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The following e-mail from VAFRE President Sue Acri, CFRE was distributed on November 29th to the members with a calendar-year membership. To print out a renewal invoice, click here. If you would prefer to renew online, log in with your e-mail address and password and follow the link that appears at the top of the [...]

[ February 7, 2012; 8:30 am to 1:00 pm. ] Fire Up Your Leadership Team for Fundraising: Turn Their Passion into Action, a workshop with Gail Perry, CFRE.

Wish you could create a fired-up, engaged team that is excited about the future of your organization and eager to play a part in making it happen?
Consultant and author Gail Perry, CFRE will share her internationally popular [...]

[ December 6, 2011; 11:30 am to 1:15 pm. ] Topic:
Unscripted: Fundraising with Improv

Applied improvisation is a great way to enhance yourself personally and professionally,

achieve results, and, most likely, laugh at the same time. There are multiple facets that can be explored through applied improvisation, but this program will focus on listening, observing, and acceptance and how it can impact fundraising efforts.  These essential skills [...]

The VAFRE Executive Committee recently met to review our membership categories and recommended that we eliminate the categories of Affiliate and Supportive members and including those individuals and/or organizations who support the work of the philanthropic community in the Active category with full membership and voting privileges. Thus there would be only two categories, Active and [...]

Like your own organization, VAFRE works hard to maintain a balanced budget, keep expenses in check and meet the needs and expectations of our members by providing programs and services of the highest quality possible. For the past few years we have managed to maintain a reasonable and balanced budget without increasing dues. However, this year we [...]

The following slate of officers and directors was prepared by the Nominations Committee and presented to the Board of Directors for review at their May 3rd meeting. New members of the Board are listed in bold.
Officers

Sue Acri, CFRE, VCU Massey Cancer Center, President
Cathryn Lowe, Virginia Early Childhood Foundation, Immediate Past President
Toni Maxey, Housing Opportunities Made [...]

[ June 7, 2011; 11:30 am to 1:15 pm. ] Topic: From Vision to Bold Reality: The National Museum of the Marine Corps as a Fundraising Case Study

Join VAFRE for Christmas in June! Lt. General Ron Christmas, USMC (ret), that is.

The new National Museum of the Marine Corps looms above I-95 in Quantico and since its opening just 2 years ago, it has welcomed over 2.2 million [...]

Congratulations to this year’s VAFRE Award Winners – Maureen Neal, CFRE, recipient of the 2011 Nina Abady Award, and Ashley Dow Burton, our 2011 Rising Star. To view photos from the event, click here.
Maureen Neal is currently the Director of Development and External Affairs for The Daily Planet. As detailed in her nomination, “From the [...]

[ May 3, 2011; 11:30 am to 1:15 pm. ] Topic:
New Realities in Philanthropy

The challenges of the economic climate, shifting demographics, and increased competition are diminishing the impact of standard fundraising methodologies. Donors today demand more and as a result comprehensive development programs must leverage donor intelligence in acquisition and retention, and upgrade beyond the “usual suspects.” This session explores the latest methodologies and technologies [...]

The February Question of the Month was, “What percentage of donors have you retained from two years ago?”
Here’s what you had to say:

37.5% of the respondents indicated they had retained 75-89% of their donors,
25% had retained 50-74% of donors, and
37.5% had retained below 50% of donors.

One individual noted that 36% of their donors increased gifts, [...]