In 2019, AFP honored Lizzie Allison, with the William R. Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy for her nonprofit, Team Celebrate, an organization dedicated to ensuring that children in foster care felt seen and valued on their birthdays. Now, six years later, she has continued that...
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...
With Thanksgiving and the year-end giving season right around the corner, now is the perfect time to show your donors how much their generosity means to you and your organization. Expressing genuine gratitude is an easy way to strengthen your relationship with your donors and renew their connection...
CONTACTS: Michael Nilsen, Vice President, Communications & Public Policy, AFP, (425) 241 – 4675, [email protected] Kristen Hay, Marketing Manager, (513) 728-9393, [email protected] (Arlington, Virginia) The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the largest association...
ENGLISH Faits saillants de 2022 Réalisation en partenariat Conduite de l’important travail visant à déterminer les mesures concrètes qu’AFP Canada peut prendre en matière de vérité et de réconciliation, et communication des enseignements tirés de ce travail. Outre les réunions des dirigeant.e.s de l...
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...
Your nonprofit must maintain IRS compliance in order to operate. Losing your 501(c)(3) status creates a cascade of consequences: you lose access to grant funding, breach donor trust, and potentially damage your organization's reputation beyond repair. Remaining aligned with IRS requirements means...
Since the start of the Trump presidency, policy decisions such as the numerous executive orders, the rollback of DEI initiatives, mass government layoffs, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo freezing federal dollars, and tariffs on Canadian imports, have nonprofits deeply concerned about...
Julie Garza is a development manager at KIPP Texas Public Schools. In this Q&A she shares what lead her to a career in fundraising and her experience as an AFP emerging leader. How did you start your career in the fundraising profession and what lead you there? In 2014, I participated in the BP MS...