NPOs Lack Mentoring, Advancement Plans for Young Fundraisers
February 17, 2021
Just four in 10 Millennial fundraisers – those between the ages of 24 and 35 – think their organizations offer some form of career advancement program. As a result, more fundraisers from this generation anticipate having to leave their organization to further their careers – 38% – than the 31% who believe they can advance by staying on.
That’s some of the data in the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP) latest compensation and benefits report.
Among the Millennial nonprofit fundraisers surveyed, 21% reported working for an organization that has a talent or leadership development program. That was the high-water mark for presence of career advancement programs. Some 16% have access to training on working with people of different generations, 14% say their workplace offers affinity groups related to identify or interests and only 8% have access to an on-the-job mentoring program for people new to most nonprofits’ lifeblood — fundraising.