Will AI replace Fundraising Managers?

What this score means

Fundraising Managers sits in the middle of the exposure range for Management. Routine parts of the job are starting to automate, but much of it still depends on judgment, relationships, and context that today's models handle poorly. At 48 out of 100 it scores 10 points above the Management average of 38. Across the 3 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 39 to 58, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Fundraising Managers, most central first, showing 12 of 16.

• 01Develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions.
• 02Manage fundraising budgets.
• 03Develop fundraising activity plans that maximize participation or contributions and minimize costs.
• 04Plan and direct special events for fundraising, such as silent auctions, dances, golf events, or walks.
• 05Establish goals for soliciting funds, develop policies for collection and safeguarding of contributions, and coordinate disbursement of funds.
• 06Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, government officials, and media representatives and use these relationships to develop new fundraising opportunities.
• 07Compile or develop materials to submit to granting or other funding organizations.
• 08Contact corporate representatives, government officials, or community leaders to increase awareness of organizational causes, activities, or needs.
• 09Conduct research to identify the goals, net worth, charitable donation history, or other data related to potential donors, potential investors, or general donor markets.
• 10Write interesting and effective press releases, prepare information for media kits, and develop and maintain company internet or intranet Web pages.
• 11Formulate policies and procedures related to fundraising programs.
• 12Assign, supervise, and review the activities of fundraising staff.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 3 research sources that scored Fundraising Managers for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025
• 02GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 03AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

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