Burnout and CRM - Grants & Fundraising Brief

8 Ways to Optimize Your Fundraising With a CRM for Nonprofits

CauseVox

JUNE 3, 2025

But heres the good news: a CRM for nonprofits (Customer Relationship Management system) isnt just a digital rolodex, its a dynamic tool designed to help you build, nurture, and grow relationships with your supporters. With the right CRM for nonprofits, you can go beyond donor management and actually level up your entire fundraising strategy.

CRM

CRM Fundraising Nonprofit Management

There’s a Crisis in Nonprofit Fundraising — And It’s Time We Faced It Head-On

Pamela Grow

MAY 29, 2025

Weve all seen it: mid-level roles that expect CDO-level strategy, major gifts portfolios, team management, event planning, marketing knowledge, and oh, can you also design a new CRM integration before Friday? The Real Cost of Burnout This isn’t just about poor retention. My biggest frustration?

IT

IT Fundraising Burnout Nonprofit

Donor Segmentation: What It Is, And Why It Matters

CauseVox

JUNE 24, 2025

That means more support, more donations, and less burnout for your donors (and you!) Your CRM or email platform probably allows tagging or filtering lists. That’s where a nonprofit CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system becomes essential. A good CRM helps you: Track donor interactions across campaigns and touchpoints.

IT

IT CRM Burnout Donation

Donor Segmentation: What It Is, And Why It Matters

CauseVox

JUNE 23, 2025

That means more support, more donations, and less burnout for your donors (and you!) Your CRM or email platform probably allows tagging or filtering lists. That’s where a nonprofit CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system becomes essential. A good CRM helps you: Track donor interactions across campaigns and touchpoints.

IT

IT CRM Burnout Donation

How to Turn Donor Data Into Clear Next Steps (Not Another Dashboard)

Community Boost

JUNE 27, 2025

If you’ve ever opened a CRM or spreadsheet and been met with a wall of charts, graphs, and stats, only to walk away still wondering what exactly you should do today , you’re not alone. That’s what leads to more retained donors , more giving, and less burnout for your team. Your nonprofit doesn’t need another dashboard.

Burnout

Burnout CRM Retainer Metrics

5 Accounting Workflows Your Nonprofit Can Begin Automating Today

Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

Avoid burnout with more time to focus on meaningful work According to the 2024 Accounts Payable Career Satisfaction report by the Institute of Finance Management (IOFM), 78% of Accounts Payable professionals believe that automation will have a positive long-term impact on their role.

Finance

Finance AI Software Nonprofit

Adopting a New CRM? 4 Change Management Tips for Small Nonprofits

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 4, 2024

How can my scrappy smaller organization, with all the tasks my team is already juggling, adopt a new fundraising CRM and learn to use it with the least amount of disruption?” If you don’t plan for time commitment and keep an eye on burnout, you run the risk of losing significant ground trying to implement new technology.

CRM

CRM Management Nonprofit Software

10 Tips for Managing Crisis Volunteers in Natural Disasters

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Prevent burnout by scheduling volunteers in shifts of two or four hours. Add them, if they are willing, to your affiliated volunteer roster and to your constituent relationship management (CRM) platform so you can keep them apprised of opportunities to support your mission in the future.

Management

Management Liability Insurance Insurance

5 Ways to Level Up Your Nonprofit’s Volunteer Program

The Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

From hurdles like volunteer recruitment and burnout to all too common mistakes like disorganized training, its not easy to run an effective program, even if you have the best intentions. When a volunteer finishes training for a specific role, note it in your CRM to improve volunteer scheduling later. Show your appreciation.

Software

Software CRM Training Management

Are You Still Saying, “There Has to Be a Better Way?” in Your Finance Operations?

Blackbaud

JULY 17, 2025

This often forces people to skip breaks and sacrifice work–life balance, leading straight to burnout. Integration Gaps When your CRM, fundraising, and operations systems don’t feed directly into the general ledger , you’re forced to play data ferryman. One sick day or vacation can send the whole office into a spin.

Finance

Finance Burnout CRM Training

Leveraging AI in Major Gift Fundraising: A Game-Changer in Philanthropy

Blackbaud

MARCH 11, 2024

The Benefits of AI to Major Gift Fundraisers Fundraising is an industry that faces high stress and burnout. AI tools help minimize those tasks by prioritizing and identifying donors, drafting email communications, and syncing data to your CRM. You don’t want to be copying and pasting information from another tool to your CRM.

AI

AI Fundraising CRM Template

Capital campaigns and donor fatigue: combatting your fears

Candid

MARCH 2, 2022

If you can’t answer these questions or don’t actively track this information, that’s a sign that your organization might be treating donors more like ATMs than philanthropic partners—a relationship that can legitimately lead to donor fatigue and burnout. Going beyond capital campaigns.

Burnout

Burnout CRM Donation Fundraising

Four Staff Recruitment Strategies to Decrease Nonprofit Turnover

Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. These signs could include but are not limited to indications of burnout, miscommunication issues, poor engagement, underperformance, or misalignment with workplace policies.

Nonprofit

Nonprofit Retainer Training Burnout

Four Staff Recruitment Strategies to Decrease Nonprofit Turnover

Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. These signs could include but are not limited to indications of burnout, miscommunication issues, poor engagement, underperformance, or misalignment with workplace policies.

Nonprofit

Nonprofit Retainer Training Burnout

How to Get Leadership Buy-in for Streamlining Your Grantee Application

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Here are some trends and factors that may influence your grantees’ expectations and experiences: Staffing shortages: Many nonprofits are facing staff turnover, burnout, or open positions due to economic, medical, environmental and other challenges. This means that they may have less capacity and resources to devote to your application.

Applicant

Applicant Application Grant Management Goals

Volunteer Management & Retention Best Practices for Nonprofits

Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Use a CRM to track your communication efforts and your volunteers’ responses. Look at the data you collect from your CRM communications and offer volunteer surveys to gain direct feedback from your volunteers. Here are some of the most common reasons for low volunteer retention: Burnout.

Management

Management Retainer Nonprofit Training

Fundraising solutions

Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Learn more Innovative fundraising and donor data management Go beyond a CRM Don’t just store contact information: Manage large quantities of data and make it actionable through powerful visualization, pipeline capabilities, and more. What is fundraising CRM? Why is fundraising essential for nonprofits?

Fundraising

Fundraising CRM Software Management

NetSquared's April Nonprofit Technology Meetups

Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

Recent topics include crowdfunding in Victoria Canada, writing for the web in Mukono Uganda, and CRM implementation tips in Philadelphia USA. Peterborough, Canada: Circumventing Burnout: Recruiting Others to your Communication Strategy. So join your local NetSquared group and start participating in the conversation. Thursday, May 1.

Training

Training CRM Nonprofit Conference

5 Ways to Level Up Your Volunteer Program

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Hurdles like volunteer recruitment , volunteer burnout, and disorganized training can make your program less effective. To build a strong network of volunteers, your organization may need to consider switching to a CRM with the functionality you need. Show your appreciation.

Software

Software Management Training CRM

Grants & Fundraising Brief

8 Ways to Optimize Your Fundraising With a CRM for Nonprofits

There’s a Crisis in Nonprofit Fundraising — And It’s Time We Faced It Head-On

Trending Sources

Donor Segmentation: What It Is, And Why It Matters

Donor Segmentation: What It Is, And Why It Matters

How to Turn Donor Data Into Clear Next Steps (Not Another Dashboard)

5 Accounting Workflows Your Nonprofit Can Begin Automating Today

Adopting a New CRM? 4 Change Management Tips for Small Nonprofits

10 Tips for Managing Crisis Volunteers in Natural Disasters

5 Ways to Level Up Your Nonprofit’s Volunteer Program

Are You Still Saying, “There Has to Be a Better Way?” in Your Finance Operations?

Leveraging AI in Major Gift Fundraising: A Game-Changer in Philanthropy

Capital campaigns and donor fatigue: combatting your fears

Four Staff Recruitment Strategies to Decrease Nonprofit Turnover

Four Staff Recruitment Strategies to Decrease Nonprofit Turnover

How to Get Leadership Buy-in for Streamlining Your Grantee Application

Volunteer Management & Retention Best Practices for Nonprofits

Fundraising solutions

NetSquared's April Nonprofit Technology Meetups

5 Ways to Level Up Your Volunteer Program

Stay Connected