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FRANÇAIS Ken Mayhew is the chair-elect of AFP Canada, the chair of the AFP Canada Communications Committee and the former chair of AFP Greater Toronto Chapter. From 1991 to 2002, he worked with the MS Society of Canada, eventually becoming chief development officer. From there, he went to be...
Dear Delores, … I am writing to you because of the friendship and mentorship that Charles has shown me since I joined the firm in 2007. I hold him in the highest esteem and deeply value the words of encouragement and direction … he has offered me over the years. These were the opening words I wrote...
Average amount given per donor household remained constant post-recession, while total share of households who give decreased A new report published by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI and funded by a grant from The Vanguard Charitable Philanthropic Impact Fund...
Islam is the second largest religion in the world, with 1.3 billion adherents in 184 countries, including three million people in the U.S. Author John Huebler offers basic information about the practices and teachings of Islam.
Above: Illustration Credit Campbell Laird/Illustration Source You heard it again and again as you were growing up: Always tell the truth. Maybe your first exposure to truthfulness and falsehood was from reading The Adventures of Pinocchio or through the mistake of saying you had shared a toy when...
The beginning While philanthropy and fundraising have grown significantly during the past 20 years, there was no organization of fundraisers until 1960. The American Association of Fund Raising Counsel (AAFRC) had represented fundraising firms for 25 years, and many local fundraising organizations...
FRENCH Jane Potentier, CFRE, became the new associate vice-president, alumni, and development, at the University of Victoria in 2020 after spending 18 years in various development roles at the University of Alberta. Throughout her career in Canada (she is originally from the U.K.), Jane has been...
“Fundraising is not a profession,” a revered and now long-dead Hawaii community leader quietly intoned during a board meeting, “as much as a shoe salesman is not a professional. You just raise money, like you just sell shoes.” There was a hush. I sat there, having completed a stalled capital...
Founded in 1993, the AFP Lubbock Area Chapter has over 90 members from organizations such as Texas Tech, Lubbock Christian University, Wayland Baptist University, the major health care systems, Lubbock Area United Way, Volunteer Center of Lubbock, Community Foundation of West Texas, alumni...
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