NWANA Fundraising Course Credit Policy

The NWANA Fundraising Course Credit Program helps grow Nordic Walking by turning fundraising activity into instructor training opportunities.

Fundraisers and fundraising teams can earn course credits for the NWANA Academy Beginner Instructor Certification Course. Credits may be used by the fundraiser, gifted to another person, donated to an instructor candidate on the waitlist, or assigned to a community organization.

Course Credit Value

One course credit covers enrollment in the NWANA Academy Beginner Instructor Certification Course. The current course price is $195.

Course credits have no cash value and cannot be exchanged for money.

How Credits Are Earned

Individual fundraisers earn course credits based on fundraising totals.

• $300 raised = 1 course credit
• $600 raised = 2 course credits
• $900 raised = 3 course credits
• $1,200 raised = 4 course credits

Additional credits continue at the same rate: one course credit for each $300 raised.

Employer Matching Gifts

Eligible employer matching gifts may count toward course credit milestones.

Example: a $150 donation plus a $150 eligible employer match may create $300 in total impact and qualify for one course credit.

A submitted employer match may count toward a course credit when the donor or fundraiser provides enough information for NWANA to identify the match request, including employer name and match submission confirmation when available.

Matching gift status may be tracked as Submitted, Pending, Received, Rejected, or Expired.

NWANA may issue a course credit based on an eligible submitted match before the matching funds are received. If the match is later rejected or not received, NWANA will not revoke a course credit that was already issued in good faith, but may adjust future credit decisions if repeated match submissions are incomplete, inaccurate, or unverifiable.

Team Fundraising Credits

Fundraising teams may also earn course credits based on team totals.

• $300 team total = 1 course credit
• $600 team total = 2 course credits
• $900 team total = 3 course credits
• $1,500 team total = 5 course credits
• $3,000 team total = 10 course credits

Team credits may be used to train team leaders, corporate wellness leaders, local walking group leaders, senior center instructors, rehabilitation center instructors, hospital wellness program leaders, school, college, or university walking leaders, and community volunteers.

Team captains may recommend how earned team credits are assigned. NWANA reserves final approval to make sure credits are used consistently with the organization's mission.

Individual and Team Credit Counting

An individual fundraiser's donations may count toward both the individual fundraiser's milestone and the fundraising team's milestone.

This means an individual can earn a personal course credit, while the team's total may also unlock team course credits.

NWANA may limit duplicate credit issuance if a campaign setup causes the same funds to be counted in an unintended or abusive way.

How a Credit Can Be Used

A course credit recipient may choose one of the following options:

• Use the credit for themselves
• Gift the credit to a specific person
• Donate the credit to the Instructor Candidate Waitlist
• Assign the credit to a local club, school, senior center, rehab center, hospital, college, university, or community organization
• Allow NWANA to assign the credit where it is most needed

Transfer Rules

A course credit may be transferred one time before it is redeemed.

Once a recipient is enrolled in the course, the credit is considered redeemed and cannot be transferred.

Credits may not be sold.

Expiration

Course credits are valid for 12 months from the issue date.

NWANA may extend a credit in reasonable cases, including illness, scheduling barriers, organizational delays, or community program timing.

Instructor Candidate Waitlist

NWANA may maintain an Instructor Candidate Waitlist for people who want to become Nordic Walking instructors and may need scholarship support.

Waitlist candidates may include people connected to walking groups, senior centers, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, schools, colleges, universities, parks and recreation programs, community wellness organizations, and underserved communities.

NWANA may prioritize waitlist candidates based on mission fit, readiness, community need, geographic reach, and available credits.

Credit Issuance Process

Course credits are not automatically issued by Moodle in the first version of this program.

1. A fundraiser or team reaches a milestone.
2. NWANA reviews GiveSignup fundraising totals and matching gift information.
3. NWANA creates a Course Credit ID.
4. The fundraiser or team captain selects how the credit should be used.
5. The recipient creates or confirms an NWANA Academy account.
6. NWANA manually enrolls the recipient in the Moodle course.
7. The credit status is updated to Redeemed.

Refunds, Chargebacks, and Failed Payments

Credits are based on donations and matching gifts recorded in good faith.

If a donation is refunded, charged back, or fails before a credit is issued, it may be removed from the credit calculation.

If a credit has already been issued and later a related donation is refunded or charged back, NWANA may review the case and may adjust future credits, but will generally not remove course access from a recipient who has already started the course unless fraud or abuse is involved.

Disputes

If there is a disagreement about credit eligibility, team assignment, matching gift status, or recipient selection, NWANA will review available records, including GiveSignup reports, matching gift information, email confirmations, and the Course Credit Ledger.

NWANA's decision will be final.

Fraud and Abuse

NWANA may deny, delay, cancel, or revoke a course credit if there is evidence of fraud, false matching gift claims, self-dealing, payment manipulation, fake donor activity, resale of credits, or conduct inconsistent with NWANA's mission.

No Guarantee of Certification

A course credit provides access to the Beginner Instructor Certification Course. It does not guarantee certification.

To receive certification, the participant must complete all course requirements, including lessons, assessments, video review, and any other requirements set by NWANA Academy.