Pathways to Leadership - Get Involved

The Association of Fundraising Professionals Chicago Chapter is the largest chapter in the United States and the second largest in the world. We have 900 members who represent a broad spectrum of professional experience, diverse organizations and personal and cultural backgrounds. As an individual, if you’re looking to expand your network, enhance your not-for-profit skills or just meet fellow fundraisers, this is the organization for you. If you’re a company looking to reach a diverse and highly educated audience then you should be doing business with the AFP Chicago Chapter. There are numerous opportunities to get involved, so please take a few minutes to explore your possibilities. AFP Chicago offers numerous opportunities to get involved.

Announcing the 2019 Slate of Officers and Directors

The members of the 2018 AFP Chicago Committee on Directorship are pleased to present the proposed 2019 slate of Officers and Directors.  Terms of office are for one year and begin January 1, 2019.  The slate will be elected by the membership at AFP Chicago’s Annual Meeting on Friday, December 7, 2018.

Interested in Service on the AFP Chicago Board of Directors?

The AFP Chicago Committee on Directorship invites the development community to consider future service on the Board of Directors.  Strong leadership is a hallmark of AFP Chicago and we encourage highly motivated and committed members to consider volunteering for board service.  

Who are we looking for?
AFP Chicago seeks directors who are committed to the non-profit sector and to advancing philanthropy in the organizations and communities they represent.  Directors are committed to ethical practice, donor rights, and other tenets of AFP International.  AFP Chicago is strongly committed to embracing the diversity that makes up our greater Chicagoland community. We seek nominees who:

• Have been active AFP members (Chicago or other chapters) during each of the past two years;
• Have strong leadership and service orientation, interests and experiences;
• Serve a cross-section of Chicago’s diverse communities; and
• Represent diversity of professional focus, age, race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and geography.
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Important additional information on eligibility criteria and the responsibilities of service are available here.  Applications for the 2020 Board of Directors will be available next year.  In the meantime, for more information, please contact John Huebler, CFRE, Chair, Committee on Directorship, [email protected] or Pamela Williams, CAE, Executive Director, [email protected]

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Exclusive AFP Chicago Membership Discount - Fundraising for Good
Yearlong Professional Development Network Invites Applications

The Baumhart Center at Loyola University Chicago is delighted to invite applications for Fundraising for Good, a new leadership network being launched in 2019 in collaboration with AFP Chicago.

Fundraising for Good seeks to accelerate the impact of financial development leaders by providing deep and ongoing support through peer learning and individualized coaching. Fundraising for Good offers advancement leaders:

• Monthly best-practice and peer learning sessions, supported by an expert facilitator
• Semi-annual one-on-one coaching sessions around professional and personal goals
• Special access to Baumhart Center gatherings aimed at equipping leaders with skills, knowledge, and networks for social impact

The program is seeking applications from senior fundraising professionals who lead a substantial private fundraising goal, supervise a team, and have at least five years of experience in the fundraising field.

 Click here to learn more about Fundraising for Good!

Nonprofit Management Essentials is Live!
Nonprofit Management Essentials is live,  thanks to the generous funding of The Allstate Foundation. Powered by the Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management, this set of free online resources was developed for emerging nonprofit leaders. Will you please help us spread the word?

What is it? Free online content, delivered by Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management faculty and practitioners, to provide emerging nonprofit leaders with essential, fundamental information across a broad range of nonprofit management topics.

Who is it for? Emerging leaders in the nonprofit sector, professionals who are new to the sector, as well as board members looking to deepen their knowledge of the sector.

Free? Really? Yes, generous funding from The Allstate Foundation makes this valuable content available at no cost for nonprofit professionals.

How can I help? Please help us get the news out by forwarding this email to your staff, putting a notice in your next newsletter and/or sharing through social media. We can provide information to share in any format — just let us know what you need!

You can learn more and view a complete list of topics here!

The Directors Roundtable Invites AFP Chicago to Attend a Program For Boards of Directors, their Advisors, and the Business Community

AFP Chicago members are invited to attend  a VIP program on October 24 in Chicago entitled “World Recognition of Distinguished General Counsel: Honoring Joshua Mintz and the Law Department of the MacArthur Foundation” at the Iridium Conference Center from 8:30 – 10:45 A.M. There is no fee to attend and continental breakfast will be served. Click here to see the announcement.

The Directors Roundtable is a civic group which organizes the preeminent worldwide programming for Corporate Directors and their advisors, including General Counsel. Its purpose is not membership and they will not share contacts. Corporate Directors, C-Suites, General Counsel, law school communities, and other business leaders are invited.

Further information about the Directors Roundtable and our 800 events worldwide over 27 years is at our Website www.directorsroundtable.com.

Transplant Hope.  Join Be The Match.  Every three minutes someone is diagnosed with a life-threatening blood cancer. More than 14,000 patients don’t have a matching marrow donor within their family. They depend on Be The Match to help find someone to give them hope for a cure.

Be A Cure for someone with a life threatening blood illness.

Patients need you!  For thousands with blood cancers like leukemia or other diseases like sickle cell anemia, a marrow transplant is their only hope for life.  If you are of diverse ancestry, patients especially need you because they are likely to match someone who shares their heritage.

If you are interested in hosting a bone marrow drive at your organization or with your employer contact Sheena McNeal at 312-2720-4582 or email [email protected].  You can also share this link via your networks and social media to join online, here. 

For more information about Be The Match visit us at www.bethematch.org | Be the Match Registry Filer

Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Chicago (YNPN Chicago)
About YNPN Chicago: YNPN Chicago serves local nonprofit professionals (generally in their 20s and 30s) who make up a substantial segment of the Chicago area’s nonprofit workforce. Interested in learning more about YNPN? Click here for information and a list of their upcoming activities.

North Park University Offers AFP Members 40% Tuition Scholarship
To learn more about this great opportunity, click here.

Axelson Center Professional Development Programs
North Park University’s Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management offers educational workshops for nonprofit professionals September – April and an annual conference in June. Topics include fundraising, marketing, human resources, board governance, volunteer management and many more. Learn more about upcoming programs at www.northpark.edu/axelson.