How Foundations Are Supporting Grantee Staff Well-Being
In the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s (CEP) report State of Nonprofits 2024: What Funders Need to Know — released in May 2024 — nonprofit leaders reported widespread concern about their staff’s burnout. In that same report, we found that three-quarters of nonprofit leaders see staff burnout as influencing their organizations’ ability to achieve their missions. Research shows that a lack of support for staff well-being can contribute to poor energy levels among staff, decreased productivity, and — especially in the case of nonprofits — increased difficulty retaining staff and filling job vacancies. This CEP Research Snapshot sets out to understand foundation leaders’ perspectives and actions related to the well-being and burnout of staff at the organizations they fund.
