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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 Oct 2021

Fundraising and Research: Demystifying Major Gifts: A Guide to Major Donor Moves Management

I’ve lost track of the number of times friends and colleagues have expressed fear or anxiety around asking for money in my fundraising career. My...

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01 Oct 2021

Fundraising and Research: Charitable Giving Trends for 2022 and Beyond

Each year, the Giving USA report, published by the Giving USA Foundation and researched and written at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of...

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01 Oct 2021

Leadership: The Power of Collective Leadership

March 10, 2020 was the last Board meeting before the end of our fiscal year at Central City Foundation. The mood in the board room of one of our...

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01 Oct 2021

Ethics: Ethical Situations – What Would You Do?

As fundraisers, ethical dilemmas are something you will face from time to time. Whether it’s an issue with a donor or a problem with your organization...

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01 Oct 2021

Office Culture and Well-Being: Why Hiring Diverse Candidates is Not the First Step

Whether you’re on LinkedIn, reading a philanthropy-focused publication, or consuming any other news piece, you likely have seen an influx of...

01 Oct 2021

AFP Chapter Spotlight: Chapter Spotlight – AFP Manitoba

Despite the challenges of the last year and a half, the AFP Manitoba Chapter has been able provide members with robust professional development...

01 Oct 2021

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Using Science to Navigate Tainted Donations

Quick Overview Whether or not to accept a tainted donation is a timeless question, but one for which not all institutions have adequate answers. Using...

People

30 Sep 2021

AP Perspectives: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Meaning of Community

As shared widespread events, pandemics always spark societal shifts— plagues in the Middle Ages led to a renewed religious fervor in Europe, while the...

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30 Sep 2021

AFP on Truth and Reconciliation: "Actions speak louder …"

FRANÇAIS September 30 is Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with many events planned across our country. For example, the...

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30 Sep 2021

L’AFP sur la vérité et la réconciliation : « Agir, c’est mieux… »

ENGLISH Le 30 septembre 2021 marquera la première Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation qui sera célébrée au Canada. Pour l’occasion...

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