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FEP Q4 2025 Data

FEP Q4 2025 Data Shows Strongest Revenue Growth in Five Years, Even as Fewer Donors Give

New data from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) shows that total charitable dollars raised grew by an estimated 5.0% (±0.5%) in 2025 compared to 2024, marking the strongest growth the sector has seen in five years. 

Torrie Taj

Torrie A. Taj, CFRE Named AFP 2026 Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year

A visionary nonprofit leader with more than three decades of impact, Taj is being recognized for her innovative, ethical, and abundance‑minded approach to fundraising and organizational growth. The award honors her transformative leadership, including driving dramatic increases in philanthropic revenue, expanding services to tens of thousands of individuals annually, and championing a future‑focused vision for the fundraising profession. 

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01 Jan 2022

Pictured Above: Harry and Heath Bennett Above Photo Credit: Heather Camerio What teenager doesn’t enjoy hanging out with friends or watching videos in...

01 Jan 2022

What, exactly, is artificial intelligence (AI)? The term encompasses several related yet distinctive fields. One is natural language processing, a...

01 Jan 2022

Above Photo Credit: Jon Tyson How much of everyday conversations do people spend talking about themselves? A whopping 60%. It’s no surprise that on...

01 Jan 2022

Above Photo Credit: Jason Goodman Most of us learned early in our fundraising careers that 80% of our revenue would come from just 20% of our donors...

01 Jan 2022

For Ben Parker, senior director of Play Yellow at Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals, golf has been a constant. His passion for golf stems...

23 Dec 2021

Thank You! You can never say thank you enough. That’s a fundamental rule of fundraising for our donors, and it’s applicable to many things in life...

21 Dec 2021

(Arlington, Va.) Stephen Thomas, CFRE, a fundraiser of nearly 50 years who is described as the “guru of Canadian direct mail fundraising,” will be...

21 Dec 2021

(Arlington, Va.) Patrick J. Feeley, MBA, CFRE, a long-time fundraiser with more than 25 years of experience in the profession and a leader of the...

21 Dec 2021

(Arlington, Va.) Krishan Mehta, Ph.D., associate vice president for engagement at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, and a leading voice for...

21 Dec 2021

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has announced its 2022 class of Distinguished Fellows: Patrick J. Feeley, MBA, CFRE; Krishan Mehta...

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