Fundraising Managers

AI & job outlook

What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.

Exposure to current AI

Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.

OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.1), with simple added tooling (β 0.6), and including AI-powered software (γ 1.0). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.

How AI is actually used in this job

Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.

Job outlook

Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.

“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.

Tasks

All 16 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.

• Develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions. · importance 4.3
• Manage fundraising budgets. · importance 4.3
• Direct activities of external agencies, establishments, or departments that develop and implement fundraising strategies and programs. · importance 4.2
• Develop fundraising activity plans that maximize participation or contributions and minimize costs. · importance 4.1
• Plan and direct special events for fundraising, such as silent auctions, dances, golf events, or walks. · importance 4.1
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, government officials, and media representatives and use these relationships to develop new fundraising opportunities. · importance 4.0
• Establish goals for soliciting funds, develop policies for collection and safeguarding of contributions, and coordinate disbursement of funds. · importance 4.0
• Compile or develop materials to submit to granting or other funding organizations. · importance 3.9
• Contact corporate representatives, government officials, or community leaders to increase awareness of organizational causes, activities, or needs. · importance 3.8
• Conduct research to identify the goals, net worth, charitable donation history, or other data related to potential donors, potential investors, or general donor markets. · importance 3.6
• Write interesting and effective press releases, prepare information for media kits, and develop and maintain company internet or intranet Web pages. · importance 3.5
• Formulate policies and procedures related to fundraising programs. · importance 3.5
• Assign, supervise, and review the activities of fundraising staff. · importance 3.4
• Evaluate advertising and promotion programs for compatibility with fundraising efforts. · importance 3.4
• Design and edit promotional publications, such as brochures. · importance 3.0
• Produce films and other video products, regulate their distribution, and operate film library. · importance 3.0

Emerging tasks

Newer responsibilities O*NET has flagged as growing for this occupation.

• Manage stewardship activities to maintain connection with donors.

Work activities

• Evaluate employee performance.
• Supervise employees.
• Prepare proposal documents.
• Examine financial records.
• Inform the public about policies, services or procedures.
• Edit documents.
• Develop promotional materials.
• Develop financial or business plans.
• Develop business or market strategies.
• Direct sales, marketing, or customer service activities.
• Establish interpersonal business relationships to facilitate work activities.
• Develop organizational goals or objectives.
• Develop organizational policies or programs.
• Direct financial operations.
• Evaluate program effectiveness.
• Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures.
• Manage organizational or project budgets.
• Organize special events.
• Develop library or archival databases.
• Operate still or video cameras or related equipment.
• Distribute instructional or library materials.
• Present information to the public.

Knowledge, skills & abilities

O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).

Knowledge

Essential skills

Abilities

Transferable skills

Skills in demand

Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.

• English Language Common Skill
• Critical Thinking Common Skill
• Social Perceptiveness Common Skill
• Active Listening Common Skill
• Writing Common Skill
• Reading Comprehension Common Skill
• Deductive Reasoning Common Skill
• Speech Recognition Specialized Skill
• Complex Problem Solving Common Skill
• Time Management Common Skill
• Microsoft Word Common Skill
• Microsoft PowerPoint Common Skill
• Microsoft Outlook Common Skill
• Microsoft Excel Common Skill
• Information Ordering Specialized Skill
• Negotiation Common Skill
• Inductive Reasoning Common Skill
• Active Learning Common Skill
• Systems Analysis Specialized Skill
• Mathematics Common Skill
• Microsoft SharePoint Specialized Skill
• Microsoft Project Specialized Skill
• Microsoft Access Specialized Skill
• Google Docs Specialized Skill
• Google Analytics Specialized Skill
• Facebook Specialized Skill
• Adobe Photoshop Specialized Skill
• Adobe InDesign Specialized Skill
• Adobe Illustrator Specialized Skill
• Adobe After Effects Specialized Skill
• Adobe Acrobat Specialized Skill
• Learning Strategies Specialized Skill
• Instructing Specialized Skill
• Psychology Specialized Skill
• Visualization Specialized Skill
• Microsoft Publisher Specialized Skill
• Microsoft Dynamics Specialized Skill
• MicroStrategy Specialized Skill
• LinkedIn Specialized Skill
• IBM Notes Specialized Skill

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Tools & technology

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Work context

How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.

How to get in

Job zone

Zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Typical entry-level education

Bachelor's degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement

Related experience

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Preparation level

SVP (7.0 to < 8.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.

What to study: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services , Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.

Education of current workers

Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.

Interests & work styles

The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.

Work styles

Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)

Interest areas

Wages & employment

U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)

Industries that employ this occupation

Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.

Where this work is most concentrated

Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).

Related occupations

Part of the Arts, Entertainment, & Design , Financial Services and Hospitality, Events, & Tourism career clusters.

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Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.

What you can do with this

Options the data surfaces for Fundraising Managers — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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