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The Western North Carolina (WNC) chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has released a report analyzing the impact of Hurricane Helene and its impact on the region’s nonprofit sector. Based on a survey of more than 60 WNC nonprofit organizations in January 2025, this infographic report provides critical insights into operational challenges and fundraising disruptions experienced in the aftermath of the disaster. The survey, conducted by AFP WNC, gathered data from a diverse range of nonprofit organizations to assess how the storm affected their ability to deliver services, secure funding, and maintain donor and volunteer engagement. Findings highlight significant [...]

Alex Comfort, CFRE, is a well-known nonprofit consultant in Western North Carolina. He has been a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals since 1989 and has served as a board member and president of AFPWNC chapter. He was recognized as the region's Outstanding Fund Raising Executive in 2010. Alex is giving us a sneak peak of his planned giving article that will appear in AFP's Advancing Philanthropy magazine in July 2025. When I go to a seminar or read a paper on a new fundraising idea, I hate it when the new idea comes at the very last.  So here [...]

It’s February, and I work with the WNC Nature Center – so of course we’re gonna talk about Groundhog Day! Just for fun, the picture you see is of a former Nature Center groundhog, Nibbles. Nibbles had the opportunity to meet Andie MacDowell when she came to the Nature Center to celebrate Groundhog Day back in 2008. I recently rewatched Bill Murray and Andie McDowell in the 1993 film Groundhog Day, where weatherman Phil Connors get trapped in a time loop on February 2nd, only escaping after he learns to be a better person. Some film geeks estimate that the time loop lasted between [...]