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Membership
More than 180 development professionals in West Michigan are active members in the Association of Fund Raising Professionals. AFP provides education and support for development professionals and members receive benefits such as AFP e-news, job postings, networking opportunities, and discount rates for AFP workshops and conferences. Your membership in the West Michigan Chapter means you subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethics with more than 25,000 development professionals around the world.
Membership Categories
- Active: $250 + $50 chapter membership
Open to persons who have at least one year of experience at the time of application as fundraising professionals, are self-employed or associated with an organization, institution or firm and compensated for his/her services. Active members hold some degree of accountability for income generation within the philanthropic process; estimate at least a quarter of their time is spent on fundraising-related responsibilities; subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards and its bylaws; promote the Donor Bill of Rights and, are employed or have been employed by an institution or organization that provides benefits to society.
- Introductory: $100 + $50 chapter membership
Open to persons new to AFP that are 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 and its bylaws and promote the Donor Bill of Rights. Membership in this category is limited to a two-year duration.
- Associate: $250 + $50 chapter membership
May be extended to persons who are engaged in fields related to fundraising, volunteers, or those who have mutual interests with fundraising professionals, and who subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards and its bylaws; and promote the Donor Bill of Rights.
- Introductory: $100 + $50 chapter membership
Join AFPWM
To join AFP-WM, click here
Get More Information
Use one of the following methods to receive more information regarding AFP-WM membership.
Contact Membership Co-Chairs Kathy Gallagher (269.963.4771 or ) or Deb Hekman (616.355.5143 or )
Use our contact and information request form.