Annual Meeting & Education Luncheon

Join us for our annual AFP business meeting followed by our popular and engaging round table discussions on timely fundraising topics such as Events, Stewarding Donors, Major Gifts, Grant Research Resources, Mid-level Giving, Planned Giving, CFRE, and volunteering with AFPSEWI.

Annual Fund and Major Gifts Partnership: Pipeline Management and Donor Maximization

Annual Appeals: So your annual appeal didn't work. Now what?

Hosted by the Developing Professionals Special Interest Group: When your annual appeal falls short of expectations and your fiscal year goal and limited budget have you stressed, don’t worry, there are solutions! This session will present cost-effective ideas to help you meet your fundraising goal…

Andrea Homan, CFRE, Chair Education

Amy Rowell, Immediate Past President

Amy Blumenthal, CFRE, Chair Mentorship and Scholarship

American City Bureau, Inc.

Founded in 1913, ACB focuses on relationships. Personal, meaningful relationships. These are the kinds of relationships you need for a sustainable culture of philanthropy. Donors who have the strongest relationships with you will typically make the greatest, lasting investments in your organization…

AFPSEWI Reaches 70% of Its AFP Foundation Campaign Goal

What does your AFP membership mean to you? The answer to that question will be different to each of us, but we consistently hear...

AFPSEWI Presents: UNCHARITABLE

What if charity could be transformed from a gesture to an answer— to solving the world’s greatest problems? What if everything we’ve been taught about charitable giving is wrong? What if it’s undermining the very causes, we love the most? “Uncharitable” is a one-of-a-kind movie that shows how our…

AFPSEWI New Year's Resolution

It’s hard to believe that we are almost one full month into a new year. I hope everyone had a great year-end and that you are well on your way to achieving your 2021 goals. As our AFP Chapter looks at a new year...

AFPSEWI Member Survey results are NOT to be believed!

Do NOT believe the following 2018 Member Survey results. Why? Because they are still preliminary! Thanks to everyone who has participated so far – you’ve taught us a lot about how to improve member value.

AFPSEWI Member Brewers Bash

Join us for an afternoon of baseball and summer fun in Milwaukee. There are sixty Club Outfield Box (#345) tickets available, each only $20. This offer is only being extended to AFPSEWI Members, but we invite you to bring a friend, colleague, family member, or come alone and network with other AFP…

AFPSEWI CFRE Approved Education Listing

AFP-SEWI Announces Mentor/Mentee Program for 2021

Program for 2021 promises to be the best in chapter history!   I’m excited to inform you that our 2021 mentoring program is officially underway. 

AFPICON 2019: Front row at the center of philanthropic excellence

Who doesn’t like being front row? Whether it’s going to see your favorite act in concert or a sporting event, you’re usually bursting at the seams with excitement and making sure your cell phone is fully charged for pictures!

AFP Virtual Speed Networking

Over the last year and half, we've missed the quick connections that develop during face-to-face programming.  Brush off your networking skills and join us for a face-paced virtual speed networking event!  

AFP in the Milwaukee Business Journal: Give a Hand to Those Who Give

Milwaukee is known as a great, family-oriented community: People here know that giving to a family member in need is not only the right thing to do, but results in a warmer and stronger family environment that benefits everyone. Fair enough. But there’s a special group among us who take this even…

AFP in the Milwaukee Business Journal: Milwaukee Corporate Citizens Earn Praise – and Profits

Milwaukee-area businesses get it: corporate citizenship boosts the bottom line. The effect has been well documented: according to an annual survey conducted by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, more than 60 percent of business executives say that a company’s community involvement…

AFP Offers More than a Good Lunch!

Your AFP membership offers so much more than a once-a-month opportunity to hear a great speaker! Just ask Heidi Boyd, CFRE, and Associate Director of Individual Giving Wisconsin Humane Society.

AFP New Member Chronicles: Wonderful Gifts from AFP that Keep on Giving

This month new members Amy and Ann discovered a surprising member benefit: how AFP's fundraising advocacy -- both locally and nationally -- strengthens the philanthropic environment in which we all raise funds.

AFP New Member Chronicles: Today’s Special - Get Two AFP Communities for the Price of One!

What a good investment you made! That was what I told myself when I discovered there are not just one but two major pathways to getting value from my new AFP membership: local and global. If you’re like me, you probably joined without realizing how robust the resources are on both sides of that…

AFP New Member Chronicles

It’s easy to feel bewildered or overwhelmed by AFP’s many resources. Here’s where to start: read the ongoing discoveries of Ann and Amy, our two neophyte explorers in “The AFPSEWI New Member Chronicles.”

AFP is More Than Membership

When we are up against such large challenges, it’s more important than ever to cling to the wisdom of our colleagues, lean on our professional network, and think about our work in new ways.

AFP Mentorship Program

Apply by 4/6 for personal/professional development opportunity

AFP Members Virtual Speed Networking

Back by popular demand!  Many of us miss the quick connections that develop during face-to-face programming.  Brush off your networking skills and join us for a face-paced virtual speed networking event!  Attendees will rotate through several breakout rooms during the program and will have an…