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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 2017

Mining New Sources of Data for Donor Retention

In the book One Hundred Thirteen Million Markets of One , researchers identify two groups of people: traditionalists and what they call the “New...

01 Jul 2017

What’s Next? Four Trends to Watch

I’m old enough to remember when donor information was kept on 3x5 cards and donor records were recorded on handwritten ledgers. Technology and new...

01 Jul 2017

Seeing Ahead

With over 2 million nonprofits in the United States and contributions totaling more than $373 billion annually, we may have created challenges for...

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01 Jul 2017

Hello in There: Virtual Reality and Nonprofit Advocacy

If you attended the 2015 Davos World Economic Forum, you flew to Switzerland. But in Switzerland, you were transported to another world, where you met...

01 Jul 2017

Pathways to Success: What the 2017 AFP Compensation and Benefits Report Reveals About Fundraisers and Their Careers

In her 2002 book, Careers in Fundraising , 1 author Lilya Wagner provides some case studies of individuals who have either sought fundraising as a...

01 Jul 2017

The “What’s New?” Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers the waterfront, incorporating recent events and future happenings, from the AFP ICON conference to faith and hopes for the years...

01 Jul 2017

AFP Ten Star Gold Chapters and 2016 Friends of Diversity Chapters

AFP Ten Star Gold Chapters Congratulations to our 2017 Ten Star Gold Chapters. These awards honor those chapters that have accomplished many of the...

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01 Jul 2017

You Determine Your Destiny!

A recurring challenge faced by many minority fundraisers is how one should plan his or her professional career. For many older professionals, we may...

01 Jul 2017

Building Relationships: Lessons From a Veteran Leader

Fundraisers can’t let personal differences interfere when they’re developing relationships with prospective donors and seemingly unlikely partners...

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01 Jul 2017

The Ask

How making the ask—whether you find it exciting, excruciating or engaging—can be effective “I will do anything you want me to do, except ask for money...

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