Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

From these conferences, recurring themes emerged that resonated with me, including teamwork, clarity, scalability, and preventing burnout. Here are some lessons from the Playbook conference: Focus on a few high-impact services that can scale and align with your long-term goals. Clear boundaries reduce miscommunication.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Leadership development: PBIs help train local leaders, build resilient organizations, and prevent burnout. Here are the primary functions of PBIs: Capacity building: PBIs provide support for grassroots organizations that may lack the infrastructure or resources to scale their impact. How have place-based intermediaries made a difference?

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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?

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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.

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Candid

DECEMBER 31, 2024

According to the authors of The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Age of AI, the human risks of over-reliance on AI tools for time and cost efficiency include exacerbating the burnout crisis and eroding internal collaboration and communication.

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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.

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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.

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The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 17, 2025

By understanding the most common obstacles and how to overcome them, your nonprofit can host events that not only meet your goals but also inspire and engage your community. Limited Staffing and Volunteer Burnout Nonprofits often operate with small teams and depend heavily on volunteers to bring their events to life.

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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.

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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.

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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.,

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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.

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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.

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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%).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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!

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

When I turned 35, I wanted to start exercising again, preferably by running or going to a gym; however, I had the hardest time meeting this goal. Like any good grant pro, I would NEVER miss a grant or reporting deadline, but if a goal is just for me, I struggle to accomplish it. Do you ever have trouble meeting your goals?

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CauseVox

MARCH 2, 2021

Although we probably won’t be able to stop having virtual meetings anytime soon, there are some steps you can take to help reduce the impact on their mental and physical health to prevent burnout. This also helps avoid staff burnout, because it prevents your staff from trying to complete work after hours. Check out a few ideas below.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Stories are much more powerful and motivating than merely using statistics or discussing administrative goals. Those things may be important, but only as a means to the real goal of helping make the world a better place. They need to know that goals are being met and lives are being improved.

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GiveSmart

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit development and marketing teams share similar goals in an organization. Benefits of Nonprofit Development and Marketing Teams Working Together Given their shared organizational goals, nonprofit development and marketing teams can benefit from strong collaboration.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Our goal is to connect nonprofits with the power of AI, responsibly and ethically, to help them achieve their full fundraising potential and further their missions,” said Todd Baylis, CEO of Qgiv, Inc. Qgiv has also joined the Fundraising.AI

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

How could hiring a grant consultant help your organization meet its funding goals? The top reasons for vacancies: salary competition (72%), budget constraints and insufficient funds (66%) and stress and burnout (50%). 6. How could hiring a grant consultant help your organization meet its funding goals?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

They can help the organization set and achieve goals. They’re responsible for planning, organizing, and directing a group so that goals are reached in a timely fashion. In order to reach your goals, you need a well-thought-out plan. You must think about both long-term and short-term goals and how you’ll reach them.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 15, 2024

Maybe you’re a “Rebel” and meet your goals because you draw on your identity as a grant pro. The Four Tendencies shape every aspect of behavior, so understanding this framework lets you make better decisions, meet grant deadlines, suffer less stress and burnout, and engage more effectively with yourself and others.

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CauseVox

JULY 10, 2024

With issues like burnout and limited staff, she often found herself juggling multiple roles. This enhancement not only accelerated strikers’ progress towards their fundraising goals but also offered donors a vivid, real-time view of the difference their money is making.

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GiveSmart

APRIL 24, 2024

Nonprofit development and marketing teams share similar goals in an organization. Benefits of nonprofit development and marketing teams working together Given their shared organizational goals, nonprofit development and marketing teams can benefit from strong collaboration.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 18, 2023

Since 2020, fundraisers have confronted many obstacles that affect them and their nonprofit teammates, including the Great Resignation, burnout, and limited resources to meet their goals. Fundraisers need help to reach their goals. Allow time and resources for team-building opportunities that will foster connection among staff.

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Tom Ahern

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Too many fundraisers just nod their heads when handed mission impossible, and then set themselves up for frustration, burnout or failure. Make them feel good about that investment • Cause them to continue to invest if not invest more To learn more about how we can achieve these goals, please subscribe to my free, weekly newsletter.

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