AFP San Antonio Every Member Campaign
Each year AFP San Antonio conducts an Every Member Campaign (EMC) to support the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy's initiatives. If the Chapter reaches its EMC goal, the AFP Foundation will return 25% of the dollars raised through a Chapter Partnership Grant to the chapter for chapter programs that advance ethical and effective fundraising. To donate to our EMC goal click here
AFP Foundation for Philanthropy gives professional fundraisers a way to “give back,” and help others support and advance philanthropy and careers in fundraising. The goal of AFP Foundation is to generate the resources to fund AFP strategic initiatives that advance ethical and effective fundraising. The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy depends on members, chapters, board members, corporations and other friends to generate the resources to fund AFP strategic initiatives that advance philanthropy through ethical and effective fundraising.
MISSION
The mission of AFP Foundation for Philanthropy is to enhance philanthropy and volunteerism through programs of education, research and service that benefit those that lead, serve and support nonprofit institutions.
FUNDING PRIORITIES
The funding priorities help AFP and our chapters become more than a professional association. Support for these programs helps make AFP the primary resource for training fundraising professionals and the leading advocate for philanthropy outside the profession.
Scholarships: AFP Foundation provides grants that increase access to training opportunities through scholarship funds like the Ralph E. Chamberlain scholarships (for AFP’s annual International Conference on Fundraising) and other scholarships for education programs.
Education: AFP Foundation provides grants and seed funding for AFP education programs such as the Faculty Training Academy and education products like AFP’s Ready Reference Series. The foundation also supports lectures and awards at AFP’s International Conference on Fundraising.
Research: AFP Foundation provides grants to increase our knowledge and understanding of philanthropy and to enhance the practice of fundraising through studies and reports developed by the AFP Research Council and through the acquisition of reference materials purchased through the Pierpont-Welde Research Library Fund available in the AFP Resource Center.
Strategic Initiatives: AFP Foundation provides grants for AFP strategic initiatives that advance ethical and effective fundraising like diversity programs, ethics education, and the Essentials of Fundraising series of classes developed to meet the real-world needs and challenges nonprofit organizations face every day. In addition, the Foundation seeks to inspire the next generation of philanthropists through support of Youth in Philanthropy programs.
Chapter Partnerships: AFP Foundation provides Chapter awards to celebrate and acknowledge outstanding support of the annual fund and grants for Chapter activities that advance ethical and effective fundraising. The purpose of the EMC Chapter Partnership Grant is to increase awareness, participation in education activities and diversity in the profession and in AFP. The grants are also used to promote career planning and the Code of Ethics.