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Continued Consolidation in Q2 2024 as the Sector Sees More Dollars from Fewer Donors

While charitable giving increased moderately in Q2 2024, we are seeing a worrying decrease in both the smallest and the most frequent donors, indicating that the increase in dollars is due to a consolidation of large gifts.

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Mike's Message Takeover: Navigating the New Normal: Compensation, Benefits, and Flexibility in Fundraising

According to the 2024 Compensation and Benefits Report, the average fundraising salary in the U.S. saw a modest increase of 0.8% in 2023, rising from $95,841 to $96,621. This figure pales in comparison to the robust 6.7% increase seen in 2022, reflecting a slow growth trend that fails to keep pace with the 3% inflation rate over the same period.

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01 Jan 2020

Life Lessons/Professional Guidance: New Year, New Quarter, New You?

How to take a step back and ensure that your career and ideals are in alignment. Ready or not, it’s a new year and it’s time to get busy. Between the...

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01 Jan 2020

New on the Job: Move Your Career Forward Faster with the “Be’s” of Fundraising

We were all new once and wanted to be good at our jobs, but without a real playbook, that can be challenging to accomplish. I often think back and ask...

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01 Jan 2020

New on the Job: Getting Schooled

What I Learned Transitioning to Higher Education Fundraising “Oh Laura’s not from higher education, so she doesn’t know how we do things.” I can’t...

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01 Jan 2020

Motivation and Inspiration: What Motivates Donors?

Examining Donor Motivation Through a Management Lens The act of charitable giving brings up a lot of questions: What motivates people to give away...

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01 Jan 2020

Motivation and Inspiration: Philanthropy in Jamaica

Above: © Kristen Sturdivant, Morant Bay, Jamaica. The threads of philanthropy run deep in Jamaica, just as they do in Kenya. Woven into the fabric of...

01 Jan 2020

AFP Member Spotlight: Charmaine Samaraweera Torma

How long have you been involved in the nonprofit sector? I have been in the nonprofit sector since 1999. I originally wanted to be a clinical...

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23 Dec 2019

UBIT “Parking Tax” Repeal Signed Into Law

A provision that levied a 21 percent federal tax on parking and transportation benefits provided by nonprofit organizations has been permanently...

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23 Dec 2019

Thank You!

Hi, everyone. I hope you are having a wonderful month and a successful year-end to your 2019 fundraising. I know it is a busy time, raising money and...

19 Dec 2019

Ontario Directive on Naming Hospitals Is Revoked

The Hospitals Branch of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in Ontario has revoked its two-year directive that restricted the naming of hospital...

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18 Dec 2019

Supporting the Profession

FRANÇAIS Year-end update from the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy—Canada “Volunteering and making my own gift to the Foundation is my way of helping...

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