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Members of the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy Champions Circle demonstrate visionary leadership and a commitment to build the capacity of philanthropy through ethical and effective fundraising. Membership in the Champions Circle requires a minimum five-year commitment totaling at least $25,000...
How many years have you been involved in the nonprofit sector? In 2017, I’ll celebrate my 20th year in the profession. When did you join AFP? I joined in 1997. How did you get involved in the nonprofit sector and fundraising? My background is in marketing and sales. At the time, I was volunteering...
A new report from global CRM leader, Salesforce.org, finds that fundraisers spend, in any given week, the most time on major gifts, followed up by different kinds of grant writing, events and membership work. The 2019 Nonprofit Fundraising Productivity and Effectiveness Report, conducted by Povaddo...
Five questions with Kishshana Palmer about managing your career, team and life balance, which is the subject of her July 24, 2017 webinar, Rock It! How to Be a Great Fundraiser and a Great Manager at the Same Time.
This scenario plays out frequently at many nonprofit organizations: A top-performing fundraising professional gets promoted to lead a team but has never been trained to lead or manage. The result is often a disaster. Fundraising results suffer, other front-liners head for the door and the new...
Last fall, leadership from each of the AFP chapters in Wisconsin began meeting together to better achieve their individual goals by combining their collective knowledge and experiences. In November, the chapters met for the first time by Zoom to establish their commitment to each other, identify...
As many know, I’m partial to bad jokes—it’s almost a “super” power. I would sprinkle them throughout various zoom staff meetings when we were all working from home… but I now realize that they were not remotely funny… (see what I did there?). Moving on, what I don’t joke about is how fast time flies...
In this Q&A, AFP chats with emerging leader Kayla Esan, development and donor relations manager at North Carolina State University and member of the AFP Triangle Chapter, about her start in fundraising, the importance of mentorship and how her local AFP chapter has contributed to her success. 1. How...
Powered by a booming stock market and a strong economy, charitable giving by American individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations to U.S. charities surged to an estimated $410.02 billion in 2017, according to Giving USA 2018: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2017, released...
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