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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 2018

Placing Value on AFP Membership

Because you are reading this article, it’s reasonable to assume that you are a member of AFP. Or, your membership may have lapsed, or you are thinking...

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01 Jan 2018

Advancing the Profession of Fundraising: We’ve Come a Long Way in 25 Years

When does an occupation become a profession? Are we there yet? In a New Directions in Philanthropic Fundraising issue in 2004, editors Lilya Wagner...

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01 Jan 2018

Fundraising, Leadership, and the Future

Forecasting the future can be complicated, even for genius visionaries like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. Fortunately, the same skills that you use for...

01 Jan 2018

Diversity and Inclusion: 25 Years and Counting, A Step at a Time

From my perspective, the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ steadfast commitment to and promotion of diversity and inclusion stand out among...

01 Jan 2018

Leaders Specialize in Change

Leadership, management, marketing, communication, change theory: A vast number of professional disciplines inform and shape the way we do our work as...

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01 Jan 2018

Expert Panel on the Future

When AFP launched Advancing Philanthropy in 1993, it was a long, long time ago. So far back, in fact, some may think dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Human...

01 Jan 2018

The Big Difference Scholarships Make

As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Advancing Philanthropy, we must recall the basic tools that have truly served to advance philanthropy over the...

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01 Jan 2018

Truth-Telling Before Reconciliation: A Conversation with Bryan Stevenson

Meet Bryan Stevenson. Bryan graces our cover and we are thrilled to report that he will be the closing keynote speaker at AFP’s International...

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01 Jan 2018

Leverage for Good: The New Frontier of Philanthropy

Despite widespread beliefs and the valiant efforts of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and its affiliated members, traditional...

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01 Jan 2018

Diversity in Philanthropy: My Vision for the Next 25 Years

As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first publication of Advancing Philanthropy magazine, I can’t help but think forward and envision what the...

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