Ethics Under Pressure: Leading with Integrity in Turbulent Times

Educational Breakfast – Ethics in Philanthropy

📅 Thursday, October 23, 2025
🕙 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Union Rescue Mission Angeles House; 13200 Avalon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90061
💲 Tickets: $35 (AFP Members) | $50 (Future Members)
☕ Breakfast included

Scholarships Available!

In an era of heightened political polarization and public scrutiny, how can nonprofit leaders preserve trust, transparency, and ethical integrity? Join AFP Global President Art Taylor for an engaging session that explores real-world ethical dilemmas faced by today’s nonprofits. Through guided discussions and breakout case studies, participants will examine how AFP’s Code of Ethics can help navigate complex decisions while maintaining public confidence and organizational values. Attendees will leave with practical frameworks and peer-tested strategies to strengthen ethical leadership in their own organizations.

Members receive special discount of $95 when purchasing package for both events.

Art Taylor

President and Chief Executive Officer

Association of Fundraising Professionals

Association of Fundraising Professionals Email: Art.Taylor@afpglobal.org

Herman "Art" Taylor is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). AFP is the professional association of fundraising professionals that advances philanthropy through advocacy, research, and education. The association fosters development and growth of fundraising professionals and promotes high ethical standards in the fundraising profession.

Previously, Mr. Taylor served as President and CEO of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance (2001-2024), where he significantly expanded the organization's impact by increasing charity reports from 250 to over 1,400 nationally soliciting organizations. Under his leadership, the Alliance introduced the Accredited Charity Seal, which has garnered more than 1 billion impressions in the public domain, providing donors with a clear indicator of trustworthy organizations. He also launched innovative initiatives including givesafely.io, the first charity donation platform built on blockchain technology, and The Heart of Giving Podcast, ranked first nationwide in the nonprofit genre.

Mr. Taylor is a respected voice in the nonprofit sector on charity accountability, transparency, governance, and strategy. He is a co-author of "The Overhead Myth" letters and collaborated with GuideStar and Independent Sector to create ChartingImpact. His "Advancing Collaboration" initiative, which included a partnership with Stanford Social Innovation Review, received the 2018 ASAE Foundation's Innovation Award.

As an educator, he has been a Lecturer at Columbia University School of Professional Studies and an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Indiana University Lilly School of Philanthropy. He has been a featured guest lecturer at Georgetown McDonough School of Business and George Washington University.

Prior to his work at BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Mr. Taylor headed the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America (1990-1999), where he grew the employment and training programs to serve more than two million disadvantaged Americans.

Mr. Taylor has been named four times to the Non-Profit Times list of Power and Influence Top 50 and is a member of its Hall of Fame. He serves on numerous boards including Franklin & Marshall College (Senior Vice Chair), Convergence Policy (Chair Elect), and Mobile Giving Foundation (Chair).

He holds a BA in Business Administration from Franklin and Marshall College (1980), a JD from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, and is a Certified Public Accountant.