Guides & Resources

Stronger Optimism about Reaching Goals, Investing in Capacity (Arlington, VA) Fundraisers are feeling increasingly confident about the current giving environment and reaching their goals in 2021, according to the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP) third Fundraising Confidence Survey...

The success of a capital campaign lies in the details as much as in the dollars. These include the important elements of pre-campaign planning, sequential fundraising, the role of leadership and the importance of stewardship. Was your nonprofit in a campaign or considering one before the pandemic...

In October 2020, AFP announced the launch of its all-new AFP Career Center, requiring salary ranges to be listed with each posting. This announcement was made not only to make the process of posting and searching for jobs more accessible, but also to work toward promoting gender and racial pay...

Nonprofits have the big job of helping their communities. They are the pillars of their communities. If someone is struggling, they are always there to help. So, who assists the nonprofits when they are in need? That’s where great volunteers can come in and save the day. In this virtual age, how do...

One day after AFP Virtual Lobby Week concluded, there’s movement in the House of Representatives on the IRA Legacy Act. AFP members are urged to write letters to their U.S. Representative (not U.S. Senators) on this important bill. Notice from the Ways and Means Committee today indicates that the...

(For information on writing letters about out other priorities, click here for information on the universal charitable deduction and here for information about the IRA Legacy Act.) AFP is celebrating April 26 – 30 as our Virtual Lobby Week , with chapters across the United States meeting with...

AFP is celebrating April 26 – 30 as our Virtual Lobby Week , with chapters across the United States meeting with members of Congress and their staff to push forward our key legislative priorities for 2021. One of our priorities is the IRA Legacy Act, which expands the IRA charitable rollover by...

AFP is celebrating April 26 – 30 as our Virtual Lobby Week , with chapters across the United States meeting with members of Congress and their staff to push forward our key legislative priorities for 2021. AFP chapters and members are asking Congress to support the universal charitable deduction and...