Fundraisers

Organize activities to raise funds or otherwise solicit and gather monetary donations or other gifts for an organization. May design and produce promotional materials. May also raise awareness of the organization's work, goals, and financial needs.

The occupation "Fundraisers" has an automation risk of 50.9%, which aligns closely with its base risk of 51.8%. This moderate risk level indicates that while some tasks performed by fundraisers are amenable to automation, a substantial portion of their work still requires human skills that current technologies struggle to replicate. Fundraising often involves complex social interactions, narrative crafting, and relationship-building, which are areas where AI and automated systems face limitations. Automated systems have advanced substantially in recent years, but replicating the interpersonal, context-sensitive decisions fundraisers make remains challenging. Thus, while routine activities may be outsourced to technology, the core of the fundraiser’s role provides some degree of resistance to complete automation. Among the most automatable tasks for fundraisers are (1) identifying and building relationships with potential donors, (2) securing commitments of participation or donation from individuals or corporate donors, and (3) writing and sending thank-you letters to donors. These tasks can be streamlined using CRM software, AI-driven donor prospecting tools, and automated communication platforms, which can analyze data, personalize messages, and efficiently track interactions. Such technological solutions can handle the repetitive and data-heavy components of fundraising, improving efficiency and freeing up human fundraisers to focus on more nuanced activities. As a result, the automation risk for these tasks is higher, contributing to the overall risk percentage. Conversely, fundraisers perform several highly resistant tasks that act as bottlenecks for automation, including preparing materials for charitable events, developing and maintaining media contact lists, and coordinating transportation or delivery of donations. These responsibilities require flexibility, hands-on coordination, and a degree of creativity that current technology cannot fully replicate. The bottleneck skills of originality, scored at 3.3% and 3.8%, also demonstrate that devising unique campaign ideas and adapting to dynamic fundraising environments remain almost exclusively human domains. Consequently, these resistant tasks help balance out the susceptibility to automation, ensuring that fundraisers retain a significant and irreplaceable role despite technological advances.