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FRANÇAIS So much of AFP’s work happens at the committee level. Through our Committee Chair Conversation Series, AFP keeps members informed about current issues facing the organization and the sector, and how we are responding. Today’s conversation is an important one because it involves the next...
Why your nonprofit should invest in turning generosity moments into lifetime support The average person receives 10,000 advertisements per day, according to published reports. To be successful, a nonprofit organization needs to think about tapping into that moment when someone is thinking about a...
Above Photo Credit: KOBU Agency Now more than ever, organizations are committed to addressing anti-racism and creating sustainable diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices. As such, fundraisers have spent the last several months discussing what’s next—from CEOs to the board of directors to...
October 19 , 2023 | 6:00 - 7:30pm EDT October is the right time to focus on ethics because it is the beginning of the “giving season,” the last quarter of the year when most charities receive one-third to one-half of their overall yearly funds. And as racial and social injustice comes to light, it...
When the first issue of Advancing Philanthropy appeared in 1993, the world was a very different place. The internet and email were not in widespread use. Social media? Not yet created. The “dotcom” bubble? Still nearly a decade away. What was then known as the Indiana University Center on...
Above: In the movie The Dark Knight Rises, Batman says “any one can be a superhero”—just by putting a jacket around a boy’s shoulder. Photo by John Vink. In the essay “More Than Normal, But Believable,” comic book genius Stan Lee wrote, “A superhero is a person who does heroic deeds and has the...
I’m often asked why I got involved with AFP or why I felt compelled to get involved so much that I now have the honor of serving as chair of our association for the next two years. For me, part of the answer lies in geography. Living in Alaska in a relatively remote community, I have had...
Charitable giving in the U.S. reached an estimated $427.71 billion in 2018, according to Giving USA 2019: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2018. Total charitable giving rose 0.7% measured in current dollars over the revised total of $424.74 billion contributed in 2017. Adjusted for...
Pride month is anchored in a longstanding history of sorrow, rage, and joy coalescing into action. From the contemporary movement’s formative moments — from the 1969 Stonewall Riots, where the bar’s multiracial, gender-diverse clientele fought back against a police raid, to the 1966 Compton’s...
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