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Featured Resource: Mental Health Resources for Fundraisers

Working in a mission-driven profession, with limited resources and high expections, it can be easy to lose sight of your own mental health as you prioritize the goals of your organization. These resources from the Association of Fundraising Professionals are designed to help fundraisers evaluate their own mental health and find solutions to common challenges such as burnout, quiet quitting, and competing professional and personal priorities.  

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women talking
03 Feb 2020

The Issue of Racism in the Fundraising Profession

I struggled with the title for this blog because I didn’t want it to scare off people. To be clear, this musing is specifically about the issue of racism as it relates to fundraising professionals of color and not simply about “diversity in the fundraising profession.” When I read the title to a...
Resource Donor Relations/Stewardship Diversity and Inclusion (IDEA) Your Fundraising Career
canary
23 Jan 2020

The Canary in Your Coal Mine

A recent Chronicle of Philanthropy newsletter showed some donors are contributing really LARGE gifts! In their tally of the biggest donations of the year, Jim Walton (of the Walmart Waltons) and Eric and Wendy Schmidt (of Google and Alphabet) both recorded gifts of $1 BILLION or more. Unfortunately...
Resource Donor Relations/Stewardship Prospect Research
women talking
09 Jan 2020

Eight Fundraising Trends For 2020

Eight is the luckiest number in Chinese culture symbolizing prosperity, and Linda Wise McNay of Our Fundraising Search is covering the top eight fundraising trends for 2020. Storytelling will grow in importance. Storytelling has been a fad, a popular word in the past few years in nonprofits. This...
Resource Your Fundraising Career
simplify
07 Dec 2019

Streamlining Your Fundraising Process: A Quick Guide

If you work for an organization that depends on donations from supporters, you know that the fundraising process can be long and complicated. From planning fundraising events to forming marketing strategies, it’s easy for your team to become overwhelmed. You should be constantly on the lookout for...
Resource Research Reports Your Fundraising Career
06 Dec 2019

AFP Ready Reference: Embracing and Living Ethics in Fundraising

Too often, we focus on ethics from a negative or corrective perspective. Our conversations may be robust only in the midst of a controversy or scandal. Making the consideration of and conversations about ethics normal and routine can change people’s perceptions as well as organizational cultures...
Resource Ethics Your Fundraising Career
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05 Dec 2019

You Need a Seat at the Decision-Making Table

Too often, this seems to be the answer for how to influence the narrative on diversity, equity and inclusivity—gender equity at large. It has become a rallying cry for women advocating for higher female c-suite and board level representation. So just take it at face value. That’s it, right? It...
Resource Boards and Volunteers Diversity and Inclusion (IDEA) Your Fundraising Career
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27 Nov 2019

The Case for Sport Philanthropy: Why Isn’t Sport Considered Charitable?

For as long as I can remember, sport has been an integral part of my life. Whether it was being born into Habs fandom, following my dad around between rinks and baseball diamonds, cold Saturday morning figure skating lessons, years on the softball team, or waking up in the middle of the night to...
Resource Case for Support Research Reports
Change
27 Nov 2019

Quelles réactions suscite chez vous le mot « collecte de fonds »?

ENGLISH Si vous êtes comme la plupart des gens, vous avez sans doute des réactions mitigées. Vous pouvez devenir anxieux, nerveux, irrités, voire ennuyés à l’idée qu’on vous demande de donner de l’argent. Mais en même temps, comme la plupart des gens, vous pensez probablement que les organismes de...
Resource International Trends and Resources Case for Support Donor Relations/Stewardship
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20 Nov 2019

Connecting the Dots on Sexual Misconduct in the Philanthropic Sector: Part Two - The Response

FRANÇAIS This is the second of a two-part series that AFP Global Daily has been working on about sexual misconduct. Connecting the Dots on Sexual Misconduct in the Philanthropy Sector Part One: When Women Speak Out was published on October 31st. Part Two: The Response In the wake of a Tough Topics...
Resource Boards and Volunteers Diversity and Inclusion (IDEA) Your Fundraising Career
woman looking down
20 Nov 2019

L’inconduite sexuelle dans le secteur philanthropique: Partie 2 : La réponse

ENGLISH Voici le deuxième article de la série en deux parties d’AFP Global Daily portant sur l’inconduite sexuelle. Le premier article, intitulé L’inconduite sexuelle dans le secteur philanthropique – Partie 1 : Lorsque les femmes osent parler, a été publié le 31 octobre. Partie 2 : La réponse Dans...
Resource Boards and Volunteers Diversity and Inclusion (IDEA) Your Fundraising Career
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