The Harvard Business School Club of Atlanta is now accepting scholarship applications from Georgia nonprofit leaders to attend HBS Social Enterprise Executive Education programs in 2026. Please pass this information on to local nonprofit leaders whom you know that would benefit from the program. There is no other program like it out there. Scholarships include full tuition, room, board, and airfare, if applicable. Scholarships are being offered for two programs:

• Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual (DNPIV), for senior nonprofit leaders responsible for performance measurement. The DNPIV program enables nonprofit leaders to address the challenging work of measuring the performance of nonprofit organizations. This program focuses on aligning mission and strategy through performance measurement, with sessions on innovation and organizational learning, generating evidence about an intervention's effectiveness, building a culture of performance measurement, and managing for collective impact. The program will take place live and online over six half days: April 16-24, 2026. More information can be found HERE.
• Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM), for nonprofit CEOs and executive directors, in-person on the HBS campus July 26-31, 2026. Tailored to nonprofit executive directors and CEOs, this program explores mastering nonprofit leadership in uncertain times. Through SPNM, participants develop a strategic outlook to improve the effectiveness of their organizations by understanding core management concepts, applying these concepts strategically, and learning how to implement change within their organizations. More information can be found HERE.

These programs provide a unique opportunity for nonprofit leaders to step back from their day-to-day roles, share experiences and insights with peers and HBS faculty, and explore proven ways for their organizations to achieve high performance. Participants have the opportunity to connect with nonprofit leaders from a broad range of sectors and geographies, with over a third of participants in each program coming from outside of the United States. Participants are able to immediately apply concepts and skills from the programs, and many maintain the network and sounding board they have developed within their cohort after the program.

Requirements for Eligibility:

• For SPMN, candidates must be nonprofit CEOs or Executive Directors and responsible for shaping the direction, mission, policies, and major programs of their organizations; and have at least 10 years of professional work experience.
• For DNPIV, candidates must be senior nonprofit leaders responsible for implementing effective performance measurement and management in their organizations. Roles can include CEO, ED, board member, COO, CFO, CIO, and others.
• The organization should have at least 5 full time employees, an operating budget of at least $1 million, and substantial operations in Georgia.
• The organization should have been fully operational for one year and be out of the start-up phase.
• The applicant must work for a nonprofit organization serving the community-at-large. It may not be a member-serving organization, such as an industry or trade association. If it is a program within a religious organization, it must be open to all faiths.
• The organization must have a demonstrated and broad impact on the community, an experienced management team, opportunities and challenges that the program will help address, and the commitment to take advantage of the experience offered at Harvard.
• The individual must have a desire to improve his/her personal skills and performance, be capable of performing well in a rigorous classroom environment, and meet the criteria for acceptance by Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Program.
• Candidates will be evaluated based on their ability to impact both the organization and community. Preference will be given to applicants from nonprofit organizations that have not been represented at HBS Social Enterprise Executive Education programs within the last three years.

The application packet is due January 27, 2026. Email the four components listed below to [email protected]. Please DO NOT send anything directly to the Harvard Business School.

1. 2026 HBSCA Executive Education application: CLICK HERE
2. Applicant's resume
3. Letter of support from the Board Chair or comparable senior official (she/he should email it directly to [email protected]).
4. Organization financial statements

Scholarship recipients will be notified in late February/early March.

Our special thanks go to Acuity Inc. for partnering with the Club to create the Acuity Fellows program, which sponsors an annual scholarship to empower local nonprofit leaders to amplify their impact, and to Delta Air Lines for providing airfare for our SPNM scholarship winners to travel to Boston for the program free of charge.

Please email any questions to [email protected] or you may contact Ed Shartar at 404-394-3972 or [email protected].