FRANÇAIS The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Sonia Sheechoria as Managing Director, Philanthropy and Operations, Canada, reflecting an expanded mandate to support the continued growth and long-term sustainability of philanthropic education, research...
Above Photo Credit: Bret Kavanaugh Academically based teaching and research centers focusing on philanthropic studies and nonprofit management have been proliferating in recent years. The Valdry Center for Philanthropy (VCP) is an evolving program managed by the Southern University Foundation based...
For those who “think of philanthropy as something invented within our nation,” as Eugene Temple says in this book’s foreword, you are in for a bit of surprise and a whole lot of enlightenment. Diversity and Philanthropy: Expanding the Circle of Giving (Praeger) is a new work by Lilya Wagner, Ed.D...
FRANÇAIS The 2023-2024 AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada Board was elected by its members on December 5, 2022 and began their terms on January 1, 2023. Vincent Duckworth, CFRE, President & CEO, at ViTreo Group Inc. based in Calgary, AB became chair of the Board on January 1st. Mr. Duckworth...
The 2024-2025 AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada Board was elected by its members on December 16, 2024 and began their terms on January 1, 2025. Amanda Fritz, CFRE, President & CEO, at Fondation CHU Sainte-Justine based in Montreal, QC and Muneeb Syed, CFRE, Associate Director, Advancement at...
During the first 100,000 years of human existence, people, goods, and information could move at an average speed of 10–15 miles per hour on foot, animals, and boats. But since the 1830s—in less than two centuries—the speed of movement has radically changed with the invention of trains, steamships...
FRANÇAIS The 2025 AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada Board was elected by its members on December 16, 2024 and began their terms on January 1, 2025. Amanda Fritz, CFRE, President & CEO, at Fondation CHU Sainte-Justine based in Montreal, QC and Muneeb Syed, CFRE, Associate Director, Advancement...
Fundraising Professionals Encourage Candidate to Reconsider Proposed Cap on Deductions CONTACT: Jason Lee, Chief Advocacy and Strategy Officer, [email protected], 571-296-5411 (Arlington, Va.) – In response to presidential candidate Joe Biden’s education plan, which would impose a cap on...
Many years ago, during my children’s early school-age days, I learned about fundraising. I mean, pretty much everything the kids were exposed to required them (read: ME) to raise money in order for them to participate. This concept is what I have learned: Many of us consider philanthropy as...