How interesting.  Don't know if there's a similar organization with similar
policies here in Canada.  Anyone out there on this side of the border
involved in fundraising have any insight?

How do you address these issues when the musems that need fundraising the
most are the ones that don't have the money to pay a professional
fundraiser?

Alex Avdichuk
City of Toronto
Arts, Culture and Heritage Services
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        In response to the thread about fund raisers generating their own
salaries, it was questioned whether a performance-based pay scale was a
good idea.
        Many of us in the fund-raising field belong to a national
organization,
NSFRE.  According to the National Association of Fund Raising Executives
"Standards of Professional Practice" (part of the NSFRE Code of Ethical
Principles 1992):
- Members shall work for a salary or fee; not percentage-based compensation
or a commission.
- Members may accept performance-based compensation such as bonuses
provided that such bonuses are in accord with prevailing practices within
the members' own organization and are not based on a percentage of
philanthropic funds raised.
Jill MacKenzie
Hagley Museum and Library

>For example: I attended a conference session on fundraising, and the
>speaker was hired as a fundraiser for a major art museum.  Her salary was
>based on a percentage of the funds she raised, so while her salary WAS
>dependent on her fundraising ability, and the success or failure of her
>attempts DID rest squarely on her shoulders, on the other hand, she could
>be very well-paid one year, and not so well paid the next, but the museum
>did not have the financial burden of paying her salary in good years or
>bad.  There was the added incentive of the fundraiser generating as much
>revenue as possible both for the benefit of the institution and for her
own
>personal gain.
>
>Maybe this is a naive view of the issue, as I can't claim a wealth of
>experience in fundraising.  I just think it's an interesting issue that
>begs discussion.
>
>Alex Avdichuk
>City of Toronto
>Arts, Culture and Heritage Services
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