The Task Exposure Indexv2026.Q3
Occupation · SOC 11-2033.00 · Job Zone 4

AI exposure: Fundraising Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities to solicit and maintain funds for special projects or nonprofit organizations.

Reading this score

computed

45.2% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Fundraising Managers at the 82th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.8 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.

What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 16 tasks it averages 1.94 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.

The most exposed thing this job does is Design and edit promotional publications, at 86.7%. The least is Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, government officials, and..., at 11.7%. A gap of 75.0% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.

Within management occupations, this one is more exposed than most. The median across the 56 roles in the group is 41.2%, and only 8 of them score higher than this. Occupational families are not uniform, and the spread inside them is often wider than the gap between them.

What would move this score. Of 16 tasks, 11 are currently banded exposed, 3 assisted and 2 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take systems being given deeper access to the organisation's own records and history, which is already happening. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.

Task by task

16 tasks, O*NET 31.0
TaskExposedAssistedUntouchedImportanceBand
Design and edit promotional publications, such as brochures.86.7%13.3%0.0%3.01exposed
Compile or develop materials to submit to granting or other funding organizations.73.3%26.7%0.0%3.93exposed
Contact corporate representatives, government officials, or community leaders to increase awareness of organizational causes, activities, or needs.66.7%33.3%0.0%3.76exposed
Develop strategies to encourage new or increased contributions.50.0%25.0%25.0%4.33exposed
Manage fundraising budgets.50.0%25.0%25.0%4.31exposed
Develop fundraising activity plans that maximize participation or contributions and minimize costs.50.0%25.0%25.0%4.11exposed
Write interesting and effective press releases, prepare information for media kits, and develop and maintain company internet or intranet Web pages.50.0%25.0%25.0%3.50exposed
Conduct research to identify the goals, net worth, charitable donation history, or other data related to potential donors, potential investors, or general donor markets.45.0%30.0%25.0%3.56exposed
Formulate policies and procedures related to fundraising programs.45.0%30.0%25.0%3.47exposed
Evaluate advertising and promotion programs for compatibility with fundraising efforts.45.0%30.0%25.0%3.37exposed
Plan and direct special events for fundraising, such as silent auctions, dances, golf events, or walks.35.0%40.0%25.0%4.07assisted
Establish goals for soliciting funds, develop policies for collection and safeguarding of contributions, and coordinate disbursement of funds.32.6%34.1%33.3%3.95assisted
Direct activities of external agencies, establishments, or departments that develop and implement fundraising strategies and programs.30.0%20.0%50.0%4.18exposed
Produce films and other video products, regulate their distribution, and operate film library.22.2%11.1%66.7%2.98untouched
Assign, supervise, and review the activities of fundraising staff.21.7%28.3%50.0%3.39assisted
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, government officials, and media representatives and use these relationships to develop new fundraising opportunities.11.7%13.3%75.0%3.95untouched

Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.

Where the score comes from

judged

Every task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.

DimensionMeanScale
Capability2.810-4
Embodiment0.380-3
Presence1.060-3
Accountability1.000-3
Context1.940-3
Verification cost1.390-3

What this means in practice

Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.

Occupations either side of this one

The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.

Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.