Foundation Commits $2.2-Million to Fight Charity Leader Burnout

To combat burnout among Washington-area nonprofit leaders, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation has created a three-year training program to enhance the training and professional development of nonprofit executives, reports The Washington Post. The foundation will spend $2.2-million on the program.

The foundation was spurred to develop the program by the findings of a study, released early this year, of nearly 2,000 nonprofit executives, which revealed that three out of four respondents plan to leave their current positions in the next five years.

The executives in the survey, which was conducted by the Meyer Foundation along with CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, cited nonstop fund-raising obligations, low salaries, and lack of support for their career dissatisfaction. (Read The Chronicle’s article about the study.)