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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 Jul 2022

Philanthropy in Focus: Living Your Organizational Culture

“Values and behavior are the outer expressions of culture. In order for an organization to have a culture, the values must be lived.” —Simon Sinek The...

01 Jul 2022

AFP Member Spotlight: Kathi Barber

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01 Jul 2022

The Art of Communication: Communication Is the Ask

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The Art of Communication: Know Your Audience

When communicating, whether it’s with one person, in a small informal group, or a formal meeting, it’s best to know as much as possible about your...

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Fundraising Tools: Program Performance—The Tie That Binds

Performance. Donors demand it. Development officers plead for it. Program managers assure executives they do it. Websites advertise it. But what is it...

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01 Jul 2022

Fundraising Tools: Major Gift Metrics Shouldn’t Focus on Visits— A Pandemic Epiphany

A number of articles have been written on major gift officer metrics over the years, and I want to add my thoughts because the pandemic helped me...

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01 Jul 2022

Sponsored Content: Fundraise Up—Nonprofits Aren’t Fully Connecting With International Donors—Here’s Why

With more than 10 million nonprofits worldwide, people looking to give have a plethora of charitable organizations to choose from. In terms of...

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01 Jul 2022

The Art of Communication: Mapping the Donor Experience

Use a donor touch point calendar to boost engagement across all channels. A donor’s overall experience with our organizations is made up of many tiny...

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01 Jul 2022

The Art of Communication: Stewardship is the Year-Round Celebration of the Gift

Above Photo Credit: freestocks Gift officers often work so hard to cultivate and solicit a gift that once the gift is received, they celebrate and...

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01 Jul 2022

In Conversation: Living a Life of Kindness—To Yourself, To Others

Above Photo: Zainab Salbi in a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zainab Salbi, a humanitarian, author, journalist, and ICON 2022...

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