July 2011

Where has the year gone? It’s the beginning of July which means vacations are under way and the first half of the year is over.

There are only 25 weeks left until the end of the calendar year, which also means the end of the 2011 Every Member Campaign is quickly approaching. How is your chapter’s Every Member Campaign doing? As of July 7, nine chapters have met or exceeded their goal – congratulations! (To find out who has achieved this accomplishment, please refer to the second item below). Remember, only gifts and pledge payments received by Dec. 31 will qualify towards your chapter meeting its EMC goal.

I would like to thank each of you for your continued hard work on the Every Member Campaign in your chapters. Without you, we wouldn’t be able to reach every member of AFP.

Michele Drumm
Manager, Annual Giving
AFP Foundation for Philanthropy
(800) 666-3863, ext. 446
mdrumm@afpnet.org

In this issue, you'll find:

• June Every Member Campaign Report
• Congratulations!
• Accessing AFP Information Central
• Chapter Tally Report UPDATE
• Chapter Treasury Campaign
• 100 Percent Chapter Board Participation
• 2011 EMC Calling Program
• Donor Recognition
• Question & Answer

June Every Member Campaign Report

As of June 15, the Every Member Campaign has raised a little more than $211,000 contributing to the foundation's unrestricted total of more than $325,000.

The Every Member Campaign runs from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31. If your chapter reaches or exceeds its EMC goal by Dec. 31, your chapter will qualify to apply for an EMC Chapter Partnership Grant which will give your chapter 25 percent of the monies received to use in 2012. If you have any questions regarding the EMC, please contact Michele Drumm at at mdrumm@afpnet.org.

Congratulations!

The following chapters have met or exceeded their Every Member Campaign goal as of July 7. Congratulations on achieving your goal!

AFP CA, Inland Empire Chapter
AFP FL, Arredondo Chapter
AFP FL, Nature Coast Chapter
AFP FL, West Chapter
AFP HI, Aloha Chapter
AFP MN, Southern Minnesota Chapter
AFP NC, Cape Fear Region Chapter
AFP TN, Great Smoky Mountain Chapter
AFP WA, South Sound Chapter

Accessing AFP Information Central

In order to monitor the success of your chapter’s Every Member Campaign, you can access the Chapter Tally Report at AFP Information Central. Chapter Tally Reports are available for 2000 through 2009. Your login to access the Chapter Tally Reports is different than your chapter’s login for membership and from your personal login for AFP’s website.

To access the chapter tally reports, go to AFP Information Central. Once you’ve logged in, click on Chapter Tally Report on the left. Select the appropriate year, and click Generate Report.

Should you have any questions or need to know your chapter’s login and password, please contact the foundation staff at 800-666-3863 or foundation@afpnet.org.

Chapter Tally Report UPDATE

I would like to thank all of you for your patience these last few months when we were having technological issues with the Chapter Tally Reports. We appreciate all of your efforts on the Every Member Campaign and know how frustrating it can be to not have the results of your efforts shown on the Chapter Tally Report.

For the past few weeks, the Chapter Tally Reports have been running normally. We still experience a few glitches but we are fixing them as fast as we can to provide an accurate report for you.

The one significant change in the system is our database is now updating the Chapter Tally Report in the middle of the work day versus at night after 5 p.m. This means that it is taking an additional day for gifts and pledges to show on the Chapter Tally Report. We apologize for this inconvenience.

As always, if we can be of any help with your questions on a donor or gift, please let us know.

Chapter Treasury Campaign

As of July 7, 59 chapters have pledged or given a gift to the campaign totaling nearly $45,000.

Your chapter’s gift does make a difference! Gifts to the Chapter Treasury Campaign support scholarships, such as the Chamberlain Scholarship, research, lectures and other educational programs that develop the knowledge and skills needed to advance philanthropy.

The following chapters have made a commitment to the 2011 Chapter Treasury Campaign as of July 7:

AB, Edmonton & Area Chapter
AB, Calgary & Area Chapter
AK, Alaska
AL, Central
AZ, Northern
CA, Greater Los Angeles
CA, Golden Gate
CA, San Diego
CA, Valley
CA, Orange County
CA, Santa Barbara/Ventura Counties
CA, Silicon Valley
CA, Greater San Fernando Valley
CA, Yosemite
CA, Wine Country
CA, Desert Communities
CT, Fairfield County
DC, Washington DC Metro Area
FL, Suncoast
GA, Greater Atlanta
IA, Central
IA, Greater Tri-State
IL, Chicago
IL, Central
IL, Quad Cities
IN, Northwest
LA, North
LA, Greater Northshore
MD, Maryland
MN, Minnesota
MO, St. Louis Regional
NC, Cape Fear Region
ND, Northern Plains
NJ, New Jersey
NY, Western
NY, Central
NY, Mid-Hudson Valley
OH, Greater Cleveland
OH, Central
OH, Greater Dayton Region
OK, Oklahoma
OK, Eastern Oklahoma
ON, Greater Toronto Chapter
OR, Oregon & SW Washington
PA, Greater Philadelphia
PA, Northeastern Pennsylvania
PA, Berks Regional
RI, Rhode Island
SC, Piedmont
TN, Great Smoky Mountain
TX, Greater Houston
TX, Greater Austin
TX, Coastal Bend
TX, West Texas-Southern New Mexico
VA, Central
VA, Tri-State
WA, South Sound
WI, Greater Milwaukee
WI, Upper Mississippi Valley

100 Percent Chapter Board Participation

Board members who give to the Every Member Campaign lead by example. It is difficult to ask the AFP members in your chapter to give if you have not made a gift yourself.

As of July 7, 37 chapters have let us know that they have achieved 100 percent board participation in the 2011 Every Member Campaign. If you have achieved 100 Percent Chapter Board Participation, please let the foundation know.

AZ, Greater Arizona
CA, San Diego
CA, Orange County
CA, Capital
CA, Wine Country
AFP AB, Edmonton & Area Chapter
AFP AB, Calgary & Area Chapter
AFP BC, Vancouver Island Chapter
AFP BC, Vancouver Chapter
AFP MB, Manitoba Chapter
AFP NS, Nova Scotia Chapter
AFP ON, Canada South Chapter
AFP ON, Greater Toronto Chapter
AFP ON, Golden Horseshoe Chapter
AFP ON, South Eastern Ontario
AFP SK, Regina Chapter
AFP SK, Saskatoon Chapter
CT, Fairfield County
DC, Washington DC Metro Area
FL, Miami-Dade County
FL, Suncoast
FL, First Coast
FL, Southwest
GA, Greater Atlanta
IL, Quad Cities
KY, Greater Louisville
LA, Southwest
MN, Minnesota
MN, Southern Minnesota
NY, Central
NY, Long Island
OK, Oklahoma
TN, Great Smoky Mountain
TX, Greater Dallas
TX, Greater Houston
WI, Upper Mississippi Valley
WI, Greater Madison

2011 EMC Calling Program

As of July 6, nearly $35,000 has been raised through 562 pledges from AFP members across the United States. The calling program will continue through the end of September. We would like to thank each of your chapters for participating in the calling program and encouraging your members to give to the 2011 EMC.

If you have any questions about the calling program, please contact Michele Drumm at mdrumm@afpnet.org or call (800) 666-3863, ext. 446.

Donor Recognition

Have you recognized your 2011 Every Member Campaign donors? The foundation offers donor ribbons and pins free of charge to recognize your chapter’s donors. To order the ribbons and pins, download the 2011 Order Supply Form here.

Question & Answer

Question: A chapter member told me they gave a gift online yesterday, why is it not showing on my Chapter Tally Report?

Answer: Online gifts are not instantly charged and processed when a donor hits the submit button. The email acknowledgement they receive is to let a donor know that we received their gift.

All online gifts are received through a secure server at AFP and then processed in the foundation office. The turnaround time for a gift once we have received it to be processed and show on your Chapter Tally Report can take 4-5 days.