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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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Parramore, McNay, and Martin: Authors and leaders in philanthropy.

01 Apr 2019

Worth a Look: “An Adventure of PhilAnThropy!”

Above: Parramore, McNay, and Martin: Authors and leaders in philanthropy. Is everyone born capable of being philanthropic, or is giving a learned...

01 Apr 2019

From the Chair: YOU are the Community Builders

I love fundraising and philanthropy, and it is my profound honor to serve as your AFP Chair. Working with other social impact fundraisers—as well as...

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01 Apr 2019

Major Gifts: The Rise of the Female Philanthropist—Ignore Her at Your Own Peril

A new movement in women’s philanthropy is brewing, and nonprofit organizations and fundraisers should be paying attention to it. Women are making a...

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01 Apr 2019

Major Gifts: Moves Management—The Good, the Bad, and the Challenging

Lately, it’s not unusual to hear fundraisers using the term “moves management” to define a vague and fuzzy process of general donor cultivation. The...

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01 Apr 2019

To Sir/Madam, With Love

“How do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume?”1 If you’re a baby boomer, this song lyric resonates. But even if you aren’t...

01 Apr 2019

Major Gifts: Australia’s First Major-Gifts Benchmarking Study

The good news? The size of your organization won’t hold you back. Major gifts can be a game changer for an organization’s fundraising. They are...

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01 Apr 2019

A Curriculum of Fundraising

In my first year of teaching fresh out of graduate school, I found myself in front of a group of teens I mischaracterized as blank slates ready for me...

Jeanene Harris

27 Mar 2019

Jeanene Harris On .... Professor Wyatt and Great Teachers

“Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.” These are the famous words of William Shakespeare. While attending college, I learned their true...

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27 Mar 2019

Facebook Live: Three Big Announcements from ICON!

AFP President Mike Geiger has been hinting for weeks about some big announcements at ICON about new member benefits. If you're in San Antonio, you'll...

Steven G. de Polo

26 Mar 2019

Steven G. de Polo: Promoting Best Practices Through AFP

Joining AFP was a no brainer for me. From my first days in development in the 1990s, I knew that I needed to invest in my career if I was going to...

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