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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 Oct 2016

Best Bets: Moving the Elephant—Success for Fundraising Consultants

Above: Illustration Credit Shannon Mucha/Illustration Source Sometimes, success is very obvious (a $1 million gift!) and comes all at once. However...

01 Oct 2016

One-on-One: Barbara Tartaglia-Poure

How many years have you been involved in the nonprofit sector? In 2017, I’ll celebrate my 20th year in the profession. When did you join AFP? I joined...

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01 Oct 2016

It’s All Relative

Above: Illustration Credit Gary Waters/Getty Images How your organization and its myriad stakeholders define and measure success How do you define...

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01 Oct 2016

Mission Possible

Above: Illustration Credit Sally Elford/Getty Images How to measure and evaluate your advocacy and policy efforts Of all the things you can measure...

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01 Oct 2016

Donor Retention: Doing the Right Things the Right Way

Above: Illustration Credit Neil Webb/Getty Images Peter Drucker, one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers and writers on the subject...

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01 Oct 2016

Your Career: Good > Better > Great

Above: Image Credit ImageZoo/Illustration Source How many organizations have invested significant time and money in developing a strategic plan that...

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01 Oct 2016

Technology: Helping Funders Recognize Success Through Outcomes

Above: Illustration Credit Jim Frazier/Illustration Source Preliminary research has revealed that many philanthropic organizations—more than 85...

01 Oct 2016

The Last Word: If … Then What?

I’m always a little bothered when I hear people recount how many millions or billions of dollars they have raised in their career. Part of it is that...

01 Oct 2016

Interim President’s Report: Service and Impact

When you boil down our work as donors, volunteers and fundraisers, the very core of our sector—the very core of philanthropy—is about service. Our...

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01 Jul 2016

Prospect Development: Low Profile No Longer—Identifying Up-and-Comers in Your Organization

Above: Illustration Credit Gary Waters/Illustration Source Bestselling author Robert Kiyosaki ( Rich Dad Poor Dad and Second Chance ) once wrote, “The...

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