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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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FEP

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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23 Jan 2019

What Will Fundraising Look Like in 2019: Overrated Trends

What trend in fundraising is overrated, or that you need to approach with a bit more caution, nuance, and/or understanding in 2019?

Martha H. Schumacher, CFRE, ACFRE, MInstF (AD)

16 Jan 2019

Martha H. Schumacher to Lead Board of Largest Community of Social Impact Fundraisers in the World

(Arlington, Va.) Martha H. Schumacher, CFRE, ACFRE, MInstF (AD) will serve as the chair of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)...

Karen Rotko-Wynn, CFRE

16 Jan 2019

Karen Rotko-Wynn to Lead AFP Foundation for Philanthropy

(Arlington, Va.) Karen Rotko-Wynn, CFRE, will serve as chair of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Foundation for Philanthropy in 2019...

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16 Jan 2019

What Will Fundraising Look Like in 2019? (Part II)

We asked top fundraisers from across North America what they thought fundraising would look like in 2019 and what trends and issues they would be...

Eric Litwiller, MBA

12 Jan 2019

Eric Litwiller, MBA: Planned Giving Perceptions

I was offered a job at a retirement community as Director of Development without knowing what fund development was. I didn’t know about grants and...

Pamela Say, BA, MBA, CFRE

12 Jan 2019

Dear Leaders: Three Essential Skills Fundraisers Must Master

Little did I know at the ripe age of 18, I would one day become a suited executive and author giving big speeches around the country. On the verge of...

Wayne Olsen

12 Jan 2019

Wayne Olson: Hey Wayne! Donor Letters

Dear Wayne, When I write thank you letters to donors, should I also include a return envelope or encourage the donor to make another donation? Jeff in...

S. Sanae Tokumura, ACFRE, APR

12 Jan 2019

S. Sanae Tokumura, ACFRE, APR: Tales of the AFP Ohana

Some of us work like dogs, inputting donor data, writing case statements/development plans/grant requests, engineering meetings between board members...

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09 Jan 2019

What Will Fundraising Look Like in 2019? (Part I)

We asked top fundraisers from across North America what they thought fundraising would look like in 2019 and what trends and issues they would be...

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09 Jan 2019

Helping You Change the World in 2019

Last week, I talked about AFP’s key accomplishments from 2018 —our new website, microlearning videos, the Women’s Impact Initiative and AFP Connect...

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