Will AI replace Fundraising Managers?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
52/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 83% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 9% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 77% of the work
What the job involves
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities to solicit and maintain funds for special projects or nonprofit organizations.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(2)
- Compile or develop materials to submit to granting or other funding organizations.
- Write interesting and effective press releases, prepare information for media kits, and develop and maintain company internet or intranet Web pages.
Within reach(10)
- Develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions.
- Manage fundraising budgets.
- Develop fundraising activity plans that maximize participation or contributions and minimize costs.
- Establish goals for soliciting funds, develop policies for collection and safeguarding of contributions, and coordinate disbursement of funds.
- Contact corporate representatives, government officials, or community leaders to increase awareness of organizational causes, activities, or needs.
and 5 more
Out of reach(4)
- Plan and direct special events for fundraising, such as silent auctions, dances, golf events, or walks.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, government officials, and media representatives and use these relationships to develop new fundraising opportunities.
- Assign, supervise, and review the activities of fundraising staff.
- Produce films and other video products, regulate their distribution, and operate film library.
Also called
Foundation Director · Fundraising Manager · Major Gifts Director · Fundraising Director · Advancement Director · Annual Giving Director · Development Director · Donor Engagement Director
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics