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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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01 Oct 2017

Q&A: How It Works—Kishshana & Co.

Spend a minute with Kishshana Palmer, and you’d never, ever believe she was shy. This rendition of “How It Works” focuses on Kishshana’s far-reaching...

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01 Oct 2017

Impact Investing and the Development Professional: Learning to Ride the Wave

As he studied the financial report and listened to the executive director describe the need for a loan to upgrade facilities, Phillip scratched his...

Painting of Portland Head Light, a historic landmark

01 Oct 2017

Rules Were Made to Be Followed

Above: Portland Head Light is not just a picturesque sight but also a historic landmark. But like other lighthouses around the world, its true purpose...

Painting of a lighthouse on a cliff by the ocean

01 Oct 2017

What We Need Is T-R-U-S-T

If you pursue a master’s degree in nonprofit management at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies, you will most certainly encounter...

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01 Oct 2017

Don’t Ask Your Gran What’s Ethical in Fundraising

How would she know? There were three sessions on fundraising ethics at the AFP conference in San Francisco this May. The first thing to note about...

01 Oct 2017

Word Power

In 2003, at the first International Fundraising Summit held in Toronto, Ontario, just prior to the AFP International Fundraising Conference, a new...

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01 Oct 2017

The Ethics of Overhead

Recently, I had the privilege of emailing with Art Taylor, president and chief executive officer of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, to start a dialogue...

01 Oct 2017

Back of the Book: Ethics, Accountability, and Regulation

This puzzle focuses on key words having to do with ethical principles and the ways in which fundraisers live up to these goals. The solution is at the...

01 Oct 2017

Back of the Book: Professionalism 3

Professionalism is defined as an individual’s conduct at work. The absence of professionalism is more noticeable than its presence. A lack of...

01 Oct 2017

From the President / In a Critical Year, Upping Our Public Policy Leadership

As fundraising and philanthropy have grown significantly over the years, AFP’s role as a leader in public policy for the profession has become...

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