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THE KELLOGG ORGANIZATION, INC. ACHIEVES AAFRC RE-CREDENTIALING

The American Association of Fundraising Counsel, Inc. (AAFRC) is pleased to announce, that one of its members, The Kellogg Organization, Inc., a member since 1990, has successfully achieved re-credentialing.

Founded in 1981, The Kellogg Organization, Inc. specializes in planning and implementing capital, endowment and annual operating campaigns. High standards of service, research, planning, organization, continuity, attention to detail, and commitment to quality and thoroughness are hallmarks of The Kellogg Organization's work.

Current national and international clientele includes: African Wildlife Foundation – The Heartlands Campaign; The Mariners’ Museum USS Monitor Center; restoration of James Madison’s home: Montpelier; The Hospices of the National Capitol Region, Inc.; two YMCAs; the Oregon Institute of Technology; and the University of Virginia Arts Grounds Project, among others.

The Kellogg Organization's staff in its Denver, San Francisco and Virginia offices also specializes in preliminary development audit and analysis, strategic development planning, philanthropic marketing and feasibility studies, campaign implementation and management, planned giving, public relations and marketing, production of campaign support materials, board and staff development, and board and volunteer solicitor training.

“I am gratified and proud of our firm’s AAFRC re-credentialing,” said Kellogg Organization President and CEO, Peter M. Kellogg, “particularly at the positive comments our team has received from current and past clients. Our corporate philosophy of being in service to others – helping our clients fulfill their missions and expand their vision through philanthropic research, structuring, and implementation – makes us fortunate to be in a field as positive as this. The TKO team is united in its commitment to our business and our clients. We begin with solid values and an old-fashioned work ethic which means we put our clients’ interests first. When they succeed, we succeed. It’s a perfect partnership.”

AAFRC was founded in 1935 to promote the need for professional and ethical standards of practice and to influence the creation of laws governing philanthropy. It has been involved in many milestones of philanthropy – developing the widely accepted Standards of Professional Conduct; helping to fund the start-up of the United Way; working with the New York State Legislature to develop and enact the Charity Registration Act, the basis for a nationwide model; creating the AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy; and initiating GIVING USA, an annual publication that has become America’s most frequently quoted and widely circulated reference compilation of annual giving and philanthropic trends.

AAFRC membership currently consists of thirty-six fundraising consultants and service companies that assist not-for-profit organizations. Members are professionally and geographically diverse, annually raising billions of dollars for and providing invaluable types of counsel to philanthropic institutions. To become a member of AAFRC, a firm must meet certain ethical standards in addition to undergoing an extensive client review process. In addition, once it has become a member of AAFRC, a member firm must be re-credentialed every three years to maintain its membership in good standing.