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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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iPads as table place settings

01 Jul 2017

Technology Market: Evolving the Workplace

Above: Photo Courtesy of Lynne Wester (This is the first in a series of occasional columns about the expanding technology fundraisers are using in the...

01 Jul 2017

The State of Giving

The 2016 Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s (FEP) numbers are in. America’s nonprofit organizations posted a 3 percent gain in revenue of $267...

01 Jul 2017

Dispatches from the Front Lines of Fundraising

If we could take a giant “selfie” of AFP members, you would see nearly 10,000 member organizations in more than half a dozen subsectors, making a...

01 Jul 2017

Professionalism 2

The assignment is to point out what makes a particular fundraiser an exceptional fundraising professional. Well, if I’m following the instruction...

01 Jul 2017

From the President / Mentoring

I hope you had the opportunity to attend AFP’s 2017 International Fundraising Conference in San Francisco earlier this year. If you have never been to...

01 Jul 2017

One-on-One: Kay Sprinkel Grace, CFRE

How many years have you been involved in the nonprofit sector? As a volunteer, for 50-plus years. As a professional, 37 years. I volunteered as early...

At age 93, legendary cellist Pablo Casals still practiced three hours a day.

01 Jul 2017

Unveiling the Latest, Greatest Secret for Fundraising Success

Above: At age 93, legendary cellist Pablo Casals still practiced three hours a day. Embracing innovative solutions to complex challenges can lead to...

Sgt. Alvin York World War I Medal of Honor recipient

01 Jul 2017

Photo-Essay: Sgt. Alvin York, World War I Medal of Honor recipient

Photos courtesy of Deborah York, executive director of the Sergeant York Patriotic Foundation On a recent Tuesday evening, the students working in...

01 Jul 2017

What’s New? Knowledge Explosion Informs Fundraising History and Practice

We don’t know what we don’t know: Authors, editors and website to the rescue Development officers, whether leading a one-person shop or a team of 25...

Pan of gold

01 Jul 2017

Mining New Sources of Data for Donor Retention

In the book One Hundred Thirteen Million Markets of One, researchers identify two groups of people: traditionalists and what they call the “New...

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