The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 17, 2025

Limited Staffing and Volunteer Burnout Nonprofits often operate with small teams and depend heavily on volunteers to bring their events to life. While volunteers are invaluable, relying too much on them can lead to burnout, reduced productivity, and even event-day mishaps. This boosts morale and encourages long-term commitment.

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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.

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Candid

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Candids contracts and compliance manager explains how an AI policy can help maximize the benefits of using these toolsby proactively mitigating risks inherent in AI, establishing clear operational standards and procedures, and preparing for the future. Of course, the impact of AI use is not limited to grantwriting.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 17, 2025

Grant writer burnout is a widespread issue affecting nonprofit professionals worldwide. Burnout goes beyond mere tiredness. But what’s the single most significant contributor to this burnout, and more importantly, how can you effectively overcome it? It’s not just demanding, it’s downright draining.

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Candid

JANUARY 21, 2025

Similarly, in the nonprofit sector, well-funded organizations are already leveraging AI to increase efficiency and reduce burnout, while smaller nonprofitsoften serving the most marginalized communitiesare being left behind. Reduced staff burnout : Conduct regular wellness surveys to measure mental health and workload satisfaction.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 16, 2025

By allocating just a few hours a week using the steps above, you’ll build a meaningful presence without burnout. Want more resources to streamline your nonprofit’s online presence and donor management? Remember, nonprofit social media success starts with a clear strategy.

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.

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Strategic Grants

MARCH 17, 2025

The research team at Strategic Grants spend hundreds of hours each month reviewing newsletters, funder sites, LinkedIn and many other resources to find funding and grants to update in our Grants Expertise Management System (GEMS) , ensuring our clients have a strong pipeline of funding prospects that align with their funding priorities.

Burnout

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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Blackbaud

JUNE 11, 2025

As the last few years have shown us, change is here to stay and can promote more critical and nimble approaches to fundraising and donor management. Incremental investment into growth, using the tips above, can drive your organization towards a more resilient, tech-savvy future.

Finance

Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Candid’s data science manager explains how AI technology is trained on previously created data and can amplify the biases of its human creators—with harmful effects. Doing good with AI tools: Navigating ethical considerations for the social sector. Is your organization planning to develop an AI tool?

Ethics

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. Streamlined Project and Task Management An overlooked but critical component of grantseeking success is effective project and task management.

AI

CauseVox

JUNE 24, 2025

That means more support, more donations, and less burnout for your donors (and you!) That’s where a nonprofit CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system becomes essential. Donor Pipeline Management : Visualize where donors are in your funnel and assign follow-up tasks to teammates.

IT

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 23, 2025

But applying for every opportunity is a fast track to burnout, not funding. Use Simple Tools to Save Time with Grant Writing for Small Nonprofits You don’t need an expensive grant management platform to stay organized. Bonus: They’re also great for managing workflows beyond grants. After all, every dollar counts, right?

Grant Writing

CauseVox

JUNE 23, 2025

That means more support, more donations, and less burnout for your donors (and you!) That’s where a nonprofit CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system becomes essential. Donor Pipeline Management : Visualize where donors are in your funnel and assign follow-up tasks to teammates.

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Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

According to the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s State of Nonprofits 2025 report , over 90 percent of nonprofit leaders cite political and economic instability as a barrier to advancing their mission, and nearly as many report staff burnout as a significant challenge. Without clarity, these tools can reinforce harm.

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Blackbaud

MAY 12, 2025

It can also lead to burnout among finance professionals who are constantly chasing approvals and updates instead of working on strategic projects. Set up regular check-ins and, if possible, use collaborative project management tools so everyone can see progress. Use your project management tools to set reminders.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

Tip: Use project management tools like Notion to keep your team aligned. To execute efficiently and avoid burnout during the busiest part of the year, your team needs infrastructure that works for you—not against you. Include milestones for internal review, feedback, budget revisions, and final polishing.

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Community Boost

JUNE 27, 2025

Most donor management systems are great at reporting. That’s what leads to more retained donors , more giving, and less burnout for your team. Reporting tells you what happened. Insight tells you what to do next. You see a recurring donor’s payment failed → You follow up before it becomes a long-term lapse.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Learn four ways your CFO can help with your nonprofits grant management. Leadership & Management Leading a nonprofit can be an isolating and exhausting experience, so avoiding burnout is key to an organizations long-term success. Your nonprofit got a grant now what?

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

This is especially true for those on small teams or managing grants alongside a dozen other responsibilities. What’s missing from this approach are things like task tracking, draft storage, document management, and narrative re-use tools. Your brain is simply overloaded, and it’s trying to protect itself from burnout.

AI

Gail Perry Group

JULY 17, 2025

We see the same patterns over and over: overloaded portfolios, stalled donor conversations, missed opportunities, and burnout. It’s our way of helping both fundraisers and their managers step back, reset, and build a stronger major gifts strategy—one that actually works in the real world.

Burnout

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. Does our team have experience managing grants of this size or scope?

Grant

Center for Major Gifts

APRIL 7, 2025

And yet somehow, tens of thousands of people manage to set up a will every year. Staff burnout. Try $5 to $10 for every dollar spent, versus $1 to $3 from events. That’s not fundraising. Thats math. “Planned giving is too complicated.” ” Right. Lots of smiles, noise, and sugar highs. Low profit. Temporary buzz.

Burnout

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The data comes from a new study of healthcare labor market projections from national management consultancy Mercer in a report titled Future of the U.S. COVID related stress and burnout lead the reasons for the shortfall. By 2022, 100,000 registered nurses had left the workforce because of stress, burnout, and retirement.

Burnout

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. It’s streamlined, efficient, and hassle-free.

Finance

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 18, 2024

If you don’t have a volunteer management strategy in place, an influx of self-deployed crisis volunteers can increase rather than reduce the chaos. 10 Tips for Managing Crisis Volunteers Before the next crisis, put these volunteer management strategies in motion so you can help your helpers meet your community’s needs.

Management

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

Volunteer Burnout Recruiting and retaining volunteers can be tough. To prevent burnout, delegate tasks clearly and offer flexible roles. Time Management Balancing fundraising with school schedules is tricky. Overcoming Common Fundraising Challenges Even the best-planned fundraisers face hurdles.

Fundraising

Selfish Giving

JUNE 4, 2025

In todays climate, teams that qualify well can work more efficiently, avoid burnout, and create partnerships that deliver meaningful, long-term value. Senior Manager, Sponsorship & Partnerships, Head of the Charles Regatta , Cambridge, MA 2. You cant afford to waste time on mismatched leads or broad prospect lists.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 23, 2025

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Award

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The short answer: change management. What Is Change Management? Put simply, change management is making sure that the human element is always in the picture as new initiatives are put into play. In change management, leadership addresses these essential questions: What does the team know about the change?

CRM

The Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the challenges of managing a robust volunteer program. 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. Invest in volunteer management software.

Software

Blackbaud

JANUARY 8, 2025

Finally, staff burnout and unrealistic expectations remain persistent issues. They also bear the brunt of executing poorly planned ideas, further intensifying stress and burnout within already stretched teams. Additionally, diverse forms of expertise, particularly from staff and community members, are often undervalued.

Burnout

Blackbaud

JULY 17, 2025

This often forces people to skip breaks and sacrifice work–life balance, leading straight to burnout. Overloaded Key Staff If your star performers are juggling every critical task, you’ve created single points of failure. One sick day or vacation can send the whole office into a spin.

Finance

HSF House

JULY 25, 2025

That’s helped me stay focused and avoid burnout. And in the middle of all that, I managed to capture something honest. Now I’m in post-production with a tight deadline and a lot of footage to sort through. To keep things moving, I broke the project into small steps and gave myself clear goals each week.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Nonprofit burnout is more rampant than ever. What about staying on top of your own burnout? So how do you protect your organization? Here's are some things you might be doing that will inevitably lead to you burning out, and what to do instead.

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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! What Exactly is Burnout?

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