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AFP Member Spotlights are a recurring series of interviews with AFP members, highlighting the unique individuals and career paths that exist within the fundraising profession. If you know an inspiring fundraising professional who deserves to be featured, please email afpmarcom@afpglobal.org.In this AFP Member Spotlight, Ciara Ginyard, MPA, development director at Detroit Horse Power, shares with us the seemingly simple advice, "Do the ask." We discuss how fundraisers can remove themselves and their...

Earlier this month at the AFP ICON opening general session, Catherine Connolly, CFRE, MBA, chair-elect of the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – U.S., shared the latest results from the foundation’s Fundraising Effectiveness Project, or FEP. This joint effort between AFP, Giving Tuesday, and a number of data providers, offers a quarterly update on giving trends, including dollars donated, total amounts donated, and retention rates of donors. In 2022, these quarterly reports showed a continuing decline...

ENGLISHLe mardi 16 avril, le gouvernement du Canada a déposé le Budget 2024 : Une chance équitable pour chaque génération qui, entre autres, reconnaît que « les organismes de bienfaisance et les organismes à but non lucratif sont les piliers des communautés partout au Canada ».On peut lire dans le budget que « depuis 2015, le gouvernement fédéral travaille en partenariat encore plus étroit avec le secteur des organismes de bienfaisance et des organismes à but non lucratif afin d’offrir plus de soutien...

FRANÇAISOn Tuesday, April 16 the Federal Government tabled Budget 2024: Fairness For Every Generation which, among other things, recognized that “charities and non-profits are the pillars of communities across Canada.”The Budget notes that “since 2015, the federal government has worked in even closer partnership with the charitable and non-profit sector to deliver more support to Canadians.” It includes a list of previously announced funding and structural changes the government made to support...

El comienzo de Abril fue diferente para varios fundraisers mexicanos que tuvieron la oportunidad de viajar a Toronto, Canadá para ser parte del evento más grande del mundo, que reúne a fundraisers a nivel internacional. AFP Global organiza este evento cada año y ahora hubo una excelente delegación de participantes de México. Aquí compartimos sus testimonios y fotografías, les agradecemos su compartir.Carlos Madrid Varela, parte del Board de AFP Global y AFP México nos comparte que encontrarse con...

AFP Member Spotlights are a recurring series of interviews with AFP members, highlighting the unique individuals and career paths that exist within the fundraising profession. If you know an inspiring fundraising professional who deserves to be featured, please email afpmarcom@afpglobal.org.In this AFP Member Spotlight, we interviewed Greg Goodman, MBA, senior regional philanthropy officer at American Red Cross - Palm Beach. He shared with us how he connects with the missions of the organizations...

Capital campaigns are the ultimate opportunity to engage your most essential supporters and deepen their connections to your mission.Let’s say you’re heading into a major campaign. You’ll assess your board’s risk tolerance, establish your initial plans, conduct fresh screening and qualification exercises, and tighten up your prospect portfolios. Once your campaign is underway, you’ll get in touch with these prospects to explain your objective and ask them for gifts.But think beyond the ask—if a...

As a fundraising professional, you know the importance of effectively engaging with major donors. You also know that the future of fundraising depends on adjusting to changes in the pool of major donors, especially as we see new types of donors emerge, and/or as major donors use new approaches. We invite you to participate in an essential study designed to help fundraising professionals embrace this opportunity to adapt their practices.This research is a partnership between the GivingUSA Foundation...

Chances are you’re already sending out some type of donor survey each year. The good news about surveys? They’re cheap and easy. The bad news? They’re cheap and easy. Yes, surveys can turn your fundraising strategy into a fine-tuned, sophisticated engine of revenue. But surveys are also laden with potential pitfalls, making it easy to never accomplish your goals. So before you whip up your next donor survey, let’s take a look at 6 principles to set you up for success and learn as much as possible...

Welcome to the FEP Reports Library and thank you for supporting the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Below you will find a list of quarterly and annual reports on the growth and trends of philanthropy in North America from 2012. We hope that this industry data helps you and your organization to make better-informed, growth-oriented budget decisions to boost donor revenue. If you have any questions, please contact The Fundraising Effectiveness Project at fep@afpglobal.org.Quarterly Reports2023Q3Q12022Q4Q3Q2Q12021Q4Q3Q2Q12020Q4Q3Q2Q1Annual...

The average fundraising salary increased by 6.7% in the U.S. and 5.9% in Canada in 2022, according to the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy’s 2023 Compensation and Benefits Report. While this growth is significant compared to the 1.5% increase in 2021, it is still barely keeping pace with the year-end inflation rate of 6.5%. Members: Download The 2023 AFP Compensation and Benefits Report

While large donors drove marginal growth in giving dollars throughout 2021 and much of 2022, their stability has begun to erode. According to FEP’s latest quarterly data, a decrease in donors and dollars given was evident across all donor types in Q1 2023, with major donors causing an outsized decline in dollars and donor retention. Paired with a sharp drop in dollars given by new donors, these outcomes set the stage for compounded challenges for the sector throughout 2023. The full FEP Q1 2023...