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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 2017

What’s Your Ethics Knowledge?

How much do you know about ethical fundraising? Here is a fun way to test your knowledge. In case you need help, take a look at AFP’s Code of Ethical...

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01 Jan 2017

Getting to Know You

Above: McClatchy–Tribune/Illustration Source How to better understand your prospects and donors so they feel more encouraged to support your...

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01 Jan 2017

High-Impact: An Update on the ‘Five Ways Prospect Development Will Transform Fundraising’

In the Q2 2013 issue of Connections, Joshua M. Birkholz wrote the article, “Five Ways Prospect Development Will Transform Fundraising.” Within the...

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01 Jan 2017

Show and Tell

Using the recently created Growth in Giving Database at the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics ( http://nccs.urban.org), the...

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01 Jan 2017

Private-Sector Engagement in Public Institutions: The Case of the UN World Food Programme

The concept of “public-private partnerships” has its origins in infrastructure dating to the strategy for building the Transcontinental Railroad (1863...

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01 Jan 2017

Do You Know What This Means?

Picture this: You are the optimistic, long-term vice president of development and alumni relations at Happy Valley University. As vice president, you...

01 Jan 2017

One-on-One With Michael Slaymaker, MAHR

How many years have you been involved in the nonprofit sector? Twenty-eight years. When did you join AFP? In 1988. How did you get involved in the...

01 Jan 2017

The Last Word: The Future Is Now—I Think

“I’m off to see a donor,” I said to Robbie, my robot assistant, as I signed out of my digital home office. After taking my hoverboard to the corner...

01 Jan 2017

From the Board Chair / Ask and Receive

I’m often asked why I got involved with AFP or why I felt compelled to get involved so much that I now have the honor of serving as chair of our...

09 Nov 2016

AFP Announces 2017 Class of Distinguished Fellows

AFP is proud to announce its first cohort of Distinguished Fellows, recognizing six senior members of the Association who have given so much to the...

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