CauseVox

JUNE 3, 2025

For nonprofit professionals, staying on top of fundraising often feels like spinning plates while walking a tightrope. With the right CRM for nonprofits, you can go beyond donor management and actually level up your entire fundraising strategy. Sound familiar? Youre not alone. Lets dive in!

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 17, 2025

After serving as an in-house institutional giving director for many years, I eventually launched my own fundraising consultancy. When I felt noticeably more balanced after that transition, something told me to start researching burnout prevention. GPA competencies: 8

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Future Fundraising Now

APRIL 8, 2025

Arts fundraising has a special challenge that other fundraisers dont face: When you donate to the arts, you dont save lives; you arguably dont even do something especially necessary. So typical help-other-people fundraising, while not irrelevant, tends to miss the main motivator for most arts donors. See the difference?

Fundraising

The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 17, 2025

Solution: Creative Budgeting and Fundraising To overcome budget constraints, think strategically about where and how to allocate your resources. Host Fundraising Campaigns: Use the event itself as a fundraising opportunity by offering tiered ticket pricing and incorporating a donation appeal.

Budget

Wild Apricot

JULY 16, 2025

Focusing here maximizes your fundraising potential. Built-In Fundraising Tools Facebook offers integrated fundraising features, making it easier than ever to collect donations without redirecting donors to another site. Run joint campaigns : Co-host a Facebook Live, launch a shared awareness week or team up on a fundraiser.

Media

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Many struggle to afford the six-figure salaries that experienced executives command, leading to a cycle of hiring junior staff, investing in their development, only to lose them to larger organizations or burnout. Executive Directors find themselves taking on additional responsibilities, leading to their own exhaustion and frustration.

Consulting

Blackbaud

JUNE 11, 2025

A survey of fundraisers in 2024 illustrated that a diverse revenue mix was one of the greatest determinations of resiliency. Marketing and fundraising strategies must be aligned to best frame and communicate the societal values embraced by an organization’s mission and programs. Harness the power of peer-to-peer fundraising.

Finance

Center for Major Gifts

MAY 24, 2025

It’s pretending the fundraiser was never even there. This is the noble code we live by: Fundraisers should never be rewarded based on gift size. Could be burnout. Some say fundraising is a team sport. The Principle Problem It’s not just erasure. Because that would be unethical. Absolutely not. Not advocating.

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In this article, Fine and Kanter warn against overuse of AI tools merely to drive efficiency and productivity, which can increase staff workloads and burnout, reduce human interaction, damage workplace culture, and lead to high turnover. Where can fundraisers and grant writers read more about using AI technology?

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CauseVox

JUNE 24, 2025

That’s why one-size-fits-all fundraising falls short. Here’s how donor segmentation can improve your fundraising results: Better engagement : When messages reflect someone’s giving history or interests, they’re more likely to pay attention, open, and click through. Others get involved with peer-to-peer fundraisers.

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CauseVox

JUNE 23, 2025

That’s why one-size-fits-all fundraising falls short. Here’s how donor segmentation can improve your fundraising results: Better engagement : When messages reflect someone’s giving history or interests, they’re more likely to pay attention, open, and click through. Others get involved with peer-to-peer fundraisers.

IT

Community Boost

JUNE 27, 2025

Why this matters (especially for small teams) Small nonprofits often don’t have the luxury of a dedicated fundraiser, let alone a data analyst. You’re wearing multiple hats, juggling admin, programming, fundraising, and comms all at once. That’s what leads to more retained donors , more giving, and less burnout for your team.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 14, 2025

Mulindwa William from the Mmanze Centre for Rural Development and Training Challenges can include burnout and being unable to compete with the pay and benefits for-profits can offer. A lack of clear growth opportunities, burnout, or mismatched expectations can lead to higher turnover.

Retainer

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

Beyond Fundraising: Building Community Through SchoolEvents Blog Summary: School fundraising is more than just collecting donations-its an opportunity to bring together students, parents, teachers, and local businesses to create lasting memories and a sense of belonging. But fundraising isnt just about meeting monetary goals.

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Gail Perry Group

JULY 17, 2025

The Most Common Major Gift Fundraising Challenges We See in the Field Major gift fundraising should be one of the most energizing and rewarding parts of any development program. We see the same patterns over and over: overloaded portfolios, stalled donor conversations, missed opportunities, and burnout.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Fundraising & Grants Is it a pleasure to support your nonprofit or a hassle? Finding money and resources for your nonprofit is an art and successful fundraising takes good communication, strong relationships, and understanding who (and how) to ask. Nonprofit leaders share their most successful nonprofit fundraising strategies.

Budget

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

To execute efficiently and avoid burnout during the busiest part of the year, your team needs infrastructure that works for you—not against you. Your decisions can shape your fundraising results for the rest of 2025 and set the stage for next year’s success.

Grants

Center for Major Gifts

APRIL 7, 2025

How to Transform Your Nonprofit Fundraising from School Carnival to Strategic Investment Warning: I suggest locking up any sharp objects and keeping a bottle of Pepto within arms reach. If you believe fundraising should be all fun, lighthearted, and filled with selfie booths and themed centerpieces, consider this your polite off-ramp.

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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

Candid

MARCH 12, 2025

Regrant funds, if possible, to organizations struggling to fundraise. This is unsustainable; over time, it can only lead to staff burnout and organizational exhaustion. Extend operational support to smaller and vulnerable organizations: HR, technology systems, staff time, and more. Consider instead the art of ruthless prioritization.

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The Fundraising Coach

JULY 2, 2025

I’m honored to share a recent conversation I had with Kristin Steele and Samantha Swaim on The Fundraising Elevator podcast. We went into possible roots for burnout experienced by nonprofit leaders. With Kristin and Samantha, conversations go deep QUICKLY. I think you’ll find the conversation both timely and encouraging.

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The Fundraiser Coach

JUNE 9, 2025

We believe we should already know how to: Lead our teams productively Close that biggest-ever gift Run that campaign flawlessly Even if we’ve never done it exactly that way before.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 23, 2025

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2025

Nonprofits are facing ever-increasing challenges in obtaining financial capital, with reports of declines in individual donors , fundraising challenges , and proposed government spending cuts. A 2020 Candid analysis suggests that about half of nonprofits have less than six months worth of cash reserves.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Prevent burnout by scheduling volunteers in shifts of two or four hours. Create Backup Communications You need cell numbers for every volunteer and volunteer coordinator, emergency contact numbers, and an efficient method of disseminating information in the field if cell service is spotty.

Management

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. Just as engaging fundraising ideas drive donations, engaging volunteer experiences drive long-term support. Offer positive, engaging experiences.

Software

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

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

Candid

MARCH 13, 2025

Addressing burnout and financial strain to support nonprofit workers and communities Nonprofit workers are struggling with burnout, work-life balance, and financial hardship, which affect both their well-being and organizational success. Success and wellness tips for Black fundraisers.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 1, 2023

By Emily Haynes Getty Images Unfamiliarity with the physical signs of stress and burnout can prevent fundraisers from taking the breaks they need to recover.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Fundraising burnout is real and it’s killing too many small nonprofits. You are managing your organization, coordinating volunteers, handling all the marketing and fundraising tasks, making sure programs are running, and maybe even sweeping the floors. Avoiding Fundraising Burnout Starts With YOU! Read that again.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 11, 2023

Burnout is a real and persistent challenge for many of us. In the new year, I encourage you to try these check-ins designed to help you ask the necessary questions to get unstuck, avoid burnout, and courageously resist. If you find your check engine light on these days, you are not alone.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 15, 2025

Fundraisers great empathy makes them prone to burnout. Changes in the workplace and by fundraisers themselves can help reduce the problem. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images Fundraisers great empathy makes them prone to burnout. Changes in the workplace and by fundraisers themselves can help reduce the problem.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The stress of the last year and a half has impacted everyone in different ways, and we’ve seen heightened fatigue among fundraising and nonprofit professionals. Burnout is a type of work-related stress—it’s a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment. Practice Mindfulness.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 17, 2025

Fundraisers may experience trauma as part of their work. New research identifies four key drivers of stress and burnout among fundraisers.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Mallory Erickson shares how fundraisers and organizations can better align themselves with donors and avoid chronic stress. By Jie Jenny Zou Courtesy of Mallory Erickson Mallory Erickson says fundraising should be rooted in deepening connections and belonging.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 1, 2023

By Emily Haynes Getty Images Nonprofit managers should check in with fundraisers early and often and show appreciation for their achievements.

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