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AFP eWire June 1, 2007	Applications Now Being Accepted for Ernest W. Wood Fellowship Doctoral students in the United States or Canada pursuing a dissertation related to fund raising and research, including the areas of major gifts and capital campaigns, are invited to apply for the Ernest W. Wood Fellowship.
AFP eWire April 19, 2012	Top Philanthropy Research Prize Awarded to Albany Consultant Robert M. Penna, Ph.D. Robert M. Penna, Ph.D., of Albany, N.Y., has written a pioneering book, The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox: A Complete Guide to Program Effectiveness, Performance Measurement, and Results.
AFP eWire March 11, 2015	AFP Announces Strategic Partnership with Abila Abila is a leading provider of software and services to nonprofits and associations that help them improve decision making, execute with greater precision, increase engagement, and generate more revenue.
AFP eWire March 25, 2014	Legendary Fundraising Author, Pioneer Honored for Service to the Profession Jerold (Jerry) Panas, one of the pre-eminent authors on fundraising of all time, and an extraordinary fundraiser, is the recipient of the prestigious Chair's Award for Outstanding Service presented by AFP.
AFP eWire February 28, 2011	Andrew Watt Named Chief Executive of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Watt, a veteran of two decades in the fundraising profession, was most recently AFP's chief program officer and before that was its vice president of international development.
AFP eWire March 25, 2015	AFP, Relationship Science Announce Strategic Partnership Relationship Science, is a company that enables organizations to strategically leverage the collective connections of employees, executives, and board members in order to identify high-impact donors.
AFP eWire April 1, 2015	Detroit Fundraiser Richard Martin Honored for Lifetime Service to the Profession Martin is Chief Advancement Officer for Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, one of the largest faith-based nonprofits in the state, with 80 programs in 44 cities.
AFP eWire September 16, 2014	New Partnership to Increase Student Philanthropy, Community Involvement The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the Jefferson Awards Foundation are pleased to announce a partnership between the AFP Youth in Philanthropy program and the Jefferson Awards Foundation's Students In Action Program.
AFP eWire July 3, 2013	AFP Leading, Innovating in Social Media AFP Chief Marketing Officer Scott Pearl is the top-ranked association CMO on Twitter, according to Social Media Marketing magazine -- another sign of AFP's increasing leadership in the areas of social media.
AFP eWire February 6, 2006	New Report Shows Fundraisers Hopeful About Giving in U.S. In the second half of 2005, fundraisers became slightly more hopeful than they had been six months previously about the climate for philanthropy in the United States, according to a December survey.
AFP eWire August 1, 2005	Find Updated News, Commentary on AFP Blogs! Want to find out what media outlets across North America and the world are saying about fundraising and philanthropy? Try one of these blogs.
AFP eWire November 15, 2005	Fundraising Down Slightly Because of Hurricanes: Optimism Still Strong That Giving Will Recover by Year's End According to a survey, nearly half of U.S. charities have seen their fundraising decline because of the Gulf Coast Hurricanes and the associated relief efforts
AFP eWire January 28, 2008	New AFP-Funded Research Compares U.S., Japanese Fundraising A new study examines the extraordinary growth in the Japanese charitable sector, what fundraising methods are most popular in Japan, differing views on giving and how North American fundraisers can approach Japanese donors.
AFP eWire March 17, 2008	The Science of Fundraising: Questioning Fundraising's 'Inefficiencies' Can academic studies help fundraisers better meet their bottom line? As researchers begin to examine the science of fundraising, it seems the answer could be yes.
AFP eWire October 3, 2013	New Jersey Fundraising Consultant Earns Field's Highest Professional Credential On Oct. 4, New Jersey fundraising consultant and founder of Tri Point Fundraising Amy Eisenstein will be awarded the field's highest professional certification, the Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive, by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
AFP eWire July 7, 2009	AFP Award Nominations Due July 15 There are some significant changes that were made to certain awards categories for AFP's 2009-2010 awards programs.
AFP eWire November 13, 2012	AFP, Mackenzie Investments Partner to Strengthen Training and Education for Charities, Fundraisers Mackenzie Investments will help champion education by funding a new Canadian Web Conference series for AFP's 16 chapters across the country.
AFP eWire June 17, 2015	Top Ten (Week of June 17, 2015): Culture Of Philanthropy-Why You Need It; 6 Ways to Get It Brainstorming is an important element to improving... Raising the bar for fundraising in Austin... Culture Of Philanthropy: Why You Need It; 6 Ways To Get It...
AFP eWire January 19, 2015	Top Ten (Week of January 19, 2015): Remember What It Is All About--Perspective and Inspiration Tips to help you put your work into perspective... Steps you can take at the beginning of the year to fire up your leaders and build a well-oiled fundraising machine... Concepts to keep in mind as you seek to build a grant fundraising program... etc.
AFP eWire June 9, 2008	Prize Rewards Charities that Collaborate Nominations are being accepted now for The Collaboration Prize, a $250,000 award being offered by the Lodestar Foundation for U.S. charities.
AFP eWire January 14, 2013	Fundraising Leader Bob Carter to Chair 2013 AFP Board of Directors Carter will serve as chair through 2014. He is the president and CEO of Bob Carter Companies, based in Sarasota, Fla.
AFP eWire October 10, 2008	A Survival Kit for Fundraising in a Bad Economy A tumultuous economy can present unique challenges for nonprofit fundraising. Here are some resources that offer advice for fundraisers in tough economic times.
AFP eWire May 3, 2011	Fundraisers Reveal Most Anxious Moments Fundraisers say trying to get nonprofit board members involved in fundraising and making a call to a prospective new donor are two of the most challenging and anxious moments in their jobs, according to an informal online poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals
AFP eWire March 31, 2009	AFP Honors Top National Donors and Volunteers for 2009 Recipients are nominated for demonstrating extraordinary generosity, innovation and leadership in all aspects of philanthropy.
AFP eWire January 15, 2013	New Study Questions Level of Fundraising Skills, Organizational Support for Philanthropy A new study of American charities and fundraisers raises strong concerns about the number of skilled professionals available for jobs and the lack of infrastructure in most nonprofits to support effective fundraising and philanthropy.
AFP eWire July 12, 2004	AFP State of Fundraising 2003 Final Report Released The report, which shows that charitable fundraising in the United States and Canada rebounded in 2003, provides findings on what challenges fundraisers faced in both Canada and the United States and fundraisers' predictions for 2004.
AFP eWire November 19, 2007	New York Times, Globe and Mail Honor Giving, National Philanthropy Day(R) In conjunction with National Philanthropy Day, two key North American media outlets developed special supplements in 2007 devoted to philanthropy and the charitable sector.
AFP eWire	Charitable Fundraising Takes Another Hit Just 43 percent of charities raised more money in 2009 than in 2008, marking it the worst year for charitable fundraising in a decade.
AFP eWire April 23, 2007	Focus on Donor Retention, Not Acquisition A new study shows that while charities are effective in attracting new donors, improvements in donor retention could affect their fundraising revenue dramatically.
AFP eWire October 23, 2013	National Philanthropy Day(R) to Feature Countdown to Impact Challenge AFP is encouraging all members and their donors to demonstrate how they are changing the world and "showing their love" for their neighbors and community by participating in the Countdown to Impact Challenge, leading up to National Philanthropy Day(R) on Nov. 15.
AFP eWire February 26, 2013	Fundraising Colleagues Collaborate to Win 2013 AFP/Skystone Partners Research Prize on Philanthropic Planning Congratulations to Wahlers and Sagrestano on receiving the 2013 AFP/Skystone Partners Research Prize, and thank you for your contributions to AFP and the profession as a whole!
AFP eWire October 1, 2015	New Report: Less Than Half of Donors Give Again to Organizations That They Supported in the Previous Year Just 43 percent of donors who gave to participating survey organizations in 2013 gave to those same organizations in 2014.
AFP eWire May 5, 2008	Despite Economy, Some Foundations Plan to Increase Giving Three recent surveys that asked foundations if they plan to increase their giving in 2008 and beyond show mixed results.
AFP eWire December 11, 2012	Ten Things You Might Have Missed (December 11, 2012) Fundraising Trends/Data: Are We Approaching the Fundraising Cliff?... Corporate Philanthropy: How to turn corporate social responsibility into a corporate social opportunity... Year-End Fundraising: 6 Principles of Persuasion...
AFP eWire October 15, 2007	Major Gifts Resources: Nonprofit Essentials: Major Gifts A list of resources for the fundraising community to learn more about establishing major gifts programs.
AFP eWire October 30, 2012	Mark Climie-Elliott: Born to Be a Fundraiser Climie-Elliott's involvement in AFP encompasses all aspects of the association, including the international board. But he's been especially active in Canada.
AFP eWire September 29, 2014	Top Ten (Week of September 29, 2014): How to Handle List Removal Requests 6 Ideas for Dealing with "Take Me Off Your List" Requests... Millennial Givers and a Movement Approach to Giving... The No. 1 Fundraising Skill Your Board Members Need to Master...
AFP eWire February 5, 2007	AFP Honors Top Donors and Volunteers For 2007 Recipients are nominated for demonstrating extraordinary generosity, innovation and leadership in all aspects of philanthropy. The 2007 honorees include: Bernie Marcus... Joan and Howard Katz... Paul Marcus... Sobrato Family Foundation... etc.
AFP eWire February 4, 2008	AFP Announces 2008 Awards for Philanthropy Honorees Texas oil and gas entrepreneur and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens is just one of the recipients of AFP's 2008 Awards for Philanthropy, which recognize individuals and organizations for their extraordinary generosity, innovation and leadership in all aspects of philanthropy around the world.
AFP eWire June 16, 2008	New Site Houses Resources for Youth in Philanthropy The online resource includes links to youth philanthropy programs, youth grant makers, and public policy information.
AFP eWire	Essentials of Fundraising Increasing and diversifying income is an essential part of any successful organization.
AFP eWire June 12, 2013	Tampa Bay Times, CNN List of "Worst Charities" Cites Extreme Cases, Misses Key Points In response to the recent release of the "50 Worst Charities" by the Tampa Bay Times and CNN, the president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Andrew Watt, released a statement.
AFP eWire May 14, 2007	Are Special Events Inefficient? Recent research about special events and their apparent ineffectiveness for charities has already been criticized for both its methodology and its conclusions.
AFP eWire September 20, 2010	Most Fundraisers Face Few Ethical Situations Four out of five charitable fundraisers encounter ethical challenges, situations or dilemmas once a month or less, according to a website survey by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
AFP eWire November 27, 2012	Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 27, 2012) Donor Stewardship:10 More Ways to Show Donors Your Gratitude... Young Supporters: 5 Things Charities Do That Turn Off Young Donors Like Me... Donor Cultivation: Isn't it Better to Give and Receive?...
AFP eWire July 23, 2010	AFP President & CEO To Retire in March 2011 During her time as president and CEO, Paulette Maehara has led the association through a number of major changes and initiatives.
AFP eWire October 7, 2014 Paul Nazareth	Don't Limit Your Career: An Interview with Dan Pallotta Dan's message for a number of years has been that if we don't attract top talent, then how will we raise as much as we can?
AFP eWire November 27, 2007	The Key to Fundraising: Retaining Donors through Communication As research shows that charities lose significant amounts of funding by not retaining donors, a new book by Tom Ahern and Simone Joyaux, discusses keeping donors through communications and stewardship.
AFP eWire November 17, 2008	Two Fundraisers Earn Top Fundraising Credential The ACFRE credential is available only to senior-level fund development professionals with 10 or more years of experience.
AFP eWire March 15, 2004	AFP Fundraising Survey Shows Giving Rebounded in 2003 Nearly 73 percent of respondents to AFP's third annual State of Fundraising Survey indicated that their organizations raised the same amount of money or more in 2003 than they did in 2002.