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JOIN AFP Chicago

AFP membership benefits you inside and outside your office.

For a membership application, click here or contact the Chapter office membership@afpchicago.org.

A Winning Partnership . . . Inside & Outside Your Office
You don’t have to leave your office to benefit from AFP Membership.

Inside Your Office:

  • Advancing Philanthropy - the professional quarterly magazine by and for fundraisers, with useful ideas on how to raise more money for your organization.
  • Legislative updates on the regulations that impact our profession and ultimately - your organization and your donors.
  • AFP eWire - an electronic newsletter informing you on the ethical questions you face, the laws that govern your work, and how to most effectively meet your fundraising goals.
  • eDevelopments, the Chicago Chapter monthly email to members, gives you information on local fundraising and activities. To submit late-breaking career news, click here.
  • Online Job Source highlights local and Midwest job opportunities to make your next professional move as informed and easy as possible.
  • Fundraising Resource Center - This is your link to research on fundraising topics and the staff to do the research for you - for free. Knowledgeable reference staff can research and locate answers to your fund raising questions from more than 3,200 comprehensive reference publications.
  • Career Profile - examines member diagnostics, career trends, salaries and experience. Find out about the members of your profession.
  • Audioconferences - connecting you to hot topics, expert speakers and a live Q&A via a simple toll free phone call.
  • Bookworks - one of the largest offerings of books on fundraising topics, volunteers and philanthropy - all available to you at discounted member prices.
  • AFP Web Sites - Your online sources for fundraising information, access to fellow members, resources to help you do your job, calendar of upcoming events, job postings, discussion groups and continuing education opportunities.
  • Discounts on insurance programs, travel programs, rental cars, overnight delivery, real estate rebates, hotel accommodations and more.

    All these resources are yours . . . and you have not even left your office.

Outside your office:

Gain new clients, new staff and new ideas through educational programs and professional events that keep you in touch with peers, mentors and friends.

Learn new skills through committee work that advances our profession and connects you with colleagues committed to the same goals.

Save money with member discounts to events, publications and conferences.

Move your career forward and get a new perspective on what you do every day by attending local and national conferences that provide continuing education opportunities, such as:

  • First Course in Fundraising
  • Survey Course
  • Essentials of Fundraising Series
  • Midwest Conference on Philanthropy
  • AFP International Fundraising Conference
  • Professional certification
  • Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE)
  • Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive (ACFRE)

For more information on how AFP membership can benefit you, please send us a message via email to membership@afpchicago.org.

To join AFP Chicago click here
    

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