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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 2022

The Future of Fundraising: The Rise of Cryptocurrency Giving

Cryptocurrency reached and sustained a market cap of more than $2 trillion in 2021. While the asset class remains volatile, it is the fastest growing...

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01 Jan 2022

The Future of Fundraising: How to Future-Proof Nonprofit Fundraising in an Uncertain Environment

Above Photo Credit: Arthur Ogleznev Staying on top of trends gives nonprofits an advantage. Last spring, I watched nonprofits’ anxiety and uncertainty...

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01 Jan 2022

The Future of Fundraising: Now Accepting—Donor-Advised Funds

With more than one million Donor-Advised Fund accounts and 1,000 DAF sponsors in the country, most nonprofit organizations understand that DAFs are...

01 Jan 2022

AFP Chapter Spotlight: AFP North Carolina Triad Chapter

The North Carolina Triad Chapter, a 10-Star Gold Award Chapter, talks with Advancing Philanthropy magazine about successes they achieved last year...

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01 Jan 2022

Guiding Strategies: Functional Fundraising

How switching software changed my outlook on fundraising. My nonprofit journey started with a simple goal: I wanted to increase access to music...

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01 Jan 2022

Guiding Strategies: An Invaluable Investment

Major giving programs aren’t just for universities and hospitals. True, starting a major giving program represents a long road to travel for a small...

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01 Jan 2022

Resiliency and Leadership: Why Do We Do What We Do?

The Role of the Senior Fundraiser in Advancing the Philosophy of Philanthropy Bob Payton, instrumental in creating the Center on Philanthropy at...

01 Jan 2022

From the President: Your Constant in a Year of Uncertainty

In April of 2020 (remember all the way back then?), I told my team and my board that the pandemic would likely affect us for at least two years. Then...

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01 Jan 2022

The Future of Fundraising: Youth With Heart

Pictured Above: Harry and Heath Bennett Above Photo Credit: Heather Camerio What teenager doesn’t enjoy hanging out with friends or watching videos in...

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01 Jan 2022

The Future of Fundraising: On the Horizon—Artificial Intelligence

What, exactly, is artificial intelligence (AI)? The term encompasses several related yet distinctive fields. One is natural language processing, a...

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