December 2011

The end of 2011 is upon us and as fundraisers this means it is the busiest time of the year! The foundation is bustling with AFP members making last minute gifts and pledge payments to the Every Member Campaign which means all of the Foundation Development Chairs have been busy encouraging them to do so. THANK YOU!

I would like to say thanks once again to each of you for your hard work over the past year to help make the 2011 Every Member Campaign successful. I have enjoyed working with you this year and look forward to working with your chapter’s Foundation Development Chairs next year.

The foundation office will be open December 27-30, 2011.

As always, if I can be of any assistance to you and your campaign, please contact me.
Happy Holidays!

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

In this issue, you'll find:

• IMPORTANT: Database Conversion Time Schedule
• December Fundraising Status Report
• IMPORTANT: Reaching Your EMC Goal
• Accessing your Chapter Tally Report
• Chapter Treasury Campaign
• 100 Percent Chapter Board Participation
• Donor Recognition
  

IMPORTANT: Database Conversion Time Schedule

AFP and the AFP Foundation will be converting to a new member database in mid-January.  For the conversion, AFP must turn off all operations related to our old database, including processing contributions, beginning at 12 Noon on Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. This means that we will be pressed to process end of year gifts before our system is shut down. The projection is that the new database will be fully operational on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 and we will resume our normal processes for the 2012 campaigns. This will be a day worthy of great celebration!

Please share this message and this year’s abbreviated gift processing schedule for pledge payments or gifts to the 2011 Every Member Campaign. You may wish to encourage members of your chapter to make their gift or pay their pledge online this year. This will ensure that their gifts are processed prior to the 2011 early deadline.

December Fundraising Status Report

As of Dec. 7, the Every Member Campaign (EMC) has raised more than $411,000 toward its goal of $475,000. The Chapter Treasury Campaign has raised almost $84,000 in commitments toward its goal of $110,000.

In the unrestricted Annual Fund, of which the EMC and Chapter Treasury Campaign are a part, we have reached 87 percent of our goal of $687,500.

IMPORTANT: Reaching Your EMC Goal

In accordance with the goal-setting policy established by the foundation’s board of directors in July 2006, reaching your chapter EMC goal is based on gifts and pledge payments received (“cash in the door”) by Dec. 31, 2011. This amount is labeled “Total Received” on the Chapter Tally Report. You can view your chapter’s status and its goal on the Chapter Tally Report through AFP Information Central (see the item below).

Accessing your Chapter Tally Report

To access your chapter’s tally report, go to AFP Information Central at http://reports.afpnet.org. After you’ve logged in using your foundation development chair (FDC) username and password, click on Chapter Tally Report on the left. Next, select the appropriate campaign year.  Our online reports provide information for campaign years 2000-2009.

NOTE: Your FDC username is NOT your AFP member. Please contact the foundation office at 1-800-666-3863 if you need your login information.

Chapter Treasury Campaign

We are in the final stretch of the Chapter Treasury Campaign. To date, almost $84,000 has been raised towards our goal of $110,000 with 127 chapters having pledged or given a gift.  We’d like to thank those chapters for their support!

The following chapters have not yet pledged or sent in a gift to the campaign. As you may know, participation in the campaign is now a requirement for a chapter to be considered for 10-Star status. If your chapter is listed below and is planning on supporting the Chapter Treasury Campaign, please let us know as soon as possible.

AFP AL, Gulf Coast
AFP AR, Northwest
AFP CO, Southern
AFP DE, Brandywine
AFP FL, First Coast
AFP FL, Big Bend
AFP FL, West
AFP FL, Everglades
AFP FL, Arredondo
AFP FL, Space Coast
AFP FL, Nature Coast
AFP FL, Polk County
AFP FL, Charlotte Harbor
AFP GA, Coastal
AFP IA, Siouxland
AFP IA, Northeast
AFP IL, Rockford Area
AFP IN, Indiana
AFP IN, Northeast
AFP KS, Greater Wichita
AFP LA, Greater New Orleans
AFP LA, Southwest
AFP MA, Massachusetts
AFP MA, Central Massachusetts
AFP MD, Western
AFP MI, Greater Detroit
AFP MI, West Michigan
AFP MI, Mid-Michigan
AFP MI, Capital Area
AFP MN, Central & Southwestern Minnesota
AFP MO, Mid-America
AFPMO, Ozark Region
AFP MO, Central
AFP MS, Mississippi
AFP MT, Montana
AFP NC, Western
AFP NC, Triad
AFP NC, Northwest
AFP NE, Nebraska
AFPNV, Las Vegas
AFP NY, Greater New York
AFP NY, Hudson-Mohawk
AFP NY, Finger Lakes
AFP NY, Westchester
AFP OH, North Central
AFP OH, Mahoning-Shenango
AFP OH, Northwest
AFP PA, Central
AFP PA, Allegheny Mountains
AFP PA, Pocono Mountains
AFP PR, Puerto Rico
AFP SC, Central Carolina
AFP SD, South Dakota
AFP TX, Lubbock Area
AFP TX, Central
AFP TX, East Texas
AFP VA, Shenandoah
AFP VA, Piedmont
AFP WI, Greater Madison
AFP WI, Northeast

100 Percent Chapter Board Participation

Congratulations to the following chapters who have achieved 100 percent board participation in the 2011 Every Member Campaign as of 12/8/11:

AFP AK, Alaska
AFP AZ, Greater Arizona
AFP AZ, Northern
AFP CA, San Diego
AFP CA, Orange County
AFP CA, Santa Barbara/Ventura Counties
AFP CA, Capital
AFP CA, Wine Country
AFP CA, Desert Communities
AFP ON, Greater Toronto Chapter
AFP BC, Vancouver Island Chapter
AFP BC, Vancouver Chapter
AFP AB, Edmonton & Area Chapter
AFP AB, Calgary & Area Chapter
AFP MB, Manitoba Chapter
AFP SK, Saskatoon Chapter
AFP SK, Regina Chapter
AFP ON, Canada South Chapter
AFP NS, Nova Scotia Chapter
AFP ON, South Eastern Ontario
AFP ON, Golden Horseshoe Chapter
AFP CT, Fairfield County
AFP DC, Washington DC Metro Area
AFP FL, Miami-Dade County
AFP FL, Suncoast
AFP FL, Palm Beach County
AFP FL, First Coast
AFP FL, Southwest
AFP GA, Greater Atlanta
AFP IA, Eastern
AFP IL, Rockford Area
AFP IL, Quad Cities
AFP KY, Greater Louisville
AFP LA, Southwest
AFP MN, Minnesota
AFP MN, Southern Minnesota
AFP NM, New Mexico
AFP NY, Central
AFP NY, Long Island
AFP OH, Greater Cleveland
AFP OH, Greater Dayton Region
AFP OK, Oklahoma
AFP PA, Central
AFP PA, Western
AFP TN, Nashville
AFP TN, Memphis
AFP TN, Great Smoky Mountain
AFP TX, Greater Dallas
AFP TX, Greater Houston
AFP TX, Greater Austin
AFP TX, San Antonio
AFP VA, First
AFP WA, South Sound
AFP WI, Upper Mississippi Valley
AFP WI, Greater Madison

Chapters that have achieved this status will be recognized in the 2011 Annual Report, listed in the March/April 2012 issue of Advancing Philanthropy on the foundation's donor panel at the 2012 International Conference on Fundraising in Vancouver.

If your chapter has achieved 100 Percent Chapter Board Participation, please let us know by sending in the form which can be found online here. You can email the form to mdrumm@afpnet.org or fax it to 703-683-0735.

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.