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AFP offers several guides and numerous resources to help fundraising professionals.

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New to fundraising, interested in learning more about the latest state of the fundraising profession, or looking for helpful IDEA resources to promote inclusivity in your fundraising efforts? AFP’s Guides & Resources have you covered.

Our Resource Guides provide focused collections of materials and content from AFP Global covering the issues and topics most important to fundraisers.

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Featured Resource: Mental Health Resources for Fundraisers

Working in a mission-driven profession, with limited resources and high expections, it can be easy to lose sight of your own mental health as you prioritize the goals of your organization. These resources from the Association of Fundraising Professionals are designed to help fundraisers evaluate their own mental health and find solutions to common challenges such as burnout, quiet quitting, and competing professional and personal priorities.  

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28 Apr 2021
AFP is celebrating April 26 – 30 as our Virtual Lobby Week, with chapters across the United States meeting with members of Congress and their staff to push forward our key legislative priorities for 2021. One of our priorities is the IRA Legacy Act, which expands the IRA charitable rollover by...
Resource Boards and Volunteers
26 Apr 2021
AFP is celebrating April 26 – 30 as our Virtual Lobby Week, with chapters across the United States meeting with members of Congress and their staff to push forward our key legislative priorities for 2021. AFP chapters and members are asking Congress to support the universal charitable deduction and...
Resource Boards and Volunteers
23 Apr 2021
Thank you for your interest in participating in AFP's NPD Awards Online Nomination Process. Ready to set up your chapter's NPD Online Nomination forms? Find out how!
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30 Mar 2021
On March 24, 2021, AFP's Research Council conducted an online forum that included the following presentations: "How Predictable is Predictable Giving? Why Donors Give Monthly" by Elizabeth Searing, University of Texas at Dallas, Liam Duell, University at Albany and Tim Sarantino, Neon One "Gratitude...
Resource Prospect Research
24 Mar 2021
As a nonprofit organization leader, your strategizing and hard work contribute to your fundraising efforts each year. Getting a prospect from receiving your marketing outreach to giving to your cause is crucial. We know that you work hard each year to increase your marketing return on investment...
Resource Donor Relations/Stewardship Prospect Research
15 Mar 2021
Ask Me Anything – Virtual Professional Development Sessions Greater Vancouver Chapter As we all know, the global pandemic unfolded in March last year and in-person professional development events were cancelled. Amidst the prevalent uncertainty of not knowing when we would gather again, the AFP...
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04 Mar 2021
For fundraising professionals, it’s no secret that thanking donors is one of the most important actions your nonprofit takes to pursue its mission in a sustainable way. And this is more than just an oft-repeated recommendation; it’s also supported by data. According to Guidestar, donors who receive...
Resource Donor Relations/Stewardship
25 Feb 2021
As a nonprofit professional, you surely know that fundraising efforts have drastically shifted across the board as a result of COVID-19—and you’ve likely even seen these changes firsthand. For one thing, the majority of in-person fundraising efforts have transitioned to the virtual realm. Yet as we...
Resource Your Fundraising Career
03 Feb 2021
Most‌ ‌nonprofits‌ ‌have‌ ‌some‌ ‌basic‌ ‌knowledge‌ ‌of‌ ‌Facebook‌ ‌fundraising.‌ ‌But‌‌ ‌the‌ ‌social‌ ‌network‌ ‌and‌ ‌its‌ ‌fundraising‌ ‌potential‌ ‌is‌ ‌largely‌ ‌a‌ ‌point‌ ‌of‌ ‌confusion when it comes to the specifics.‌ ‌ That’s‌ ‌especially‌ ‌true‌ ‌when‌ ‌it‌ ‌comes‌ ‌to‌ ‌payment‌...
Resource Online Fundraising/Social Media
03 Feb 2021
Conducted in late November and early December 2020, the results from the second iteration of AFP’s Fundraising Confidence Survey showed both an increase in year-end fundraiser confidence and concerns about challenges in the year ahead. The survey asked members a series of 14 questions relating to...
Resource Benchmarks Prospect Research Research Reports
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