This was not the column I imagined writing for AFP’s 60th anniversary. Prior to the pandemic, I’d been thinking about all the things I might write about in this column—AFP’s rich history, the amazing AFP community, how we have improved fundraising and philanthropy, and our profession’s IMPACT on...
Hi, it’s Mike Geiger from AFP, your president and CEO. Our world is changing constantly due to the impact of COVID-19, and AFP’s work has changed as we shift to AFP ICON VIRTUAL, our new online conference. We developed AFP ICON VIRTUAL (and continue to create our conference app) so that we may still...
FRENCH Although many people find it hard to imagine life going back to “normal” after 15 months of being turned upside down by a global pandemic which impacted every aspect of our lives, the advancement of the vaccine program and the lessening of new cases of the coronavirus has many thinking about...
(Arlington, Virginia) The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the largest association of fundraising professionals in the world, has announced a new strategic relationship with Fundraise Up, the donation platform for enterprise nonprofits that uses AI and machine learning to make it as...
(Arlington, Va.) Stephen Thomas, CFRE, a fundraiser of nearly 50 years who is described as the “guru of Canadian direct mail fundraising,” will be recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) at its 2022 International Conference on Fundraising (ICON)...
The AFP Research Council has awarded a $5,000 Wilson C. “Bill” Levis Fundraising Research Grant through the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – U.S. to Sarah Willey, MA, CFRE and Matthew Aplin-Houtz, MCS-P, MM, MBA to conduct a multi-study investigation into fundraising ethics and the establishment of...
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Every year, AFP ICON blows me away. And this one, which just wrapped up in Toronto last week, was no exception. I got a chance to see over 3,000 members of our AFP community — some familiar friends and many new faces — including many of our Canadian members. About 16% of this year’s speakers and 27%...