Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)

Professional development: this program is the home of the Association's non-dues revenue programs focused on professional development and information resources. Key programs and projects include the international Fundraising conference; various education and training programs such as fundamentals of Fundraising, cfre refresher, afp's webinar series, e-courses, Fundraising principles and practice course, and faculty training academy; and information resources including advancing philanthropy magazine, the ready reference books series, and online "hot topic" annotated summaries of resources related to key Fundraising topics. All these programs help fulfill the Association's strategic goal to provide relevant, quality education.

Member and Chapter services: this program focuses on the member experience to ensure that each member receives the full benefit of the services offered through their membership to assist them in practicing effective and ethical Fundraising. Member and Chapter services also acts as a liaison to the Association chapters to ensure that members experience the same benefits on a local level.

Marketing and communications: this program is responsible for informing the members and general public of the Association's mission and core activities through various media such as social media, websites, and the design of visual marketing and promotional materials.

Public policy, advocacy, and ethics: this program helps Association members understand how critical public policy and ethics are and how to act as advocates in their communities and organizations for ethical Fundraising laws, regulations, and standard practices. The objective and initiatives are to develop member education and tool kits for Chapter use that make public policy and ethics easy to understand and advocate.