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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 Jul 2018

What Canadian Donors Want Part II

In this second article on the What Canadian Donors Want study, I will focus on just two key aspects of the study and correlate the findings with other...

01 Jul 2018

Millions of Faces: Transformation Through Philanthropy

01 Jul 2018

Fundraising from a Million Different Faces

In most respects, my life is dissimilar to that of one of King Arthur’s knights, but being an academic who studies fundraising can often feel like...

Firefighters fighting a fire.

01 Jul 2018

Fighting a Firestorm

Above: Within days of the outbreak of the fires, Mulligan was writing checks totaling $600,000. How did the Napa Valley Community Foundation get a...

photo of a man and woman sitting on a couch planning

01 Jul 2018

Perspectives—Philanthropic Planning: A Model for Transformative Gifts

Philanthropy can be transformative. Philanthropic planning is a powerful way for individuals to give to the charities they believe in and care about...

PhilanthroKids performing in public

01 Jul 2018

Empowering Young Children Through Philanthropy

Above: PhilanthroKids performing in public The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) is one of the world’s largest organizations advancing...

Rays of sunlight coming from behind a cloud in a blue sky.

01 Jul 2018

Silver Linings

Crises often showcase the best of humanity, which is exactly what happened when Floridians stepped up in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane...

01 Jul 2018

An Interview with David P. Whitehead, CFRE

Approximately 250 organizations, each with nearly 3,000 members, have large nonprofit organizational memberships with AFP. One such organization is...

Ruby Rodriguez, 8, looks back at her mother as she wades across the San Lorenzo de Morovis River with her family. The bridge was swept away by Hurricane Maria on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. They were returning home after visiting family on the other side (AP photo, Gerald Herbert).

01 Jul 2018

Transforming a Devastated Island Through Philanthropy

Above: Ruby Rodriguez, 8, looks back at her mother as she wades across the San Lorenzo de Morovis River with her family. The bridge was swept away by...

People looking at posters on at the pop-up AR Exhibit, Black Broadway on U: Echoes of an Era at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C.

01 Jul 2018

In the Interest of Awesome

Above: From the pop-up AR Exhibit, Black Broadway on U: Echoes of an Era at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Black Broadway on...

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