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New to fundraising, interested in learning more about the latest state of the fundraising profession, or looking for helpful IDEA resources to promote inclusivity in your fundraising efforts? AFP’s Guides & Resources have you covered.

Our Resource Guides provide focused collections of materials and content from AFP Global covering the issues and topics most important to fundraisers.

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Featured Resource: Mental Health Resources for Fundraisers

Working in a mission-driven profession, with limited resources and high expections, it can be easy to lose sight of your own mental health as you prioritize the goals of your organization. These resources from the Association of Fundraising Professionals are designed to help fundraisers evaluate their own mental health and find solutions to common challenges such as burnout, quiet quitting, and competing professional and personal priorities.  

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24 Mar 2021

Guide to Reviewing Your Donor Conversion Process

As a nonprofit organization leader, your strategizing and hard work contribute to your fundraising efforts each year. Getting a prospect from receiving your marketing outreach to giving to your cause is crucial. We know that you work hard each year to increase your marketing return on investment...
Resource Donor Relations/Stewardship Prospect Research
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15 Mar 2021

AFP Chapter Spotlight: Greater Vancouver Chapter

Ask Me Anything – Virtual Professional Development Sessions Greater Vancouver Chapter As we all know, the global pandemic unfolded in March last year and in-person professional development events were cancelled. Amidst the prevalent uncertainty of not knowing when we would gather again, the AFP...
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04 Mar 2021

Gratitude With Impact: 5 Ideas for Thanking Donors

For fundraising professionals, it’s no secret that thanking donors is one of the most important actions your nonprofit takes to pursue its mission in a sustainable way. And this is more than just an oft-repeated recommendation; it’s also supported by data. According to Guidestar, donors who receive...
Resource Donor Relations/Stewardship
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25 Feb 2021

Screen Fatigue: 5 Non-Digital, COVID-Safe Fundraising Methods

As a nonprofit professional, you surely know that fundraising efforts have drastically shifted across the board as a result of COVID-19—and you’ve likely even seen these changes firsthand. For one thing, the majority of in-person fundraising efforts have transitioned to the virtual realm. Yet as we...
Resource Your Fundraising Career
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03 Feb 2021

Facebook Fundraiser Payout: Understanding the Specifics

Most‌ ‌nonprofits‌ ‌have‌ ‌some‌ ‌basic‌ ‌knowledge‌ ‌of‌ ‌Facebook‌ ‌fundraising.‌ ‌But‌‌ ‌the‌ ‌social‌ ‌network‌ ‌and‌ ‌its‌ ‌fundraising‌ ‌potential‌ ‌is‌ ‌largely‌ ‌a‌ ‌point‌ ‌of‌ ‌confusion when it comes to the specifics.‌ ‌ That’s‌ ‌especially‌ ‌true‌ ‌when‌ ‌it‌ ‌comes‌ ‌to‌ ‌payment‌...
Resource Online Fundraising/Social Media
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03 Feb 2021

Fundraising Confidence Slowly Increased Before Year-End 2020

Conducted in late November and early December 2020, the results from the second iteration of AFP’s Fundraising Confidence Survey showed both an increase in year-end fundraiser confidence and concerns about challenges in the year ahead. The survey asked members a series of 14 questions relating to...
Resource Benchmarks Prospect Research Research Reports
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27 Jan 2021

Begin Your New Year Fundraising Efforts Off Strong—Right Now!

I think that we can all agree 2020 was a difficult year for most nonprofits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The year taught us as individuals that we need to be thankful for what we have versus what we want. Oprah Winfrey said it is best, “Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If...
Resource Donor Relations/Stewardship
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15 Dec 2020

Government Submissions / Représentations auprès du gouvernement

AFP Canada Pre-Budget Consultation for the 2025 Federal Budget (August 2024) AFP Canada Pre-Budget Submission to the Department of Finance (February 2023) Consultation: Budget 2023 measures to grow the clean economy, close tax loopholes, and deliver tax relief for Canadians / Consultation : Mesures...
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15 Dec 2020

Government Relations Articles / Articles liés aux relations gouvernementales

Government Relations in a Time of Change / Les relations gouvernementales en période de changement (August 30, 2024) Charities and nonprofits change lives, AFP/Globe and Mail Supplement on Philanthropy (June 21, 2024) Budget 2024 Includes Revised AMT Change / Le budget 2024 propose une modification...
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27 Oct 2020

Due Diligence Playbook: What is Your Role?

The fundraising world is not immune to the 24-hour news cycle. We have all seen the headlines – from the removal of names from buildings, to bribes of admissions officials, to scandals involving a criminal’s donations to universities—negative news about fundraising is all around us. These stories...
Resource Ethics
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