September 20, 2024 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Eastern Join us for the African American/Black Affinity Group Meeting. The meeting will take place via Zoom. Birgit Smith Burton, chief executive officer of AADO, the African American Development Officers Network, and AFP Global's board chair will be joining us...
Are you passionate about AFP and the future of the fundraising profession? Are you interested in a leadership role that will facilitate career growth? Consider submitting your nomination for the 2025 AFP Global Board of Directors. AFP is currently accepting nominations for the following positions...
Casey J. Saunders, CFRE, is the associate director of planned giving for The ALS Association's National Office. He manages a portfolio of nation-wide planned giving donors and prospects and acts as a consultant for the Association’s chapter network on all things related to planned giving. Prior to...
Many professional fundraisers have had a profound impact on the nonprofit sector, but recently, the nonprofit world lost two individuals in particular who helped to shape fundraising into what it is today. William “Bill” Freyd and G. Douglass “Doug” Alexander—two of fundraising’s most respected...
(As an international association, I’m always sensitive about focusing on events occurring in a particular country. However, the violence that occurred at the U.S. Capitol building last week carries important lessons for countries, people and fundraising around the world.) By their nature...
May 5, 2026 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. If you’ve ever worried about losing donors after their first gift, you're not alone. According to AFP’s Fundraising Effectiveness Survey, only ~18% of first-time donors are retained year-over-year. Translation? If you don’t make an impact early, you lose your...
I love mentoring! There is no better way to start this article. Since the pandemic began and started to overtake our daily routines, like most of you, I tried to be creative in my ways of self-care. It started with baking. But it wasn’t long before I realized I consume my raw ingredients, even...
In the 25 years that Advancing Philanthropy has been a signal publication of the fundraising profession, it has helped to usher in advances in our thinking about our craft by providing its pages to fund development practitioners willing to share their insights and experience. As the pace of change...
Above: San Antonio retains a sense of history while thriving as a modern mecca. Photo of Mission Espada by Robert Howen. It seems like a lot of cities, though rich in history, only carry the current flavor. I live in Washington, D.C., a city of monuments and museums, bronze plaques and street signs...