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FRANÇAIS Amidst a global pandemic, online donations grew dramatically in 2020. CanadaHelps, Canada’s largest giving platform for charities, reports that it experienced a 116% increase over the value of donations they processed in 2019. A total of $480,295,283 was donated using their platform in 2020

(See AFP’s previous article for more details about the case.) The amicus brief that AFP Global signed onto in the case of Thomas More Law Center v. Becerra involving donor privacy and Schedule B of the Form 990 has been filed with the Supreme Court. The brief, spearheaded by The Nonprofit Alliance

ENGLISH Les dons en ligne ont augmenté de façon spectaculaire en 2020 dans un contexte de pandémie mondiale. CanaDon, la plus importante plateforme de collecte de fonds en ligne au Canada pour les organismes de bienfaisance, fait état d’une augmentation de 116 % par rapport à la valeur des dons

Such Situations Create Unacceptable Conflicts of Interest and Violate Fundraising Ethics (Arlington, VA) The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the largest community of charities and fundraisers in the world, has released the following statement from President and CEO Mike Geiger, MBA

Asking a fundraiser how they ended up in this profession is always fun. I’ve met art history majors who stumbled into event fundraising; nurses and doctors with mid-life career changes; and my favorite, attorneys who moved from ‘money to mission.’ They did it right if you ask me and my student debt