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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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03 Oct 2019

Individual Donations: A Postal Issue?

How much does individual giving in Canada depend upon Canada Post? And, conversely, how much does Canada Post depend upon the nonprofit sector? Should...

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01 Oct 2019

Ethical Relationships: Donors ARE Data—The Ethical Implications of Data Hygiene

Please call me by my true names, so I can wake up, and so the door of my heart can be left open, the door of compassion. —Excerpt from the poem...

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01 Oct 2019

Different Perspectives: Fundraising Excellence Must Be Guided by an Ethical Approach

Charities are founded on the principle of doing good. There are a myriad of causes, missions, and organizations, but underlying them all is a simple...

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01 Oct 2019

Beyond Fundraising: Plain Talk on Sexual Harassment of Development Officers

As a 6-foot-2-inch man, I am the last person you’d think of as someone who has experienced sexual harassment on the job. Some folks have even told me...

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01 Oct 2019

Different Perspectives: A New Conservation Ethic—What Would It Take to Protect Biodiversity?

Species extinction is happening 1,000 times faster because of humans, 1 and scientists say more than 20,000 plants and animals are on the brink of...

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01 Oct 2019

Different Perspectives: Taking Self-Regulation to a New Level in Australia

Four years ago, there was growing concern in the Australian fundraising sector about the backlash fundraisers in the U.K. had received since their...

01 Oct 2019

From the Chair: Happy Ethics Awareness Month!

We’ve never done anything like this before. Well, two things, actually. First, as I hope you’ve seen or heard by now—and maybe even checked out some...

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01 Oct 2019

Ethics, Fundraising, and Leadership: The Power of Ethical Leadership

Too often, we see ethics as placing limits on our actions and constraining ways we can bring more resources to our organizations. Donors exercise...

01 Oct 2019

Different Perspectives: An Ethics of Flourishing

If we ask our friends and colleagues how they define ethics, we are likely to hear something along the lines of it being about what to do and what not...

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01 Oct 2019

Ethical Relationships: The Value of an Outside Perspective

Your organization needs to build fundraising capacity or get ready for an upcoming capital campaign. As a next step, your board of directors asks...

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