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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 Apr 2017

The Heart—and Business—of the Matter

Last week, I went on a road trip. Seven visits, five packets, two research updates, three bequest discussions. A trip like any other I regularly set...

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01 Apr 2017

Happily Ever After? Partnering and Career Progression of Fundraising Professionals

Two young professionals meet at AFP’s International Fundraising Conference. Realizing that they live in the same metropolitan area, they agree to stay...

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01 Apr 2017

Fundraising Opportunities in the Trump Era

Regardless of your personal feelings about President Donald J. Trump, the new administration means great opportunities for proactive fundraising...

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01 Apr 2017

What We Talk About When We Talk About Changing the World

On the 1950s television show Dragnet, when Detective Joe Friday encountered loquacious witnesses, he often cut things short with his trademark...

01 Apr 2017

Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World — A Book Review

Can computer games take on the world’s problems? You will be kept busy counting the ways in this new book, Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the...

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01 Apr 2017

Midlife ≠ Midlife Crisis

Above: Credit: Ian Pullens How to Manage the Needs and Challenges of Midlevel Professionals As fundraising becomes more of a first career choice and...

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01 Apr 2017

New Growth: Tips for Launching an Endowment Campaign

Endowments are not for every organization; however, if your nonprofit is growing rapidly or has a mature development program, you should consider...

01 Apr 2017

Why Not a Million?

With this issue, Advancing Philanthropy launches a new short prose series and invites readers to submit their most memorable moment from their years...

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01 Apr 2017

What’s So Great About AFP’s International Conference?

My first encounter with the world of professional fundraising was at an AFP International Conference more than 25 years ago. There I realized my job...

01 Apr 2017

From the Board Chair / AFP’s New Vision: Educating the Profession, Changing the World

Is AFP defined by what we do or what we help make happen? While the Strategic Planning Committee considered many important questions as it developed...

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