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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

Cultivating the Relationship: Mending Fractured Relationships

Every experienced fundraiser has faced “the dreaded call.” Perhaps you reached out to a lapsed donor to reestablish a connection. As the phone rang...

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01 Apr 2021

Cultivating the Relationship: Leaning Into Your Personality Type to Strengthen Donor Cultivation

Introvert or extrovert? Just own your style. Do you know your personality type? Experts estimate that extroverts make up 50–70% of the population...

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01 Apr 2021

Cultivating the Relationship: Corporate Relationships in Unprecedented Times

Last year was one of the most atypical years we have experienced. The coronavirus pandemic has had widespread impact, affecting our health, the...

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01 Apr 2021

The Issue of Equity and Ethics: Dismantling Privilege and Power Dynamics in Fundraising

Above Photo Credit: Markus Spiske Have you ever been speechless when a donor says something offensive? Have you been in situations where you look and...

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01 Apr 2021

The Issue of Equity and Ethics: Ask For What You’re Worth

Asking someone for a million dollars to save the world? No problem. Asking to get paid what I am worth? Big problem. By all objective standards, I am...

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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...

31 Mar 2021

Alford Group Mentoring and Leadership Development Program 2021 Participants Announced

(Arlington, Va.) The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has announced the participants—11 mentors and 11 mentees—for its 2021 Inclusion...

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29 Mar 2021

Showing Up as a Male Ally

You may be asking why another man is taking over Mike’s Monday Message on this last week of Women’s History Month. I asked this same question when I...

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24 Mar 2021

Fundraisers’ Optimism Tempered by Fatigue and Uncertainty

FRANÇAIS “There are a range of emotions people are feeling, everything from, exhaustion and burnout to feelings of gratefulness and optimism, and...

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24 Mar 2021

The Universal Charitable Deduction/Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act

Click here for the official AFP Virtual Lobby Week Fact Sheet on the universal charitable deduction! Over the last ten years, Congress has...

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