National Philanthropy Day Conference

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Join us for our 2025 National Philanthropy Day Conference! 

We invite you to join us for our 2025 National Philanthropy Day Conference! We have planned a full day of activities to help fundraising professionals navigate the challenges of our times. By participating in the conference, you will learn about the latest trends in fundraising -- and find inspiration, education, and connections along the way!

During our conference at the DuPont Country Club, you will have the opportunity to:

• Celebrate the winners of our 2025 Philanthropy and F.A.C.E. Awards.
• Learn how to diversify your revenue streams with our keynote speaker Robbe Healey, ACFRE.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest trends and themes affecting the nonprofit sector with plenary speaker Matt Haggerty.
• Collaborate with colleagues on a variety of strategic topics during our facilitated discussion session.
• Connect with your local colleagues during networking breaks.

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2025 Conference Registration Fees
(same as our 2024 conference!)

Full-Day Conference: $150/AFP Member; $180/Non-Member
Awards Breakfast Only: $75/person

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Conference Schedule at a Glance

Doors Open/Registration/Breakfast Buffet Open: 8 - 9 a.m.
Awards Breakfast: 9 - 10 a.m.
Networking Break: 10 - 10:30 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Networking Break: 11:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Plenary Session: 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Networking Lunch: 12:45 - 1:45 p.m.
Roundtable Discussions: 1:45 - 3:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks: 3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

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Congratulations to the 2025 F.A.C.E. Award Winners!

Please join us in congratulating this year's winners:

Annual Appeal: Delaware Technical Community College
Annual Report: Delaware Prosperity Partnership
Branding: A Better Chance for Our Children
Magazine: Goldey-Beacom College
Social Media: Spur Impact
Special Event: Jewish Federation of Delaware
Special Publication: Jewish Federation of Delaware
Video: Pennsylvania SPCA
Website: Delaware Prosperity Partnership

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Congratulations to the 2025 Philanthropy Award Winners!

Please join us in congratulating this year's winners:

Philanthropist of the Year: Ubel Velez, Latin American Community Center
Volunteer of the Year: Dr. Patricia Mapps, Faithful Friends Animal Society
Youth in Philanthropy: Aarush Sudamalla, Give With Love Foundation
Lifetime Achievement: David Singleton, The Ministry of Caring
Fundraising Executive of the Year: Shannon O'Neill, CFRE, Faithful Friends Animal Society
Social Justice Award: Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Delaware
Nonprofit of the Year Award: The Music School of Delaware
Foundation of the Year Award: SL24 UnLocke the Light Foundation

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Keynote Session: Grants Are Great - But Individuals Are Indispensable! Leverage the Untapped Potential of Individual Donors
Presented by Robbe Healey, ACFRE

Grantseeking is often the lifeblood of startup and small to midsized nonprofits. Leaders may settle into a comfortable pattern of grant funding … and “forget” to invest in starting a good individual giving program. Challenging times often rekindle the conversation about diversifying revenue streams. But where to start?

If your experience was like mine, you met a lot of new classmates in Middle School. The people you became friends with were the ones you had something in common with, saw regularly, enjoyed learning more about, wanted to become more involved with, and spent time with. Donor engagement is a lot like that! It starts with a first encounter and grows from there – if it is properly nurtured. Growing strong relationships depend on the donors’ interests, your mission, the ways you interact – and when and how you follow through. You stay with your good friends through thick and thin. Successful nonprofits do the same. They develop relationships, nurture connections, and stay with their donors through thick and thin – even in challenging times. The nonprofits that invest in the right tactics, develop authentic relationships, and stay the course will emerge even from challenging times with loyal donors … grateful that we continued to value them even if their giving changed in the short term.

Participants in this session, you will:

1. Review generational contact and engagement preferences.
2. Explore donor engagement tactics from transactional to high-touch relationship.
3. Develop potential action plans using worksheets as a guide, for developing and maintaining strong relationships even in uncertain times.

About Robbe Healey, ACFRE

Robbe Healey, Founding Member of Aurora Philanthropic Consulting, brings more than four decades of diverse experience, insight, and success to philanthropic fundraising consulting, strategic planning, board governance and non-profit organization management. Highly regarded and sought after, she has worked with more than 150 organizations.

A sector leader, she Chaired the Board of Directors of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) Global and the AFP Global Ethics Committee. Recognized for her expertise, AFP Greater Philadelphia Chapter named her the 2001 Fundraising Executive of the Year, AFP Global awarded her the 2013 Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Leadership and named her a 2021 AFP Global Distinguished Fellow (FAPF). A member and past chair of the AFP Ethics Committee, she Co-Chaired the AFP Code of Ethics Review Task Force resulting in a revised AFP Code of Ethics approved by the AFP Global Board in December 2023. LeadingAge tapped her to help establish the LeadingAge Philanthropy Network and Co-Chair the LeadingAge Philanthropy Cabinet.

Her academic and professional qualifications include a BS in Education from Northeastern University, MBA from Villanova University, where she is an adjunct member of the Master of Public Administration faculty, and is a member the M. A. in Philanthropy and Development program faculty at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Among her credentials are ACFRE (Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive), Pennsylvania Nursing Home Administrators License (NHA), AFP Faculty, and CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) Faculty Star.

Committed to community service, she is a member and Past President of the Rotary Club of Greater West Chester Sunrise, Past President and current Secretary of the Greater West Chester Sunrise Rotary Foundation Board, Westminster Presbyterian Church Trustee, and Board member and Secretary of the Housing Partnership of Chester County. You will find her outdoors serving with the “Natural Lands Force of Nature” team every chance she gets.

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Plenary Session: Nonprofits in 2025: Finding Order in Chaos
Presented by Matt Haggerty, Vice President of Finance at Carey & Co.

Nonprofits are, by nature, resilient in the face of change. But even so, 2025 has proved to provide a unique challenge with funding cuts, regulation changes, economic uncertainty, and shifting donor behavior, among other items. The key to wise and prudent decision-making, especially in 2025, is to separate the signal from the noise. Matt Haggerty will present data-driven trends and forecasts. We will consider how these trends are impacting our industry now and into the future, and how nonprofits might respond. When you leave this session, you will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Understand the current state of the US macroeconomy and how it relates to nonprofits' experiences.
2. Identify key donor trends, including shifts in giving vehicles, gift types, and other key concepts for fundraisers.
3. Develop modern strategies to address current shifts to enhance resilience in the face of change.

About Matt Haggerty

Matt Haggerty is Vice President of Finance at Carey & Co., a boutique consulting firm exclusively serving the nonprofit industry. He has deep experience assisting nonprofit clients with finance and accounting services, helping align their back office to their mission. He specializes in top-to-bottom alignment of strategy, operations, and finance, optimizing the pillars of people, processes, and technology to support clients’ continual improvement. Matt also serves as a thought leader, analyzing and sharing trends and themes affecting the nonprofit industry and shaping middle market businesses and organizations. His exclusive focus on the nonprofit industry helps him better understand, forecast and communicate economic, business and technology trends affecting middle market organizations. Matt works remotely out of his home in Minneapolis.

Prior to joining Carey & Co., Matt was a director in RSM US LLP’s Financial Consulting practice and a senior analyst for the nonprofit and education industry. He began his career with 10 years in finance and operations roles as a staff member of various nonprofit organizations. Matt earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Public Policy degree from George Washington University.

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Facilitated Roundtable Discussions

Connect with fellow fundraising experts, spark fresh ideas, and inspire new approaches - everyone has a voice! Every 20 minutes, dive into one of three rotating topics and then share your biggest takeaways with your peers. We will explore grants, major gifts, and planned giving.

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Approved for 3.5 CFRE Education Points

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