Market evidence report — fundraising-manager

Source: 52 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 52), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	37	71 %
senior	7	13 %
junior	4	8 %
lead	2	4 %
n/a	2	4 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Microsoft Office	13	25 %
2	Salesforce	9	17 %
3	Microsoft Excel	6	12 %
4	Microsoft Word	5	10 %
5	Raiser’s Edge	5	10 %
6	Microsoft Outlook	3	6 %
7	Microsoft PowerPoint	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	fundraising	22	42 %
2	data analysis	15	29 %
3	donor cultivation	15	29 %
4	project management	13	25 %
5	relationship building	10	19 %
6	event planning	9	17 %
7	fundraising strategy	9	17 %
8	grant writing	8	15 %
9	budget management	7	13 %
10	prospect research	6	12 %
11	strategic planning	6	12 %
12	volunteer recruitment	6	12 %
13	digital fundraising	5	10 %
14	volunteer management	5	10 %
15	donor engagement	4	8 %
16	donor stewardship	4	8 %
17	event management	4	8 %
18	relationship management	4	8 %
19	budgeting	3	6 %
20	donor relationship management	3	6 %
21	donor retention	3	6 %
22	marketing	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	peer-to-peer fundraising	7	13 %
2	stewardship	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	donor communication	9	17 %
2	event planning	6	12 %
3	revenue goal achievement	6	12 %
4	event organization	4	8 %
5	fundraising event execution	4	8 %
6	donor engagement	3	6 %
7	event coordination	3	6 %
8	mission communication	3	6 %
9	prospecting donors	3	6 %
10	vendor management	3	6 %
11	volunteer management	3	6 %
12	volunteer recruitment	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 52 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

52 ads.

Top hard skills:

fundraising — 42 % (22 ads)
data analysis — 29 % (15 ads)
donor cultivation — 29 % (15 ads)
project management — 25 % (13 ads)
relationship building — 19 % (10 ads)
event planning — 17 % (9 ads)
fundraising strategy — 17 % (9 ads)
grant writing — 15 % (8 ads)
budget management — 13 % (7 ads)
prospect research — 12 % (6 ads)

Top tools:

Microsoft Office — 25 % (13 ads)
Salesforce — 17 % (9 ads)
Microsoft Excel — 12 % (6 ads)
Microsoft Word — 10 % (5 ads)
Raiser’s Edge — 10 % (5 ads)
Microsoft Outlook — 6 % (3 ads)
Microsoft PowerPoint — 6 % (3 ads)
Canva — 4 % (2 ads)
Daybook — 4 % (2 ads)
Engaging Networks — 4 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 71 % · senior 13 % · junior 8 % · lead 4 % · n/a 4 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)