Membership Benefits
AFP is the largest professional fundraising association in the world. Your membership includes access to all AFP Global has to offer in addition to membership in the AFP Golden Gate Chapter.
AFP Golden Gate Offers Members
- Member-rate registration for all professional programs (and register a guest with you at the member-rate)
- Discounts for members bringing groups of 5 or more to programs (a popular option)
- Sliding scale rate for young professional members and members from nonprofits under $1 million
- Invitation to have colleagues participate with you when you register for Noon Online programs
- Invitation to fun Unplugged networking events for members (and your guests)
- Member-rate registration for professional mentorship through the Mentor Program
- Member-rate registration for National Philanthropy Day, including member-rate sponsorships
- Invitation to member events and opportunities, like the Members Party and the Chamberlain Scholarship
- Member-rate job posts on the chapter's popular Job Board
- Members-only access to the searchable Chapter Directory (add your profile and connect with others)
- Members-only listings in the Consultants Directory promoted year-around by the Golden Gate, Silicon Valley and Wine Country AFP chapters
- Opportunities to sharpen leadership and grow networks by serving on committees, hosting events, and working on projects with other members
AFP Global Offers Members
- Access to the AFP Resource Center, an online treasure trove of fundraising resources including emerging trends, toolkits and hands-on training materials, research reports and whitepapers, coverage of nonprofit technology, and much more
- The eWire weekly electronic newsletter, covering important national and international trends in fundraising
- Access to the national discussion forum Connect--where burning questions are asked and answered
- Advancing Philanthropy, the quarterly journal available in print or online, offering in-depth coverage of the most important issues in fundraising for the nonprofit sector
- Member-rate registration to ICON, the Annual International Conference on Fundraising (a great experience)
- Discounts on goods and services offered by AFP Global partners
- AFP 360 Leadership Development program with Korn Ferry
- Negotiation training with AAUW
- Resources for Ethics Month (October)
A powerful benefit of AFP membership is the opportunity for professional growth through service. If you would like to join a committee, either through the Golden Gate Chapter or AFP Global, please contact us.
Do it for yourself! AFP’s educational and career-planning programs will take you where you want to go.