Career Explorer Business and finance
Grows with AI
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.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 53% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +5.5% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on creative vision and emotional intelligence.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $72,550
- Job growth to 2035
- +5.5%
- Openings a year
- 10,000
- People doing it (2025)
- 141,000
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Develop professional relationships or networks
- Develop marketing or promotional materials
- Explain financial information
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Manage budgets or finances
- Develop business or marketing plans
- Monitor financial data or activities
What the work looks like
- Identify and build relationships with potential donors.
- Secure commitments of participation or donation from individuals or corporate donors.
- Write and send letters of thanks to donors.
- Solicit cash or in-kind donations or sponsorships from individual, business, or government donors.
- Create or update donor databases.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Training and development specialistsGrows with AI, Index 57, +10.8%
- Mental health and substance abuse social workersGrows with AI, Index 90, +10.3%
- Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselorsGrows with AI, Index 83, +18.4%
- Community and social service specialists, all otherGrows with AI, Index 70, +5.5%
Also known as: Contract Grant Writer, Development Officer, Fundraising Consultant, Philanthropy Officer, Development Associate, Direct Response Consultant, Grant Coordinator, Principal Gifts Officer.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.