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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 2019

Paths of Professional Development: Helen Walsh, ACFRE

How you go from point A to point B in life can be pretty interesting. Was it my calling to be a fundraiser? I didn’t think so. I left home to attend...

01 Apr 2019

Sustaining Your Career: Katie Stearns Interviews John Hicks

How did you start your career in nonprofits, and what kept you on this path? I started my career in 1988. A career inventory exercise led me to...

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01 Apr 2019

AFP Announces Partnership With DonorPerfect In Support of Women’s Impact Initiative

(Arlington, Va.) The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the largest community of fundraising professionals in the world, has announced a...

Consulting Detective: Gail Perry

01 Apr 2019

Major Gifts: It’s Elementary, My Dear Fundraisers

In Which We Help You Solve the Mystery of Major Gifts

bone fossils from an Australopithecus afarensis hominid nicknamed “Lucy”

01 Apr 2019

Students for Life

This issue’s cover image features bone fossils from an Australopithecus afarensis hominid nicknamed “Lucy” by anthropologists. Dated to around 3.2...

01 Apr 2019

Interview With Penelope Burk: How Are Major Donors Changing Today?

Today’s Donors Are More Independent and Better Informed Gail: You’ve made a career out of interviewing donors, including major donors, to many causes...

Alice Ferris and Jim Anderson taking a 360-degree selfie with Polish fundraising friends they trained during a two-day workshop for NGOs in Warsaw, Poland. The event was organized by FAOO, the Academy of Civic Organizations Foundation.

01 Apr 2019

I’m a Fundraiser. How Did That Happen?

Above: Alice Ferris and Jim Anderson taking a 360-degree selfie with Polish fundraising friends they trained during a two-day workshop for NGOs in...

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01 Apr 2019

Major Gifts: Conversational Asking: Opening the Door for Big-Gift Conversations

All fundraisers want to create happy, close relationships with major donors who love their causes. This isn’t just a pipe dream. I say this with...

Left: National Geographic Explorers interact with students in classrooms in person as well as via live video from around the globe.

01 Apr 2019

Institutional Member Profile: National Geographic Society

Above: National Geographic Explorers interact with students in classrooms in person as well as via live video from around the globe. Education...

01 Apr 2019

About Our Contributors

Cover photograph by Alain Nogues (Getty Images) 5 From the Chair Martha H. Schumacher, CFRE, ACFRE, MInstF (AdvDip), chairs the international board of...

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