Read It’s Groundhog Day in America: A Personal Journey (Part I) My journey continued in a unique and unexpected way. 1970s In 1970, I started a new job as Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs at Chicago State University. Chicago State was on the south side of Chicago (69th and Stewart...
“I read that report . . . of the 1919 riot in Chicago, and it is as if I were reading the report of the investigating committee on the Harlem riot of ’35, the report of the investigating committee on the Harlem riot of ’43, the report of the McCone Commission on the Watts riot. I must again in...
The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada, is pleased to welcome four new board members to the Board, effective July 1, 2018.
1:00-2:00 PM Eastern | Presenters: Nathan Chappell and Cecelia Poplin Eligible for 1 CFRE Education Point AI and the Future of Philanthropy, focuses on the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in the nonprofit sector. It explores how predictive and generative AI can enhance...
Reporting on annual philanthropy, growth or decline has consistently been 1-2%. While other recipients of discretionary dollars over the past decade have seen growth of double or triple their revenue since 2008. We will discuss the impediments that fundraising and the nonprofit world have self...
The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy champions philanthropy and volunteerism by developing the nonprofit sector’s current and future leaders, welcoming diverse new voices into the charitable world and rigorously upholding the highest standards of ethics. Leadership Development Chamberlain Scholarship...
Opportunities to push major fundraising and giving legislation don’t happen all the time. So when these opportunities do come about, we need to take advantage of them and get our message out to key legislators. We’ve seen it happen this year with the Legacy IRA Act. After two years of work, we’re so...
Above Photo Credit: Guillaume Issaly “Rage giving” is here to stay, and you should be prepared for when—not if—it happens to your nonprofit. The summer of 2020 saw a wave of protests in U.S. cities in response to the unjust deaths of Black Americans like Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery...
“Values and behavior are the outer expressions of culture. In order for an organization to have a culture, the values must be lived.” —Simon Sinek The Integration of Development and Marketing Disciplines Author and inspirational speaker Simon Sinek captured the essence of building an effective...