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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Fundraisers?
Task-level automation exposure for Fundraisers: 28 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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53%
weighted task index
28 of 28 tasks scored
Median Salary
$72,550 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
High
111,040 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+5.5%
employment change
10,000 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 52 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$50,190 – $80,840
Highest medians
District of Columbia $80,840
New York $80,540
Maryland $79,780
California $79,710
Massachusetts $79,060
Lowest medians
Arkansas $50,190
Puerto Rico $52,090
West Virginia $54,760
Mississippi $57,610
Alabama $60,120
State figures come from the 13-1131 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.
What the score is made of
Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.
Automation potential 53%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 0%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 50%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 13%
Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.
Rewritten by O*NET 0%
Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.
Consequence of error 10/100
Low
O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.
Constituent Task Mix
28 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.
High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 39%
11 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 35%
11 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 26%
6 tasks
How would you survive?
Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.
Simulate Upskilling →Constituent Tasks
#18917 · Core · 25% automatable
Identify and build relationships with potential donors.
interpersonal — Business relationships require human trust and presence
Develop business relationships.
#18922 · Core · 30% automatable
Secure commitments of participation or donation from individuals or corporate donors.
interpersonal — Fundraising requires relationships, persuasion, and donor accountability
Direct fundraising or financing activities.
#18931 · Core · 25% automatable
Write and send letters of thanks to donors.
interpersonal — Business relationships require human trust and presence
Develop business relationships.
#18923 · Core · 30% automatable
Solicit cash or in-kind donations or sponsorships from individual, business, or government donors.
interpersonal — Fundraising requires relationships, persuasion, and donor accountability
Direct fundraising or financing activities.
#18907 · Core · 85% automatable
Create or update donor databases.
data analysis — Enter and maintain data in information systems
Maintain data in information systems or databases.
#18912 · Core · 55% automatable
Develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions.
decision support — Strategy drafts aided; executives own market judgment
Develop business or market strategies.
#18911 · Core · 55% automatable
Develop or implement fundraising activities, such as annual giving campaigns or direct mail programs.
decision support — Strategy drafts aided; executives own market judgment
Develop business or market strategies.
#18925 · Core · 68% automatable
Compile or develop materials to submit to granting or other funding organizations.
text generation — Assemble proposal documents from provided content
Prepare proposal documents.
#18926 · Core · 65% automatable
Conduct research to identify the goals, net worth, charitable donation history, or other data related to potential donors, potential investors, or general donor markets.
data analysis — Examines records for anomalies; human validates findings
Examine financial records.
#18910 · Core · 55% automatable
Develop fundraising activity plans that maximize participation or contributions and minimize costs.
text generation — Business plans drafted; human owns assumptions and risk
Develop financial or business plans.
#18914 · Core · 30% automatable
Direct or supervise fundraising staff, including volunteer staff members.
interpersonal — Employee supervision is accountability-bearing human work
Supervise employees.
#18915 · Core · 62% automatable
Establish fundraising or participation goals for special events or specified time periods.
text generation — Program plans drafted; stakeholder buy-in human
Develop program goals or plans.
#18919 · Core · 78% automatable
Monitor progress of fundraising drives.
data analysis — Financial indicator monitoring is well-suited to AI analytics
Monitor financial indicators.
#18921 · Core · 40% automatable
Recruit sponsors, participants, or volunteers for fundraising events.
interpersonal — Recruitment coordination aided by AI, human decides
Coordinate personnel recruitment activities.
#18906 · Core · 59% automatable
Contact corporate representatives, government officials, or community leaders to increase awareness of organizational causes, activities, or needs.
text generation — AI drafts policy communications; human approves
Communicate organizational policies and procedures. Communicate organizational information to customers or other stakeholders.
#18905 · Core · 55% automatable
Attend community events, meetings, or conferences to promote organizational goals or solicit donations or sponsorships.
text generation — Promotional content drafted; human owns institutional relationships
Promote educational institutions or programs. Promote products, services, or programs.
#18932 · Core · 78% automatable
Write reports or prepare presentations to communicate fundraising program data.
data analysis — Reports and budgets drafted; human owns assumptions
Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets.
#18916 · Core · 62% automatable
Explain the tax advantages of contributions to potential donors.
data analysis — AI interprets financials; human owns advice
Interpret financial information for others.
#18908 · Core · 72% automatable
Design or produce materials such as posters, Web sites, or newsletters to promote, market, or advertise fundraising events.
text generation — Drafts copy and concepts; brand judgment and final polish human
Create marketing materials.
#18924 · Core · 72% automatable
Write speeches, press releases, or other promotional materials to increase awareness of the causes, missions, or goals of organizations seeking funds.
text generation — Drafts copy and concepts; brand judgment and final polish human
Create marketing materials.
#18918 · Core · 78% automatable
Monitor budgets, expense reports, or other financial data for fundraising organizations.
data analysis — Financial indicator monitoring is well-suited to AI analytics
Monitor financial indicators.
#18920 · Core · 40% automatable
Plan and direct special events for fundraising, such as silent auctions, dances, golf events, or walks.
decision support — Planning aided; on-site execution is human
Organize special events.
#18913 · Core · 40% automatable
Direct or coordinate Web-based fundraising activities, such as online auctions or donation Web sites.
interpersonal — Overseeing business processes requires human accountability
Oversee business processes.
#18930 · Core · 40% automatable
Secure speakers for charitable events, community meetings, or conferences to increase awareness of charitable, nonprofit, or political causes.
decision support — Planning aided; on-site execution is human
Organize special events.
#18909 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Develop corporate fundraising programs, such as employer gift-matching.
decision support — Strategy drafts aided; executives own market judgment
Develop business or market strategies.
#18927 · Supplemental · 45% automatable
Coordinate transportation or delivery of materials, supplies, or donations for fundraising events.
decision support — Logistics coordination needs real-time human decisions
Coordinate logistics or other business operations.
#18928 · Supplemental · 25% automatable
Develop and maintain media contact lists.
interpersonal — Business relationships require human trust and presence
Develop business relationships.
#18929 · Supplemental · 83% automatable
Prepare materials such as fundraising envelopes, bid sheets, or gift bags for charitable events.
text generation — Prepare reference materials from source content
Prepare informational or reference materials.
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How this was scored
- 1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
- 2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
- 3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
- 4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.
Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.
Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast
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