CauseVox

JUNE 3, 2025

Its a powerful way to keep your finger on the pulse of your fundraising efforts, so you can optimize in real time and stay aligned with your goals. Thats a recipe for burnout and data silos. Identify and Reactivate Lapsed Donors Every nonprofit has donors who quietly stop giving, but your CRM can help bring them back!

CRM

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

I had many moments when I was on the edge of burnout doing my part to move the mission forward. Across the sector, burnout and its consequences are widespread. According to the Well-being Project , changemakers experience high levels of burnout, stress, depression, chronic illness, and weak personal relationships.

Burnout

Center for Major Gifts

MAY 24, 2025

Could be burnout. Maybe they deserve compensation that reflects the fact they just delivered your annual campaign goal in one phone callwithout a gala, auction, or raffle basket in sight. A year later. The Tumbling Turnover Rate Is this why we change jobs every 1.6 Could be institutional gaslighting. Not advocating. Just observing.

Burnout

Blackbaud

JUNE 11, 2025

When the economy is unpredictable, or everyone is predicting a downturn, it helps to take stock of where you are, what your goals are, and how your priorities are aligned. Here are just some examples of how you can continue to proactively future-proof your organization: Understand where you are now.

Finance

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

But applying for every opportunity is a fast track to burnout, not funding. Include goals, activities, target populations, and intended outcomes. The goal isn’t to build a complex system—it’s to save time and reduce stress. After all, every dollar counts, right?

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

APRIL 14, 2025

As funders, youve probably worked with nonprofit organizations with staff nearing burnout, sending reports when they are supposed to be on vacation and completing applications when most people would be asleep. Philanthropy is known for stretched dollars and thin margins so one more meal can be served and one more person can get support.

Grant Management

The Fundraiser Coach

JANUARY 5, 2025

Sometimes they were specific actions, other times they were audacious goals. But carrying the weight of cultural or team issues alone can lead to burnout and frustration. I used to enjoy making New Year Resolutions. But now I look forward to evolving during the year. Sometimes an exquisite resolution gets thwarted (remember 2020?).

Fundraising

Blackbaud

MAY 12, 2025

You know your budget is the map to reach your organizations goals, but the labyrinth-like challengeslike endless review cycles and unclear decision-making authoritycan derail financial plans and slow down mission-driven activities. The goal is to work smarter, not harder!

Budget

Community Boost

JUNE 27, 2025

That’s what leads to more retained donors , more giving, and less burnout for your team. Reporting isn’t the goal → relationships are At the end of the day, your mission isn’t to generate reports. You see a recurring donor’s payment failed → You follow up before it becomes a long-term lapse.

Burnout

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

Choose one key skill to build Target a capacity area that will directly support your year-end goals. To execute efficiently and avoid burnout during the busiest part of the year, your team needs infrastructure that works for you—not against you.

Grants

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 15, 2025

Our vision was clear: create an all-in-one digital workspace that eliminates burnout, saves precious time, and leverages the powerful capabilities of AI grant writing tools. Annual Funding Tracker : Develop a year-round pipeline strategy to ensure your grant calendar is both proactive and intentional.

AI

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

By careful examination of your nonprofits budget priorities where you allocate your time and resources you can gain insights into your organizations true motivations and goals. Leadership & Management Leading a nonprofit can be an isolating and exhausting experience, so avoiding burnout is key to an organizations long-term success.

Budget

Gail Perry Group

JULY 17, 2025

We see the same patterns over and over: overloaded portfolios, stalled donor conversations, missed opportunities, and burnout. Why the number of visits may not be enough P roblem: Quantity-based performance goals alone don’t tell the whole performance story What kind of metrics really drive results? Gaming the Metrics?

Burnout

Candid

JUNE 25, 2025

She emphasizes the importance of strengthening mutual support, including through resource and knowledge sharing, and practicing “ruthless prioritization” to maintain stability, ensure continuity, and avoid staff burnout.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 21, 2025

Why Starting From Scratch Hurts Your Grant Writing Constantly writing grants from scratch is more than tedious; it actively contributes to burnout and cognitive overload. To support that goal, we’ve created a high-level training that includes templates, tools, and a step-by-step system. Want to see all of The Hub’s features?

Grant Writing

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

Whether you’re a solo grant writer or part of a small, multitasking team, developing a clear process to evaluate grant opportunities can help you write stronger proposals, avoid burnout, and focus on the funding that truly supports your mission. A thoughtful “no” today can create space for a strategic “yes” tomorrow.

Grants

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

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

School fundraising is more than collecting donations or selling products to meet financial goals. But fundraising isnt just about meeting monetary goals. Or is the goal to enhance school spirit while supporting multiple initiatives? Volunteer Burnout Recruiting and retaining volunteers can be tough.

Fundraising

The Fundraiser Coach

JUNE 9, 2025

She had one goal in mind: to ride by herself. I remember clearly when my daughter was learning. First we started with training wheels. She was wobbly, unsure, and still figuring it out. AND she was proud of her effort. She didn’t expect perfection the first time she sat on the bike.

Burnout

Candid

MARCH 5, 2025

Studies have found that psychological capital is made up of four componentshope, optimism, resilience, and self-efficacy (confidence in ones ability to complete a task or attain a goal)and that having all four components predicts better outcomes than any single component alone.

Burnout

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 4, 2024

If your team wears many hats, then not incorporating change management can have a negative multiplying effect: If one person doesn’t understand the goals of the initiative, that means a good percentage of your staff doesn’t understand it.

CRM

HSF House

JULY 25, 2025

To keep things moving, I broke the project into small steps and gave myself clear goals each week. That’s helped me stay focused and avoid burnout. Now I’m in post-production with a tight deadline and a lot of footage to sort through. What’s kept me grounded through all the chaos has been the people.

Burnout

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

Actually, burnout has been around for a long while, recognized in the healthcare and social service industries. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes burnout as an occupational phenomenon (though it’s not recognized as a medical condition). That’s another buzzword like quiet quitting or hustle culture , right?

Burnout

GiveSmart

JULY 23, 2024

Burnout is a familiar concept in many industries, but the nonprofit sector must contend with burnout in a uniquely challenging landscape. The emotional demands of the work and a lack of resources can make burnout especially prevalent for these organizations trying to make a difference. What causes burnout in nonprofits?

Burnout

Joe Garecht Fundraising

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Instead, you should be moving with purpose at your organization – making plans, setting goals, and then working to achieve those goals. This is not a good way to do things, and will ultimately cause frustration and burnout. Think: How do We Ultimately Achieve our Goal? This is the wrong way to approach things.

Goals

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Our team has had an ongoing focus on overall wellness, mental health, and mindfulness, given that our work as grant professionals is very sedentary and has a high rate of burnout. As grant professionals, we’re constantly focused on deadlines, applications, and making a difference for the causes we care about. Share in the comments below.

Burnout

Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Why we are all burned out and what to do about it by Cathleen Clerkin of Candid Burnout is a trend that’s unfortunately yet to go out of style. shares what causes burnout, what its symptoms look like, and why nonprofit professionals are particularly susceptible to it. In this blog, Cathleen Clerkin, Ph.D.,

Burnout

CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2022

It has been a long time coming, due to: Toxic workplace cultures Systemic overwork and burnout Ineffective diversity, equity, and inclusion A failure to sustain the well-being and growth of employees Frustration and restlessness caused by the ongoing global pandemic. The Great Resignation is underway.

Fundraising

Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

What is the best option to help your organization meet its fundraising goals without overspending on grant writing services? Additionally, layering job roles can increase burnout. The top reasons for vacancies included salary competition (72%), budget constraints and insufficient funds (66%) and stress and burnout (50%).

Grants

Candid

JUNE 10, 2024

If the goal is to ensure that funds are distributed to individuals and nonprofits fairly and without the influence of reputation, prestige, or privilege, these five steps can make a meaningful difference: Simplify the grant application. Process improvements take time, but steady progress keeps the goal in sight and achievable.

Applicant

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Under the qualifications heading, it stated that they were looking for a grant writer who never made a mistake—that perfection was the goal for every grant submitted. Striving for excellence is a powerful goal in grant writing, where every word, or even every character, can make or break the chances of winning that funding.

Grant Writing

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Taking a break from work gives your brain the chance to reset and recharge, and this is essential to avoiding burnout and staying productive all year long. Once you have the plan in place, you have a road map to get you to your goal by the end of the year. Fundraising is a high-turnover field and burnout is a key reason.

IT

Candid

OCTOBER 9, 2024

To enhance organizational effectiveness and advance mission-driven goals using this technology, however, nonprofits need to ensure inclusive AI adoption. Recent studies show that two-thirds of nonprofits report using either traditional or generative AI or both, most commonly for supportive work. What would that mean?

AI

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To successfully implement changes to your grantmaking application, you need to communicate the benefits of data-driven and user-centered design to your leadership, tie the benefits to your organization’s overall goals, and involve your leadership in the decision-making process. For example: Does your application represent your mission?

Applicant

Grants Plus

OCTOBER 20, 2023

CEO of a human services nonprofit Prevent employee burnout Nonprofit leaders may try shifting staff with no or limited grants experience i nto the grant seeking role s , piling grant deadlines on an already-full plate. Avoid stagnation Don’t allow staff shortages or turnover to stall your grant seeking progress.

Grants

Qgiv

DECEMBER 12, 2022

And while end-of-year fundraising is important for many nonprofits, keep in mind, donor fatigue and burnout can happen any time of year. Burnout affects fundraisers as well as donors, and you’ll be more effective in the long term if you address your own fatigue with some self-care. How to Prevent Donor Fatigue.

Burnout

Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

But if you are on staff during this period, it is important to remember that you play a vital role, and do what you can to avoid burnout as you carry forward. They may hew to an established strategic plan or question ambitious fundraising goals, for example. After all, people take nonprofit jobs because they believe in the mission.

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