Direct activities of external agencies, establishments, or departments that develop and implement fundraising strategies and programs.

“Direct activities of external agencies, establishments, or departments that develop and implement fundraising strategies and programs.” is a task performed by Fundraising Managers. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#3 most important). About 65% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions. · importance 4.3
• Manage fundraising budgets. · importance 4.3
• 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

See all tasks on the Fundraising Managers page.

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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-21253,
  title  = {Direct activities of external agencies, establishments, or departments that develop and implement fundraising strategies and programs.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-21253}
}