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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 2024

Communication: Stewarding Memorial Gift Donors

This is the second in a two-part series on memorial gifts. April’s article focused on self-care for fundraisers working with memorial gifts. Are you...

Emerging Leaders

01 Jul 2024

AFP/Blackbaud Emerging Leaders Mentor Program Participants Announced For 2024

(Arlington, Virginia) The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has announced the participants — 11 mentors and 11 mentees — for its 2024...

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01 Jul 2024

Communication: The Power of Connection

How do we like to communicate—and are we communicating with each other, with donors, and with funders as well as we could be? I f you’re a fundraiser...

01 Jul 2024

Communication: How Thinking Like a Journalist Helps You Be a Better Fundraiser

M ore than 25 years ago, I had the opportunity to ask President Jimmy Carter questions at a press conference. The Habitat for Humanity Superbuild in...

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01 Jul 2024

Industry: Three Steps to Leverage Data and Optimize Your Fundraising Efforts

Are you utilizing all the tools available to measure and maximize success? A Fundraising Fitness Test may be in order. F or nearly 20 years, the...

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01 Jul 2024

Ethics: Do You Know What to Do?

Ethics Case No. 28: Relationships and Boundaries A re you ready to test your AFP Code of Ethical Standards know-how? Read the following scenario and...

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01 Jul 2024

Fundraising Tools: The Impact of Social Media During Online Giving Days

Nonprofits who leverage the power of social media can increase their networks and drive donations, as seen in the rise of online giving days Dr...

Giving USA

01 Jul 2024

Mike’s Monday Message: Giving USA 2023: Help Stop Individual Giving Declines

For the last two years, the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy’s Fundraising Effectiveness Project has been reporting declines in key fundraising metrics...

01 Jul 2024

Communication: Transitioning Philanthropic Messaging From “We” and “Us” to “You”

H istorically, organizations in our sector have focused their philanthropic messaging on themselves and their organization’s needs (“we” and “us”)...

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01 Jul 2024

Fundraising Tools: How to Share Stories of Struggle Ethically and Effectively

Storytelling is crucial for societal change and nonprofit success. But how should you share stories that cover heavy and taboo subjects in a trauma...

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