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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 Jan 2016

Prospect Development: Maximum Capacity—Establishing Common-Sense Metrics and Deliverables for Prospect Research

Above: Illustration Credit Dennis Harms/Illustration Source At times, prospect research can feel a lot like a fast food restaurant: The more prospects...

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01 Jan 2016

Technology: Making the Most of Your Technology Palette

Above: Illustration Credit Kamalova/Illustration Source According to Stacey Segal, a senior director at BrightVine Solutions ( www.brightvinesolutions...

01 Jan 2016

One-on-One: Cathy Cessna, ACFRE

When did you join AFP? I was a member of NSFE for years and received my CFRE in 2003. My first AFP board position was on the marketing committee for...

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01 Jan 2016

Worth a Look

As the Donors Churn While gains in giving outpaced losses at charities in 2014, the number of donors fell, with less than half supporting the same...

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01 Jan 2016

The Corner Office – Full Speed Ahead

Above Illustration Credit: Todd Davidson/Illustration Source How development directors are taking a leadership role through vision, resilience and...

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01 Jan 2016

Research: Small Nonprofits Can Raise Major Gifts!

Major-gift philanthropy plays a hugely important role in our sector. How much so? According to Coutts ( http://philanthropy.coutts.com ), in 2013...

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01 Jan 2016

Fundraisers Without Borders: Leadership and Philanthroculture

Above: Illustration Credit Todd Davidson/Illustration Source “Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, but you don’t have the picture on the front of the box to...

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01 Jan 2016

Gift Planning: Building a Bridge Between the Hard and Soft Sides of Legacy Giving, for You and Your Donors

Above: Illustration Credit Doug Ross/Illustration Source Do you avoid legacy-planning conversations because you are worried you may not know enough? I...

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01 Jan 2016

Communications: The Secret to Great Nonprofit Advertising

Several years ago, a brilliant copywriter named Jono Polansky ( www.onbeyond.com ) wrote an email that perfectly outlines the do’s and don’ts of...

01 Jan 2016

The Last Word: Games Fundraisers Play

With the publication by the Hostetler Institute of Almostno Research (HIAR—not to be confused with HAIR, of which its founder has less and less) of...

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