Ethical Dilemma: It is April 1st a few days before the annual income tax filing deadline. You are in your first month as director of development for a history museum. During your interview you met the chief financial officer, director of collections, director of operations, as well as the CEO. You...
How often do we say in passing to a friend or colleague, “What’s new?” This issue applies that question to more than a dozen aspects of fundraising today, from nonprofit impact reporting to millennials growing new careers to rising interest in virtual reality to a higher bar for true inclusion. We...
Cathy Mann shares her new perspective on the role of special events in fundraising.
"Big Six" Tax Reform Framework Needs More Incentives to Protect Giving, America’s Charities WASHINGTON, D.C.— Jason Lee, chair of the Charitable Giving Coalition (CGC), a group of more than 175 charities and nonprofits from across the country, commented on the Tax Reform Framework released on...
Above: “Dragon” investors Scott McCain, Dr. David Elias, the Honourable Anne McLellan, and Steve Douglas awarded the $500,000 first-place prize to the Co-Morbidity Crisis—IMPART project team of Dr. Jean-François Légaré, Dr. Keith Brunt, and Dr. Sohrab Lutchmedial. They’ll use the prize money to...
AFP Member Spotlights are a recurring series of interviews with AFP members, highlighting the unique individuals and career paths that exist within the fundraising profession. If you know an inspiring fundraising professional who deserves to be featured, please email [email protected]. In this...
Public policy is playing an increasingly larger role in all aspects of our life, including fundraising and philanthropy. AFP has had great success in public policy over the years, including this year with the Legacy IRA Act, and is working with other nonprofits and associations to hold a DC Fly-In...
Data from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) has again revealed significant decreases in charitable giving and other fundraising metrics in the first six months of the year, making the latter half of 2019 even more critical than usual for charities.
Slowing Growth in Second Quarter Signals Continued Unpredictability, Opportunities for Nonprofits This Year (Arlington, Va.) Fundraising in the first half of 2021 kept up with the impressive levels from 2020, though the slowdown in growth in the second quarter of the year suggests continued...