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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 2021

AFP Chapter Spotlight: Chapter Spotlight—AFP Silicon Valley

Even through the challenges of the last year, the AFP Silicon Valley Chapter has continued to offer programs so that fundraisers are equipped with the...

AFP VA, Hampton Roads Chapter members, meet with Mike Elsberg, congresswoman Elaine Luria’s staff member, during Virtual Lobby Week.

01 Jul 2021

AFP Member Spotlight: Chapter Visits Create Resounding Success for Inaugural AFP Virtual Lobby Week

Above Photo: AFP VA, Hampton Roads Chapter members, meet with Mike Elsberg, congresswoman Elaine Luria’s staff member, during Virtual Lobby Week...

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01 Jul 2021

Nonprofit and Fundraising Strategies: Streamlining Operations With a Basic Dashboard

How are you managing your fundraising program’s metrics? If your program is like many small or emerging fundraising programs, your management system...

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01 Jul 2021

Nonprofit and Fundraising Strategies: Creating a Grant Culture in Your Organization—Engaging the Content Experts

The most successful organizations have diversified revenue income that includes not only donor support and event revenue but also a range of private...

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01 Jul 2021

Research: Fundraising Trends in 2020

Several narratives have proliferated since the end of 2020 around the impact of the pandemic on the social good sector. The increasing adoption of...

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01 Jul 2021

Equity in Development: Diversity in the Development Office—Why it Matters and How to Get There

The televised murder of George Floyd and ensuing multi-racial protests that started last spring awakened something in the nation’s leading funders...

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30 Jun 2021

AFP ICON Virtual 2021 Wrap-Up

AFP ICON, the largest event in the world for fundraisers, wrapped up its virtual conference yesterday, and it was a huge success! It was three amazing...

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30 Jun 2021

AFP Emerging Leaders: A Q&A With Becca McKeithen

In this Q&A, AFP chats with emerging leader Becca McKeithen, founder and executive director of FoodRaising Friends Inc., and member of the AFP West...

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28 Jun 2021

Fundraising as a Choice and Not an Accident

Being a fundraiser is not only a fulfilling career that offers personal gratification, but it also serves to uplift, support, and change communities...

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28 Jun 2021

The Importance of Being Supported as an LGBTQ+ Fundraiser

“Be yourself; everyone else is taken.” –Oscar Wilde Several years ago, I was surrounded by a handful of new colleagues my first day on the job. We...

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