statistics, MNA 70310
• Economics of NFP Enterprises, MNA 70110
• Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations, MNA 70410
• Field Project, MNA 75110
• Financial Management, MNA 70210
• Human Resource Management, MNA 60210
• Legal Environment, MNA 66110
• Management Communication, MNA 60110
• Marketing for Nonprofits, MNA 60410 NFP
• Nonprofit Management; Leading with Social Impact, MNA 70740
• Planning & Policy, MNA 70610

Electives

In addition to the summer modules, the MNA Program offers elective courses as a distance learning option. Taught by both Notre Dame and outside professors on alternating years, these online courses are available during the fall and spring semesters. The courses use two types of technology---Sakai offered via the Notre Dame Web and Global Crossings, a telephone conferencing system.

• BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: MANAGING DIFFERENCES AND CONFLICT, MNA 76110
• CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT, MNA 76210
• GRANT WRITING AND DEVELOPMENT, MNA 70510
• LEADERSHIP, MNA 76510
• SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MNA 70730
• ADVANCED ACCOUNTANCY FOR NONPROFIT MANAGERS: ACCOUNTING THEORY AND PRINCIPLES APPLIED, MNA 70750
• EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR MANAGERS, MNA 70760
• ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR THE THIRD SECTOR (ON CAMPUS), MNA 60026
• PROGRAM EVALUATION AND OUTCOME MEASUREMENT, MNA 70761
• PUBLIC POLICY IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR, MNA 70762
• RESEARCH METHODS, MNA 70763
• FUND DEVELOPMENT, MNA 70764
• THE INTERSECTION OF BUSINESS AND NONPROFITS, MNA 70765

• A Bachelor’s degree
• Official transcript(s)
• Official scores from the TOEFL®, PTE®, or IELTS® required of all non-U.S. citizen applicants (and U.S. citizen applicants, who have lived/studied extensively in other countries)
• Resume
• Two recommendations (requested by e-form within the application)
• Complete online application
• At least two years full-time, post-baccalaureate nonprofit experience in the management of people, projects or budget units
• Official scores from the GMAT® or GRE®; waiver option available within application
• Interview dependent upon qualifications
• Application fee of $50 (by 11/1516), $100 (by 12/15/16), or $150 (by 2/15/17)

Scholarships

The EMNA program offers merit-based fellowship funds and employer-specific fellowship funds to qualifying students each year via the online application. Students eligible for fellowships must meet all of the following criteria:

• Outstanding academic performance
• Strong commitment to a career in the nonprofit sector
• Demonstrated potential for leadership

The EMNA program also maintains several partnerships with nonprofit organizations committed to professional development. Current employer-specific fellowship partners are described below.

Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Fellowship

The Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corp Fellowship was instituted to honor those who have served in the Peace Corps and who wish gain employment in the nonprofit sector after leaving the Corps. One fellowship is awarded per academic year to the candidate who shows outstanding academic performance, a strong commitment to a career in the nonprofit sector and who demonstrates high potential for leadership. The amount of the fellowship is $10,500, or approximately 25 percent of tuition to the EMNA program. Applicants are not precluded from applying for other EMNA merit-based scholarships and financial assistance.

If you wish to be considered for the Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Fellowship, please indicate this selection on your EMNA program application.

The Volunteers of America Program Fellowship

Volunteers of America (VOA) and the EMNA program have teamed up to offer an executive development program for high-potential VOA employees. Through this program, VOA employees spend time on the University of Notre Dame campus learning from MNA faculty members about topics including “What it means to be a CEO in a Ministry of Service,” “Inspired Performance” and “Leading from Middle Management.”

In an effort to expand the collaboration with VOA, the EMNA program has offered a half-tuition scholarship opportunity to a VOA employee who has demonstrated strong values, high leadership potential and outstanding academic performance. Fellowships are restricted to VOA employees and are selected by VOA.