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Continued Consolidation in Q2 2024 as the Sector Sees More Dollars from Fewer Donors

While charitable giving increased moderately in Q2 2024, we are seeing a worrying decrease in both the smallest and the most frequent donors, indicating that the increase in dollars is due to a consolidation of large gifts.

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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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01 Jul 2019

Ethics: Called to Do Well and Be Good

The mission of AFP to promote effective and ethical philanthropy is inspiring, even as it challenges fundraising professionals to pursue the sometimes...

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01 Jul 2019

Spotlight: A Currency of Another Kind

Forty years of friendship and still I was amazed when my childhood friend, Jodi, told me she was going to raise my cousin’s newborn to avoid losing...

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01 Jul 2019

Spotlight: Untold Stories of Female Leadership

Visible, aspirational leaders are crucial for fundraisers from diverse backgrounds to “see themselves” in leadership roles. This three-part series...

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01 Jul 2019

Who We Are: Results of the 2019 AFP Compensation and Benefits Study

Nineteen years ago, AFP began conducting a study about compensation and benefits in the U.S. and Canada as a service to members. This spring, more...

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01 Jul 2019

Fundraising Toolkit: The Unanticipated Benefits of Engaging a Fundraising Consultant

Fundraising is challenging under any circumstance, whether it’s to sustain the operations of a nonprofit or to launch a campaign for growth and...

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01 Jul 2019

Fundraising Toolkit: Lies, Damned Lies and Development Statistics

Is an increasing retention rate always an indicator of success? The answer might not be as simple as you think. Overall database retention rate has a...

01 Jul 2019

Book Review: Generation Impact—How Next Gen Donors Are Revolutionizing Giving

First Edition, Published by Wiley (September 2017) When a book wins an award for research, the reader expects it to be informative. What is not...

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01 Jul 2019

From the President: What Is a Magazine?

No, I’m not going to go all existential on you, or try to argue that you’re not really holding a magazine in your hand right now (or perhaps reading...

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01 Jul 2019

Ethics: Publicly Private—The Ethics of Donor and Prospect Information

Twenty-five or 30 years ago, personal information was sparse. Privacy was usually respected unless you had a “gossipy” friend, ran afoul of the law or...

Banff

27 Jun 2019

Calgary Chapter Issues Report on Addressing Opportunity Gaps in the Profession

More than 70 fundraisers from Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest gathered at the bi-annual Banff Compass conference on April 29 in a...

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