When: Nov 16, 2018 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CT) National Philanthropy Day is a celebration of giving, volunteering and charitable engagement—which highlights the accomplishments that philanthropy makes to our lives, our community and our world. Join the Greater Wichita Chapter of the Association of...
Above: Playing in the garden: Whitesburg, Kentucky. Photo by Teresa Collins. Rural and small town America are in a social and healthcare crisis. And that crisis is largely ignored by philanthropy. There is a dissertation in all of this. Fortunately for the reader, this is not it. From an eagle’s eye...
Today, August 26, is recognized in the United States as Women’s Equality Day, in honor of the date that the Nineteenth Amendment, giving women the right to vote, was certified. Even before women gained suffrage, however, they’d been using other means to make an impact, notably through fundraising...
What if alumni could tell us something much bigger—about why people give, why they don’t, and what trust looks like in modern philanthropy? The National Alumni Survey is one of the largest longitudinal listening efforts of its kind, capturing insights from tens of thousands of voices across...
The AFP Foundations for Philanthropy enhance philanthropy and volunteerism through programs of education, research, and service that benefit those who lead, serve and support nonprofit institutions.
Beth Breeze is the winner of the 2022 AFP/Skystone Partners Research Prize for her book “In Defence of Philanthropy.” I began my career as a fundraiser and think it is one of the best jobs in the world. There is immense satisfaction in bringing together people with resources who care about causes...
Interested in professional development but waiting for the “right” time? How about now, with the added assistance of an AFP financial scholarship? The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy—Canada offers Canadian fundraising professionals working for charitable and non-profit organizations the opportunity...
As we celebrate National Volunteer Week, I want to thank you for everything you do for the AFP community, locally, nationally and internationally. AFP is the professional association representing the fundraising profession–or as we’ve coined it: the IMPACT profession. But I know the heart of our...
In 2020, the International Women’s Day theme is “ let’s each be for equal.” This simple statement embraces the idea that we all should be a part of building a more gender-equal world. Some fundraisers like to think that we are a “woke” industry. We don’t need to do more work on gender equity and...