AFP Discussion Threads

We did not broadcast our goal or the details of our ... More

Hey Kara - Here is some instructions from Google Gemini. ... More

That's amazing! Congratulations on such a successful ... More

We did not make our goal public or update them on surpassing ... More

Great questions, Jenna. Typically organizations ... More

Hello - I am wondering did you make your goal public ... More

Is there a way to change how the database exports the ... More

We use Handbid for our major fundraiser and their paddle ... More

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If you are just going to have volunteers do everything, ... More

Hi Hadas, Our team uses either Auctria or Greater ... More

I created a template like this at my prior job. Found ... More

Hi there, Please consider more options, or should ... More

You may want to explore the website of Fundraising ... More

Congratulations on a successful campaign. We've helped ... More

Hello AFP Colleagues, and Happy New Year! We ... More

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Hi all, we are doing our first-ever paddle raise for ... More

Hello everyone,  I'm pretty certain this can be done, ... More

There are two services we've tried either for ourselves ... More

Hello, Jessica, There is no reason you cannot ... More

Hello AFP Members, I'm building an advisory board for ... More

I used Postalgia at another organization. The concept ... More

This is correct. Postmark rules. The donor and their ... More

This was my first year with my current organization, ... More

Thanks so much Jeanna! That's such a great idea, starting ... More

Thank you so much for these ideas and suggestions, ... More

Hi Tamara,  Hayden has some great suggestions. Another ... More

Hello Savannah, As mentioned, the process is "set-it ... More

Tamara, it sounds like you have some great ideas brewing ... More

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We VERY recently began using Handwrytten, so I can't ... More

Hello AFP colleagues, Our CEO has announced ... More

Greetings! I am curious if any other orgs here are ... More

If the Fidelity and Schwab accounts you reference are ... More

Several of our donors have asked whether their gifts ... More

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Hi Savannah, My organization was using CARS when ... More

Good morning! I am Director of Development for a small ... More

Hello Meghan,  I've been a Volunteer Coordinator ... More

responded in the wrong space. disregard! More

Hi Savannah, my organization has received one vehicle ... More

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Savannah - I'm interested in this topic as well.  Following! ... More

I'm hoping to tap into the collective wisdom of this ... More

Hi all - looking for feedback on using CARS ( https://careasy.org/ ... More

Correct, but it is the nonprofit that holds the evidence ... More

FYI, here is a link to the USPS newsroom statement ... More

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Wendy has given you great advice and be sure to take ... More

Thank you, Anonymous, I learned something new today. ... More

Hi Ayesha,  From my experience at a regional health ... More

Hi Ayesha, I've worked with a regional, national, ... More

My first reaction is always, "Yay another prospect!" ... More

I have always tried to operate using the postmark but ... More

We used to go by the date on the check, no matter the ... More

Jonathan- I think it comes down to: What is your ... More

I consulted with a medical research foundation that ... More

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Hi all, I work for a national, fully remote nonprofit ... More

Happy 2026!  I am working for an organization in the ... More

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I'm trying to choose between the 2-day virtual version ... More

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We transitioned to BetterImpact/VolunteerImpact from ... More

This is a great idea! Feels like it could live on a ... More

I am also interested in reviewing a gift acceptance ... More

I'd like to add some emphasis to a couple of points ... More

Hi Donna, Trying to answer as succinct as I can in ... More

Hello fellow AFP members. I am eager to talk with ... More

Following - interested as well.  Thanks! ------------------------------ ... More

I'm looking for good Gift Acceptance Policy examples ... More

Greetings, Has anyone experienced issues receiving ... More

This post is late, but we created a giving guide ... More

Ours went well- numbers are still coming in, but ... More

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Monica, Thanks for filling in those blanks. This ... More

Carrie, In a small shop like ours, it was beneficial ... More

I created an Annual Giving community here. I'd love ... More

Our numbers are still coming in, but so far, we have ... More

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Hello Alissa, Good question. I have been ... More

I am writing an appeals calendar for 2026 calendar ... More

We have been with Neon One for a few years now and ... More

Ours went well - we raised slightly more than last ... More

Our EOY was fantastic. For context, we are a small, ... More

Good morning, Kate! I am a volunteer for a couple ... More

We've been using Bloomerang for 6 years and got a notice ... More

I just left Bloomerang, and one of the factors was ... More

We received notice of a 10% increase with our renewal ... More

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Curious how EOY fundraising went for other organizations ... More

Hi Todd, We are a non-profit research institute, ... More

Monica, A couple follow up questions: Are the books ... More

Sorry, correction, we tried GiveSMart briefly - that ... More

We received notice of the increase with our renewal ... More

If you are there and a gift comes in, committed to ... More

Greetings All,  Our Shelter is preparing to launch ... More

Hi Mark, I'm in a similar boat (working for a mid-sized ... More

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Hi Cerise The notice came with our renewal reminder, ... More

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They can absolutely be the same. I always have disclosure ... More

Hi Nancy, For the IRA can the thank you and the tax ... More

How are you handling gift entry for workplace giving ... More

Hello, I have a question for the ethics pros. Several ... More

Clay, We also are a Bloomerang customer but did not ... More

Lots of good counsel provided here - thanks everyone! ... More

I would never delete someone who has given - for the ... More

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Hello,  For Item B.b. i. IRA QCD the donor must ... More

I am the Development Manager for a mid-sized residential ... More

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Colleagues,  Yesterday, we received notice that our ... More

Even if we don't publicly acknowledge them, we still ... More

Thanks for posting this data, Nathaniel!  Folks ... More

This clarification is very helpful. As someone who ... More

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Thanks all for the feedback, I should have added a ... More

All good thoughts, Ellen. It might also be good to ... More

The commandeering of philanthropic funds by Fidelity, ... More

Thank you Jonathan for the acknowledgement and your ... More

The FEP Q3 2025 report is out-showing continued fundraising ... More

My first thought: have you asked the donor how s/he ... More

Robert Hartsook's answer is full of great ideas, but ... More

Hummm...the acknowledgement of the silent donor? If ... More

Hi everyone, and happy new year! My organization ... More

My Board President recently asked my team and I about ... More

I am a grants manager and writer.  I, and my two predecessors, ... More

I am pleased to share a story that I wrote appearing ... More

Must admit after 40 years leading universities or fundraising ... More

There is an association of independent schools where ... More

Just an idea, but maybe don't require a degree at all ... More

I agree with everything Sarah said, but also - no one ... More

I agree with Nancy - there are so many different bachelors ... More

Hello, Spencer, When I hiring, I moved away from ... More

Hi Jennifer! I highly recommend subscribing to The ... More

Majority for us when we switched last year as well! ... More

Spencer, Two possible options I have seen: 1. "Bachelors ... More

Very simple: Wealth screen your entire alumni database. ... More

Hello!  I am hiring for a grants and development ... More

Happy to share. This year, we did a limited print of ... More

This is really helpful to know, thank you! ------------------------------ ... More

Hello all! I am new to Catholic Schools K-12 fundraising.  ... More

Hi Chani, We enabled that feature on our Blackbaud ... More

Definitely do it, it is common now, and most donors ... More

Hi Carrie,  We just went through some of this with ... More

We had the exact same experience as Jonathan, and also ... More

Hi Carrie -- it would be useful to know what CRM you ... More

Agreeing much with Sarah, I would add that keeping ... More

We are an animal welfare organization in Reno, and ... More

Carrie, You should have control of who you include ... More

I have been attending a lot of webinars with Double ... More

Gretchen, Looking at their search function, it seems ... More

We are a creative agency for nonprofits and create ... More

We have a not insignificant number of one time donors ... More

Jaye, 360MatchPRo is owned by Double the Donation but ... More

Hi, Randall, my database expert just did a cursory ... More

Hi, Regina,   I did an analytics project for both ... More

Hi, Joan, when you are ready to write your new procedures ... More

Though many to most donors are happy to cover fees, ... More

Hi Randall -- Omatic Software has a sophisticated and ... More

Happy to share. ------------------------------ Nancy ... More

Thank you to all the wonderful professionals who have ... More

Hello Colleagues!  I have recently transitioned to ... More

Hi Chani, The bulk of our donors choose to cover ... More

Thank you for your time in commenting. I value your ... More

Great comment! Exactly the input I was looking for.  ... More

Phone calls are the best way to communicate with your ... More

I have found that the majority of online donors opt ... More

Is anyone successfully moving their data between NXT ... More

Nice!  Thanks for sharing! ------------------------------ ... More

We use LiveAlumni. It has pre-generated reports that ... More

Does anyone write up campaign proposals for their annual ... More

We ran into this same issue at another nonprofit I ... More

Here is our Annual Report as well as a smaller "snapshot" ... More

We switched to an online system that offers that option ... More

This is a link to a blog post I wrote a couple of years ... More

Jennifer, I think it's best to send one receipt -- ... More

Caroline, Benevity suits large budgets for holistic ... More

Our local Boys & Girls Club uses NEON and may be able ... More

Hi Chani, My organization switched online payment ... More

Hi All, We are switching over to a new online ... More

We call these events 3rd Party events. I hope this ... More

Hi, here is our annual report. Have a wonderful holiday ... More

Has anyone heard of CharityAI? CharityAI uses a star-based ... More

You have already gotten a few good responses, but I ... More

We use NeonCRM and have for ~6 years. We started using ... More

We just switched over to Neon, and the team LOVES it. ... More

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We recently saw a steep increase in the annual fee ... More

We previously used Donor Perfect and just transitioned ... More

Celebrate excellence in fundraising by submitting a ... More

I couldn't find a recent post about this so hopefully ... More