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The Salvation Army ran their first Christmas Kettle street campaign in 1891.
But the thing that unites fundraisers from 1900 to right now, is connecting communities to causes.
In 1905, Pierce partnered with Charles Sumner Ward.
Pierce and Ward raised the money, and by 1913, they were working internationally, running multi-million dollar campaigns using the techniques they’d developed.
The first telethon was in 1949.
In the winter of 1959, three noted fundraisers met to share a common vision.
NSFR chartered in New York The National Society of Fund Raisers was officially chartered by the state of New York on June 21, 1960.
The Society held its first annual meeting in New York City in February 1961 and elected a 12-person board of directors.
The Society held its first conference in 1963 in Suffern, New York.
By the end of 1965, NSFR had almost 500 members from 26 states, including Hawaii.
The most famous of telethons began in New York City in 1966, when the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Labor Day Telethon, hosted by Jerry Lewis, first aired.
President Goldstein's leadership When Henry 'Hank' Goldstein became volunteer president in 1973, NSFR has a debt of nearly $3,000.
Sally Struthers became the celebrity spokesperson for the Christian Children’s Fund in 1976 and is credited with bringing the organization millions of dollars.
During his tenure, NSFR hired its first paid president, Fletcher Hall, in 1977.
Robert Blum became Chairman of the Board in March 1980.
Over 400 members were certified in 1981, the first official year of the program.
In 1985, the association celebrated its silver anniversary.
Patricia F. Lewis, ACFRE, became president and CEO in March 1991.
In 1991, the National Assembly was created (later renamed the Delegate Assembly to reflect growing international membership) with proportional representation from all 119 chapters.
In 1992, Ken Burnett wrote Relationship Fundraising.
A strong voice in legislative affairs As the association grew (membership climbed to 13,813 and 125 chapters in 1992), so did its involvement in national and state legislation.
Maehara named president and CEO Paulette V. Maehara, CFRE, was named NSFRE's new president and CEO in June 1998.
As people became more comfortable paying for things online (Paypal was founded in 1998), online donations became more common.
The new millennium created opportunities for the association to realize its full potential. It would all begin in January 2001 with a new name, the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
It ran nationally, hosted by Lewis, until 2010, and then underwent a change in format— shorter and more appealing to modern audiences.
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