Job Check
Fundraising Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities to solicit and maintain funds for special projects or nonprofit organizations.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Manage fundraising budgets.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Develop fundraising activity plans that maximize participation or contributions and minimize costs.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Plan and direct special events for fundraising, such as silent auctions, dances, golf events, or walks.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Establish goals for soliciting funds, develop policies for collection and safeguarding of contributions, and coordinate disbursement of funds.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, government officials, and media representatives and use these relationships to develop new fundraising opportunities.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Compile or develop materials to submit to granting or other funding organizations.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Contact corporate representatives, government officials, or community leaders to increase awareness of organizational causes, activities, or needs.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Conduct research to identify the goals, net worth, charitable donation history, or other data related to potential donors, potential investors, or general donor markets.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Write interesting and effective press releases, prepare information for media kits, and develop and maintain company internet or intranet Web pages.People already use AI for this at work
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss56%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 47% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps marketers use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.