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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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02 Apr 2019

Top Philanthropy Research Prize Awarded to Book on Next Gen Donors

(Arlington, VA) The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has awarded the 2019 AFP/Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising and...

01 Apr 2019

Paths of Professional Development: Cherrelle Duncan

Research is an integral part of how my professional development started. As a young woman, I would research many how-to guides on topics ranging from...

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01 Apr 2019

Paul Pribbenow Named Outstanding Fundraising Professional

(Arlington, Va.) Paul Pribbenow, Ph.D., CFRE, president of Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minn., has been named the Outstanding Fundraising...

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...

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