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Mike's Message Takeover: Navigating the New Normal: Compensation, Benefits, and Flexibility in Fundraising

According to the 2024 Compensation and Benefits Report, the average fundraising salary in the U.S. saw a modest increase of 0.8% in 2023, rising from $95,841 to $96,621. This figure pales in comparison to the robust 6.7% increase seen in 2022, reflecting a slow growth trend that fails to keep pace with the 3% inflation rate over the same period.

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Year-End Challenges in Q4 2023 as Fundraising Metrics Decline

FEP’s latest quarterly data shows the growing challenge for American nonprofits: a near-universal decline in fundraising metrics, including dollars raised, donor counts, and retention when compared to 2022.

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01 Apr 2021

Tell Your Story: Demonstrate Your Impact

The past year has been among the most difficult in recent memory. As with any disaster, COVID-19 has, in many ways, brought out the best in us...

Suhailah Waheed

01 Apr 2021

Cultivating the Relationship: Emerging Leaders and What You Should Know About Donor Cultivation

Above Photo: © Nicky Enenmoh As an emerging leader, I’m still learning and growing as a fundraising professional. I have been fortunate to work with...

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01 Apr 2021

Cultivating the Relationship: 10 Steps to Cultivate Foundation Relationships

Imagine a town. It has about 100,000 homes. Some of the homes are very large and reflect owners of great wealth. Other homes are more modest. A few of...

01 Apr 2021

AFP Chapter Spotlight: AFP Chicago

AFP’s commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and access extends beyond the global level, with chapters implementing their own IDEA initiatives and...

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01 Apr 2021

The Issue of Equity and Ethics: Trust, Support, Culture—An Organization’s Responsibility to Their Fundraisers

(This article may contain material that is triggering for some readers.) I was twenty years old when I first dealt with sexual harassment while...

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01 Apr 2021

Inside AFP: Creating Equity in the Profession

Last fall, AFP announced that it would require employers to include salary ranges for all positions listed on the AFP Global Career Center. The new...

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01 Apr 2021

Fundraising Redesign: Redefining Philanthropy Through the HBCU Lens

Above Photo Credit: Bret Kavanaugh Academically based teaching and research centers focusing on philanthropic studies and nonprofit management have...

01 Apr 2021

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Subject Matter of a Mature Nature

Think about your best donors! This is a person who remembered you with a significant gift in 2020 because they knew your organization was struggling...

01 Apr 2021

From the Chair: Our Common Story

Everyone has their own story. It’s what makes us unique. It’s what we look back on to give us strength and perspective. But an important part of...

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01 Apr 2021

Cultivating the Relationship: Black Women Give—Historical Lessons to Build Stronger Relationships

“History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us.” —James Baldwin James Baldwin’s observation is very prescient for today...

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