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To join AFP you can select from 4 membership levels. Your membership lasts 12 months, starting in the month you officially become a member. The Association of Fundraising Professionals is an individual membership organization. Organizations cannot join; only individual fundraisers can become members.
Active Member - $220
Open to persons with at least one year of experience at the time of application as fundraising professionals who receive compensation either through self-employment or staff position. Active members hold a degree of accountability for income generation within the philanthropic process, estimate at least 25% of their time is spent on fundraising-related responsibilities, subscribe to the Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional Practice and its bylaws, promote the Donor Bill of Rights, and are associated with an institution or organization that provides benefits to society.
Retired - $125
Open to individuals who no longer practice as paid professionals in the field but have been Active Members for the immediate past five consecutive years, subscribe to the Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional Practice its bylaws, and promote the Donor Bill of Rights. Retired members receive full voting privileges.
Introductory Member - $100
Open to persons newly employed in the field, full-time students in a degree-granting, certificate or diploma program, members who work for grassroots organizations with an operating budget of $250,000 or less, executive directors who spend less than 25% of their time on fundraising-related responsibilities, and volunteers. All must subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional Practice and its bylaws, and promote the Donor Bill of Rights. Membership in this category is limited to two years.
Associate - $220
Extended to volunteers, persons engaged in fields related to fundraising or those with mutual interests that align with the fundraising profession. All must subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional Practice and its bylaws, and promote the Donor Bill of Rights.
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