Female fundraisers of color embrace entrepreneurship in pursuit of liberation Over the last two years, the U.S. workforce has experienced tremendous volatility. In 2020, the “shecession” jolted the workforce. Millions of Black and Latinx women left for various reasons, from caring for family to...
Donors Drop by 7% but Dollars Up 6.2%, Buoyed by Major Donors U.S. charitable giving increased significantly in Q2 2022, but gains were accompanied by a continuing steep decline in donor acquisition and retention, particularly among new and newly retained donors, according to the Fundraising...
Development pros begin to rely on their emotional intelligence as never before. And the world is grateful. In 1990, Daniel Goleman, a science reporter for The New York Times, found an article in an academic journal authored by two psychologists, John Mayer and Peter Salovey. The pair formulated a...
How long have you been involved in the nonprofit sector? I began working in the nonprofit sector in 1999 by necessity. At that time, I had my first child and searched for breastfeeding support in my community. There were almost no breastfeeding support groups or resources except those provided in...
Nonprofits can use new data from the “Fourth Quarter Fundraising Report” of the Fundraising Effectiveness Project to evaluate their performance and create strategies to diversify How can nonprofit organizations increase giving at a faster pace? The Fundraising Effectiveness Project, led by AFP and...
According to the recent 2018 Fundraising Effectiveness Quarterly Report, covering the fourth quarter 2017, overall donations to nonprofits in the US increased 4% in 2017 over 2016. This reverses a year-long decline of -4% through the end of the third quarter of 2017, with substantial increases in...
AFP has benefited from amazing leaders for more than 60 years, and I am honored to follow them as global board chair for 2023 and 2024. As the first Black woman voted chair, I’m honored to follow the path paved by those who served before me, especially my mentor—the late Charles Stephens, who was...
AFP LEAD, AFP’s annual leadership conference, is just over a week away! October 16-18, more than 400 fundraisers will gather in St. Louis, MO for three days of education, networking, and inspiring leadership development. If you haven’t registered yet, don’t worry, there’s still time, but you won’t...
Above: Illustration Credit ImageZoo/Illustration Source Discovery questions are the key to understanding donor motivation and behavior. You most likely have sat with donors in coffee shops, living rooms and offices to learn more about what inspires them to give and to keep giving. There are many...