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SCHEDULE O
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
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OMB No. 1545-0047
2019
Open to Public
Inspection
Inspection
Name of the organization
ASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS
Employer identification number
13-2590764
13-2590764
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| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 1 | THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF ALL THE OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE AND MAY EXERCISE, SUBJECT TO SUBSEQUENT APPROVAL OF THE BOARD, ALL THE POWERS OF THE BOARD WHEN NECESSARY BETWEEN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, PARTNERING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO IDENTIFY COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS, ENSURING THE ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S PERFORMANCE AND EXCEPTING THE POWER TO FILL VACANCIES WITHIN THE BOARD OR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ALL ACTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE BOARD DURING ITS NEXT SUCCEEDING MEETING. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 | MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL ALSO BE ASSOCIATES OF THE ASSOCIATION'S CHARTERED CHAPTERS LOCATED IN THE CITY OR REGION IN WHICH THEY RESIDE OR HAVE THEIR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS. WHERE THERE IS NO CHAPTER ESTABLISHED WITHIN A DISTANCE SPECIFIED BY THE BOARD FROM TIME TO TIME, OF A MEMBER'S OR AFFILIATE'S RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS, INDIVIDUALS MAY BECOME MEMBERS AT-LARGE. MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH MORE THAN ONE CHAPTER CONSISTENT WITH CRITERIA ESTABLISHED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE BOARD. MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES PROFESSIONAL: INDIVIDUALS WHO, AMONG OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, HOLD SOME DEGREE OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR INCOME-GENERATION WITHIN THE FUNDRAISING PROCESS, WHO MUST HOLD SOME DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY DIRECTLY FOR FUNDRAISING, WHO ARE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR SERVICES, AND WHO SUBSCRIBE TO THE AFP CODE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS AND PROMOTE THE DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS. ACTIVE MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING MAY VOTE, SERVE ON CHAPTER OR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES AND HOLD ASSOCIATION OR CHAPTER OFFICE. YOUNG PROFESSIONAL: INDIVIDUALS WHO HOLD SOME DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY DIRECTLY FOR FUNDRAISING, WORK WITHIN THE U.S. AND CANADA AND ARE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR SERVICES, AND ARE 30 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER, MUST SUBSCRIBE TO THE AFP CODE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS AND ITS BYLAWS AND PROMOTE THE DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS AND BE EMPLOYED, OR HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES BENEFITS TO SOCIETY. RETIRED: INDIVIDUALS WHO NO LONGER PRACTICE AS PAID FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS BUT WHO, AT THE TIME THEY SEEK RETIRED MEMBER STATUS, HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE IMMEDIATE PAST FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE AFP CODE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS AND PROMOTE THE DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS. RETIRED MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING MAY VOTE, SERVE ON CHAPTER BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES, AS WELL AS ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES, BUT MAY NOT HOLD ANY ASSOCIATION OFFICE. ASSOCIATE: INDIVIDUALS OR VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN FIELDS RELATED TO FUNDRAISING AND FUNDRAISING SUPPORT, OR WHO HAVE MUTUAL INTERESTS WITH FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS, AND WHO SUBSCRIBE TO THE AFP CODE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS AND PROMOTE THE DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING MAY VOTE, SERVE ON CHAPTER OR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES AND HOLD ASSOCIATION OR CHAPTER OFFICE. COLLEGIATE: COLLEGIATE MEMBERSHIP IN THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE OPEN TO STUDENTS IN A TWO OR FOUR-YEAR FULL TIME DEGREE GRANTING, CERTIFICATE, OR DIPLOMA PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, OR INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AS A FACULTY ADVISOR FOR A COLLEGIATE CHAPTER OF AFP. COLLEGIATE MEMBERS MUST SUBSCRIBE TO THE AFP CODE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS AND PROMOTE THE DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS. MEMBERSHIP IN THIS CATEGORY IS LIMITED TO THOSE STUDENTS AFFILIATED WITH A COLLEGIATE CHAPTER OF AFP. COLLEGIATE MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING MAY VOTE, SERVE ON CHAPTER BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES, AS WELL AS ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES, BUT MAY NOT HOLD ANY ASSOCIATION OFFICE. GLOBAL E-MEMBERSHIP: INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. AND CANADA WHO WISH TO JOIN IN AN ELECTRONIC-ONLY BASED MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY. GLOBAL E-MEMBERSHIP MEMBERS MUST SUBSCRIBE TO THE AFP CODE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS AND PROMOTE THE DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS. GLOBAL E-MEMBERSHIP MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING MAY VOTE, SERVE ON CHAPTER BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES, AS WELL AS ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES, BUT MAY NOT HOLD ANY ASSOCIATION OFFICE. AFP BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP: FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE WORK COMPLEMENTS THE FUNDRAISING PROFESSION. THE EXECUTIVE CIRCLE BUSINESS MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO DESIGNATE TWO EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE FULL BENEFITS AS ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. ENDORSER BUSINESS MEMBERS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO DESIGNATE ONE EMPLOYEE TO RECEIVE FULL BENEFITS AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION. THE DESIGNATED INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS THE ORGANIZATION WHICH CONSTITUTES THE BUSINESS MEMBER, MUST SUBSCRIBE TO THE AFP CODE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS AND PROMOTE THE DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS. BUSINESS MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING MAY, THROUGH THEIR DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES REFERENCED ABOVE, VOTE, SERVE ON CHAPTER OR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES AND HOLD ASSOCIATION OR CHAPTER OFFICE. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS - LARGE: NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO WISH TO HAVE MULTIPLE MEMBERS IN THE ASSOCIATION. THE ORGANIZATION WILL DESIGNATE A MINIMUM OF EIGHT (8) TO RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL MEMBER BENEFITS. MUST SUBSCRIBE TO THE AFP CODE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS AND PROMOTE THE DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING MAY VOTE, SERVE ON CHAPTER OR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES AND HOLD ASSOCIATION OR CHAPTER OFFICE. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP - SMALL: NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAN ANSWER YES TO ALL THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: - MUST BE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION - AN OPERATING BUDGET OF LESS THAN $1,000,000 - A FUNDRAISING DEPARTMENT WITH LESS THAN TWO FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF - INDIVIDUALLY INCORPORATED OR OTHERWISE ORGANIZED AS A SEPARATE ENTITY IN THE LAWS OF THE SPECIFIC COUNTRY; AND - NOT AFFILIATED WITH A LARGER INSTITUTION SUPPORTING THEIR OPERATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION WILL DESIGNATE ONE FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONAL TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OFFERED IN THIS MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY. MUST SUBSCRIBE TO THE AFP CODE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS AND PROMOTE THE DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING MAY VOTE, SERVE ON CHAPTER OR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES AND HOLD ASSOCIATION OR CHAPTER OFFICE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A | MANNER OF ELECTION OF DIRECTORS THE COMMITTEE ON DIRECTORSHIP SHALL RECOMMEND FOR ELECTION A SLATE OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS FOR AS MANY PERSONS AS THERE ARE DIRECTORSHIPS AND OFFICER POSITIONS TO BE FILLED. THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON DIRECTORSHIP AND, IF THE COMMITTEE SHALL SO CHOOSE, A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF EACH, SHALL BE SENT TO THE MEMBERSHIP AT LEAST 15 DAYS PRIOR TO ELECTION. THE AFP MEMBERSHIP ELECTS THE PROPOSED BOARD SLATE DURING AN OPEN ELECTION. THE OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE ELECTED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION OF A SLATE OF NOMINEES PREPARED BY THE COMMITTEE ON DIRECTORSHIP. SUCH ELECTIONS SHALL TAKE PLACE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B | THE BYLAWS MAY BE AMENDED AT ANY DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING OF THE BOARD. A TWO-THIRDS AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE DIRECTORS PRESENT AND VOTING SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE OF ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS. BYLAW AMENDMENTS SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE BOARD TO THE MEMBERSHIP FOR RATIFICATION WITHIN THE 180 DAYS OF ADOPTION BY THE BOARD. ALL AMENDMENTS MUST BE RATIFIED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE VOTES CAST BY THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION IN GOOD STANDING, BEFORE THE AMENDMENTS CAN BE EFFECTIVE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | THROUGH A BOARD RESOLUTION, THE AFP BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE GRANTED AUTHORITY TO THE AFP AUDIT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE FORM 990 BEFORE FILING. THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY AFP MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. THIS PROCESS TAKES PLACE PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE 990. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS ARE COVERED BY THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. AT THE ANNUAL ORIENTATION MEETING OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS, THE POLICY IS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL. AT THE FIRST BOARD MEETING EACH YEAR THE POLICY IS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL. ANNUALLY EACH BOARD MEMBER AND OFFICER MUST SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM. AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH BOARD MEETING, THE CHAIR ASKS FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO DIVULGE ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS WITH ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THE BOARD THEN ADJUDICATES HOW TO PROCEED ON EACH (IF ANY) CONFLICT THAT WAS REVEALED. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A | THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT COMMITTEE ("THE COMMITTEE"), CONSISTING OF THE AFP CHAIR, CHAIR-ELECT, IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, AND THE AFP FOUNDATION CHAIR, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO'S COMPENSATION. THE COMMITTEE USES AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTING FIRM TO PROVIDE COMPARABILITY EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DATA FOR ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE, SCOPE AND MEMBERSHIP; THE COMMITTEE ALSO EVALUATES THE PRESIDENT & CEO'S ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PRIOR YEAR GOALS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | THE ASSOCIATION FOR FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS' GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. |
| FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G | CONTRACT SERVICES 1,477,200. CONSULTANT FEES 522,274. |
| FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: | THE AUDIT OVERSIGHT PROCESS HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. |
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Cat. No. 51056K
Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2019
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