The AFP Fundamentals of Fundraising Course was developed with a foundation from the Essentials of Fundraising Program and the First Course and is composed of seven modules that have been designed by experienced fundraising professionals to meet the real-world needs and challenges non-profit...
February 1, 2024 (1-day) 1:00 – 5:00 PM ET $199 USD (Members); $259 USD (Non-Members) In this workshop you will learn how to lay the groundwork for a successful campaign long before you start asking for gifts. If your organization is preparing for a capital campaign, you won’t want to miss this step...
October 21-22, 2025 | 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Whether you're new to fundraising or looking to strengthen your foundational skills, the AFP Fundamentals of Fundraising course is the perfect place to start. This introductory, two-day course provides a comprehensive overview of fundraising principles...
Calling all emerging leaders and young professionals. Join us online for this exciting half-day conference geared toward helping you develop your fundraising skillset and advance your career. We’ll cover topics such as legacy giving, diversifying your grant writing, tech innovations in fundraising...
The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy’s 2025 Compensation and Benefits Report reveals a continued stabilization in U.S. fundraising salaries, with notable trends in pay equity, benefits, and workforce longevity. In 2024, the average fundraising salary in the United States experienced a slight decrease...
How would she know? There were three sessions on fundraising ethics at the AFP conference in San Francisco this May. The first thing to note about this is that three out of about 130 sessions is a rather small number for something that is so fundamentally important to the fundraising profession...
(Arlington, Va.) Salaries for fundraising professionals in the United States were on the rise before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and then fell by the end of 2020, resulting in overall flat growth, according to the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP) 2021 Compensation and Benefits Report...
FRANÇAIS (Ottawa, Ont.) Salaries for fundraising professionals in Canada grew in the first quarter, then fell slightly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, resulting in year-end growth of almost 3%, according to the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP) 2021 Compensation and Benefits Report...
Recent experiences with dubious donations have a lot to say about the pressure of mega gifts and how that pressure can lead organizations to ignore blaring stop signs and alarm bells along the way. The huge check required many people to hold it up; the holographic text spelled out a massive donation...