March 31, 2020 | Read Time: 1 minute
Pessimism among fundraising offices around the United States is deepening, according to a new survey, as more organizations cancel events and shift to fully remote operations.
The survey, by Grenzebach Glier and Associates, a consulting firm that works with nonprofits, is part of a weekly survey series launched to track the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on fundraising. Its most recent edition, which collected responses from 412 organizations from March 23 to 29, found that 87 percent expected a “high impact” on fundraising over the next month or two, up from 80 percent the week before.
Additional findings:
- 54 percent said they expect a “high impact” on fundraising 90 days out.
- 83 percent are canceling or postponing some or all of their solicitations as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States.
- 70 percent of nonprofit fundraising offices are now functioning in a fully remote environment, up from 47 percent a week before, and 51 percent said they don’t know when their office will return to normal.
