NLP's Mission

Mission
To strengthen the educational, communication and research infrastructure of the Connecticut and U.S. Nonprofit sector.

The mission of the University of Connecticut Nonprofit Leadership Program is to work in academic partnership with the schools, colleges and regional campuses of the University of Connecticut in creating credit and noncredit educational programs, conferences and engaged scholarship beneficial to the Connecticut and U.S. Nonprofit sector. This work will be done in congruence and support of the academic plan and land grant mission of the University.

Collaboration & Leadership Styles
The learning goals of the UConn Nonprofit Leadership Program will focus on the academic needs of the adult learner. A fundamental learning element touching all programs will be the management of inter-organizational strategic networks (collaborations) essential to Nonprofit, government, commercial, and other community stakeholders engaged in work with the Nonprofit sector; and the leadership styles and methods needed to complete that work.

Strengthening the Connecticut Nonprofit Sector
“It is the mission of University of Connecticut Nonprofit Leadership Program to create educational programs and pursue engaged scholarship beneficial to the Connecticut Nonprofit sector,” states Dr. David Garvey, director of the program. “In addition, the UConn program seeks to be a catalyst for strengthening the continuum of learning between the Connecticut Nonprofit sector and the State’s sister institutions of higher education.”