Hosted by the Confederation Centre of the Arts, this introductory, two-day course provides a comprehensive overview of fundraising principles at the fundamental level. The course content covers the roles and responsibilities of fundraisers, with emphasis on responsibilities you are likely to encounter at the beginning of your career.

If you have questions about the course, please contact Liz LeClair, CFRE at liz@sargassophilanthropic.ca or phone 902-410-7242.

For over 35 years, the Maritime Fundraising Conference has been the touchstone for strengthening and growing our not-for-profit community! Volunteers are the reason for its long-standing success. Your help is needed to offer yet another outstanding MFC to our community.

Proposed for early June (TBC), we are super-excited about our theme and new format! We will hold a one-day in-person symposium, with an option to attend virtually, and also include an evening networking social. The plan for MFC will be to alternate this new 1-day event with our traditional 2-day format.

We hear terms like “building back better” and “the new way forward”— but what do they really mean!? We will learn more and build upon what we started at our inspiring National Philanthropy Day (NPD) panel discussion on “breaking through red tape”. MFC 2023 will build a toolbox for delegates filled with essential skills, resources, and networks. Together, we will dig deeper, break through barriers, provide tangible tools, and commit to strategies for future success for all.

Momentum will continue ramping up in the new year with a 3-part webinar series in partnership with the Impact Organizations of Nova Scotia (IONS) and culminating at the Conference. Our aim is for our sector to commit to working in cooperation with each other toward becoming the best we can be in delivering on our respective missions. 

AFP Nova Scotia and our annual Conference runs on the combined power of our volunteers. Please join us at our MFC 2023 Kick-Off Meeting in January.



P.S. Volunteering with AFP Nova Scotia is a wonderful opportunity to grow your network and your skills! You do not have to be an AFP Member to volunteer on committees.

AFP is committed to the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) in the fundraising profession. Join us in supporting those principles by providing demographic information in your AFP member profile. Your information will remain confidential and is used to benchmark progress, promote equity, and create new programs. 

Having complete demographic information helps the AFP community for a few reasons:

• We can better define what inclusion, diversity, equity, and access means to our members and the broader fundraising community, and it will help to assess our progress.
• Based on the data you provide, we can create programs, products, and services that match what you, our members, will feel connected to.
• Having more complete demographic data will help us promote equity within our community and grow membership through an inclusive lens.

If you update your demographic information before January 20th, 2023, send an email to Charles MacKenzie, IDEA Chair, at charles.mackenzie@gmail.com to be entered into a draw for a $100 Nova Box gift card!

The Mentorship Committee would like to thank the Mentors and Mentees for giving your time in 2022 toward the success of the Mentorship Program. Together, we can advance the fundraising profession in Nova Scotia and throughout the Maritimes.



To learn how to get involved, email Whitney or Siobhan

Last chance to donate to AFP Canada Foundation’s Every Member Campaign.



The more we donate as a chapter, the money comes back to us to help fund professional development opportunities like our Maritime Fundraising Conference and scholarships to attend national conferences like Congress and international conferences like AFP ICON.

Let’s show a united front in supporting our sector. Participation is key and no donation is too small to help us collectively grow support.

Please make sure you select "NS - Nova Scotia Chapter" in the “Fund Allocation” drop down menu so that your donation gets attributed to our chapter.

Over the next few months, the government will write Budget 2023 and decide how federal dollars will be spent for the next year. We need you to ask your MP and federal Ministers to make core funding for nonprofits a top priority in the next budget. Tell the government they must start providing core funding to the nonprofit sector to support nonprofit missions, resilience and impact.



A letter will be sent to your MP, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, and Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould.

The CFRE is the only globally-recognized, accredited credential for fundraising professionals. The certification consists of two parts: an application and an exam.



The next deadline to complete the application for CFRE is fast approaching on January 15th, 2023.