October Is Ethics Awareness Month!

AFP’s Code of Ethical Principles, adopted in 1964, states that “AFP members both individual and business aspire to foster cultural diversity and pluralistic values and treat all people with dignity and respect.” What does this mean in practice today, and how is it an ethical issue? On Oct. 21, join our diverse panel of experts as they discuss how this principle is, and should be, applied in fundraising today, and what it all has to do with ethics!

The world’s largest conference for fundraising professionals returns to the east coast in 2020! And don't miss AFP ICON 2020 Keynote Speaker: Internationally-Recognized Culinary Innovator and Humanitarian José Andrés!

Want to give back to your fundraising community? Nominate yourself to serve on one of AFP Global’s committees and put your skills to work in the areas of membership, chapters, public policy, communications and many more.

Da click aquí para conocer este nuevo recurso para los procuradores de fondos en México:

• Como Desarrollar el Caso Institucional
• Requerimientos Legales y Obligaciones Fiscales para OSC’s en México

We have new resources in Spanish for our fundraisers! Click below to learn more about these new resources for Spanish speaking fundraisers:

• How to develop a Case Statement
• Legal and Tax Requirements for Nonprofits in Mexico

Three-quarters (73 percent) of surveyed charitable nonprofits reported meeting their fundraising goals for 2018, according to a new report from the Nonprofit Research Collaborative (NRC), a coalition co-founded by AFP. Sixty-three percent of organizations reported raising more in total than the previous year.

AFP has partnered with the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to provide all members a free one-hour online negotiation workshop. In addition, AFP has launched with Korn Ferry the new AFP360°, our free online career builder and management tool!

Charitable giving in the U.S. reached an estimated $427.71 billion in 2018, according to Giving USA 2019: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2018, but grew by just 0.7 percent from 2017—and adjusted for inflation, total giving declined 1.7%.