The demands of nonprofit work can take a toll on employees. Whether it’s a never-ending to-do list, emotionally draining work, management challenges, long hours, or lack of funding, nonprofit employees at all levels can experience work fatigue.
The following resources offer advice and approaches to help individuals alleviate stress and help organizations take action to diminish work-related anxiety and prevent employee or volunteer burnout.
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AdviceOpinion: The Nonprofit Work Force Faces Major Stresses. Here’s How to Lead Your Staff
Competition for talent, a demand for new ways of collaborative working, and the constant threat of policy changes from Washington are putting new demands on everybody who works to advance the common good, writes Monisha Kapila, head of ProInspire. -
Advice
9 Ways to Ensure Your Vacation Is Really Time Off From Work
Coordinating and communicating with donors and colleagues ahead of time is key to arranging a worry-free escape from the daily grind. -
Advice
4 Tips for Squeezing in More Personal Time
Experts urge setting priorities, learning to say “no,” and establishing personal boundaries to keep the job in perspective. -
Advice
Staying Healthy While Doing Good: Managing Stress in a Nonprofit Job
Tips for being productive at the office while preserving work-life balance. -
News
How to Manage the Stress of Work at a Charity
Some nonprofits share their tips for dealing with the stress of charity work. -
News
How Compassion Fatigue Can Overwhelm Charity Workers -- and What to Do About It
Various medical nonprofits discuss how they combat compassion fatigue. -
Advice
Quiz: Is Your Board Suffering From Burnout
If you’re a trustee or chief executive, take this simple quiz created by BoardSource to find out whether your nonprofit board needrejuvenation. -
Exit Interview
Grant Maker Champions Support for Overburdened Charity CEOs
Julie Rogers, who is stepping down next summer as head of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, has focused on nurturing nonprofit workers in addition to strengthening the safety net for poor people in the nation’s capital. -
Advice
A Recovery Plan for Fundraisers Facing Burnout
You may be working on the side of the angels, but putting in too many hours and taking on too much responsibility take a mental and physical toll. -
Boards
Overstretched Board Members Fight Burnout
Trustees and chief executives who work together to reinvent themselves are finding ways to avoid the fatigue that accompanies governance in a downturn. -
News
Caring for Caregivers
A showcase of charities that are trying new ways to help nonprofit workers overcome work stress. -
Opinion
Foundations Are Burning Out Charity CEO’s
A study points out the reasons why charity leaders are sometimes crippled by work stress. -
News
How Charities Prepare Volunteers for Intensely Emotional Work
Charity managers and consultants offer advice to organizations that wish to better prepare their volunteers for emotionally intense assignments. -
News
Who’s to Blame for Board Burnout
Keeping boards active is a shared responsibility for chief executives and trustees, governance experts say.
