Veritus Group Academy

Fundraising Courses Designed for Real Donors and Real Results

Mid-level and Major Gifts fundraising programs flourish when donors feel known, valued, and meaningfully connected to the work they care about.

Veritus Group Academy (VGA) equips fundraisers and leaders with proven systems, clear strategy, and practical tools to generate sustainable fundraising revenue through authentic donor relationships.

This isn’t theory. Everything we teach has been tested in real organizations, with real donors, and real revenue on the line.

Learning options designed to build high-performing fundraising teams

With a range of on-demand and session-based learning experiences, our learning pathways help you move forward with confidence.

VGA courses are eligible for Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) credits, the world's only globally recognized, accredited certification for fundraising professionals. And as a VGA participant, you’ll be invited into our exclusive community where you can access our rich network, live calls, additional resources and more.

Introductory Courses

VGA’s self-paced intro courses provide a strong, grounded foundation for fundraisers and leaders who want to better understand how effective donor engagement really works. Start here if you’re new to mid-level or major gifts, or want to reset your approach.

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Certification Courses

We offer our flagship courses — in Mid-level, Major Gifts, and Fundraising Leadership — several times a year. These courses deliver deep learning experiences and provide VGA’s highest level of guidance and accountability, with optional one-to-one coaching for added support.

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Skill-Building Courses

These self-paced courses are designed for professionals already familiar with The Veritus Way™ and want to deepen expertise in critical areas of donor engagement, pipeline economics, donor asks, and planned giving. These can be taken any time and often work best after completing a certification course.

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“Veritus Group Academy provides one of the finest instructional and developmental experiences in which I’ve participated. They focus on practical and necessary strategies for developing donor investment and understanding. The content is thorough and relevant, and the instructors are fundraising professionals and excellent educators who incorporate personal anecdotes as well as practice models in their instruction.”

Steve Gilmore

Senior Director, Philanthropy

American Cancer Society, North Central Region

“Through Veritus Group Academy l've gained a better understanding of each step in the process of Major Gifts, and I've built a terrific foundation for getting better results. I’ve learned how to carefully and systematically plan frequent touch points with the donors in my portfolio so I can better discover the passions and interests of the donors I work with and match it with their resources. I now have the confidence to recognize that when a relationship of trust has been established, I can be fearless in my approach when asking for a much-needed gift for a worthy cause.”

Delane Bailey-Herd

Senior Field Rep

Food For The Poor Inc.

“The VGA course has been absolutely phenomenal, the information is excellent and it has been worth every cent we’ve invested. I just told our CEO today that every penny spent was worth it, and we are already implementing so many of the things we’ve learned; now we’re thinking so differently about everything we do. Whoever put this together was brilliant, and the work we have to do to get our certification is fabulous!!”

Susan Morris
Manager of Fund Development
City Kidz

“After only a few weeks in a VGA course, it’s totally changed my outlook on donors and how I approach my work. Thank you! I can't believe how on-point the program is. It’s truly the best professional development I've signed up for in YEARS.”

David Jaeger
Development Officer
Outward Bound California

“I’ve been doing this work for 40 years and still benefited from VGA – and that says a lot. My colleagues said at first that we shouldn’t spend the money for me to attend because of all my experience, but I wanted to continue to learn and to keep my staff accountable by being involved. I am so glad I did. I loved what I see as the spiritual aspects of The Veritus Way, which I don’t see in other courses. You understand at a deep level that it’s about taking care of the donor before it’s about the revenue. My staff was from different backgrounds, so having my team attend VGA moved us and organized us into a high-functioning team. We now speak the same language, and all have a Marketing Impact Chart which we use for accountability. We also had regular meetings together during the course. We talked about our learnings from each module and dialogued about its application to our work.”

Gabriella Catolino
Retired Campaign Director
London Health Sciences Foundation

“I’d been a fundraiser for approximately nine years and although I was having success, I knew I could do better and needed training. Veritus Group Academy has shown me how to view fundraising with a new, big picture perspective. I love the Veritus philosophy of how to approach and partner with donors; that the donor is the relationship. Veritus delivers an organized and passionate approach to fundraising, and provides tools and resources to take with you so that you can start implementing immediately.”

Jody Craig
Development Officer
St. Petersburg College Foundation

“I was a first-year fundraiser, learning on the job during a lot of organizational turnover, and I had little to no training, other than the Veritus Group Academy Major Gifts course. Well… guess what? That year, I was able to bring in $1.2 million in revenue for the Food Bank. I owe a debt of gratitude to VGA for providing the strategies that have been transferable to corporate community relationships.”

Jennifer Wilson Eckert
Manager of Corporate Engagement
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma