CONTACTS: Natalie Paskoski, Manager of Content, (434) 236 – 5583, [email protected] (Arlington, Virginia) Dimetri O’Brien, development and communications manager at D.C. nonprofit, New Endeavors by Women, has been recognized as one of four Outstanding Young Professionals by the...
As business owners pursue new and innovative ways to do good, including donating their companies to charity, it marks a shift for how the wealth industry works with business owners and their families “The more things change, the more things remain the same.” Today, it seems that business owners have...
A Donor Bill of Rights Was My Guide By James M. Greenfield It happened to me more than once in the 1990s. A senior nonprofit hospital executive wanted to use gift funds received for capital and equipment purposes for the operating budget, not what the donors had specified. Our official thank-you...
Every fundraiser I know has a story they can tell about a time they felt their ethics were being put to the test. The pressure to secure donations to keep your organization sustainable in an increasingly competitive nonprofit environment can put strain on the ethical boundaries that are so essential...
Above Photo Credit: Jon Tyson Navigating the Past 2 Years of Stewardship While Creating a New Future Thinking back to formal schooling days, classrooms were often laboratories of change and experimentation. Learning and trying new things were the fabric of the days. Some of that curiosity and...
Ana Marie Argilagos, president and CEO of Hispanics in Philanthropy, shares how her organization is working to close the gap for Latinx people in philanthropy through internal learning programs that are helping to create a pipeline of Latinx leaders and produce greater Latinx representation...
(Arlington, Va.) The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has announced its 2020 Distinguished Fellows: Susan Hosbach, CFRE, chief development officer for Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tenn.; Dennis Stefanacci, ACFRE, a retired fundraiser in Florida who still supports nonprofits...
Image source: The Government of Canada FRANÇAIS In September 2021, the Action Identification Working Group on Truth and Reconciliation was formed as a joint initiative between AFP Canada and the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy - Canada boards. Its focus was to determine possible actions that AFP in...
Who actually gives—and why—in a retail setting? Research for this study was supported by a Wilson C. “Bill” Levis grant from the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy. What do Albertsons, Walgreens, Costco, and PetSmart all have in common? They are all retailers and, along with eBay, they top the list of...