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FEP Q2 2024 infographic

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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19 Jul 2017

AFP Member Spotlight: Joyce Mitchell-Antoine, CFRE

AFP talks with Joyce Mitchell-Antoine, CFRE, vice president for development at Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, about managing fundraising in four...

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01 Jul 2017

50/50 Vision: Things Still Seem a Bit Blurry

A professional fundraiser’s personal giving experience yields new insight into giving and donor relations Early in 2011, I knew I wanted to do...

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01 Jul 2017

Palm Springs Stories

In 1976, I read Studs Terkel’s oral history masterpiece, Working. Since then, as a fundraiser, consultant and college instructor, the idea to use...

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01 Jul 2017

The Power of Our Democracy? Philanthropy

Above: Detroit’s skyline on July 18, 2013, when the city became the largest to file for bankruptcy. More than a dozen private foundations helped...

Nonprofits Emerge: A Centennial Perspective

01 Jul 2017

Photo-Essay: Nonprofits Emerge: A Centennial Perspective

Photo credit: Pritzker Military Museum & Library It is a saying of remembrance: “Lest we forget.” The United States and our World War I allies have...

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01 Jul 2017

Power Tools

How monthly, peer-to-peer and face-to-face programs can be powerful tools in your fundraising tool kit It is an old saying, to be sure, but what...

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01 Jul 2017

Different Latitudes: My Life in the Peace Corps and Beyond

The story of my global trek begins in an isolated community in the highlands of Guatemala, where I was going to complain about only receiving one egg...

01 Jul 2017

Q&A: How It Works (Hustle)

Q: What is your main claim to fame? A: Hustle strengthens donation-based organizations by balancing oversight with empowerment, channeling the values...

01 Jul 2017

How We Do Things Around Here

“How we do things around here” is an apt characterization of organizational culture. We can apply it to the most mundane aspects of organizational...

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01 Jul 2017

Inclusion Isn't About Being Asked to Dance, It’s About Getting to Host the Dance Party

Renowned diversity trainer Vern Myers is credited with saying, “Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance.” What does...

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