August 29, 2026
State of Giving Research
Are you feeling the pressure going into the fall fundraising season? My friends, you are not alone. And the data my support your feelings as well.
Non-Profits
There seems to be an increase right now in burnout for non-profit CEO’s due to a higher demand for services, coupled with maintaining the well being of themselves and their staff. Along with some other lesser, but still important, factors including legal challenges and reduction in staffing.
Plus, reports indicate that grants have been harder to secure and giving has been reduced, making financial decisions harder.
According to the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)’s research.
Churches
Churches on the other hand, have been seeing an increase in giving over the past two years, but non-profits have not seen that same growth. These gifts have been coming from individuals, while non-profit giving is more entity based.
But one of the things both churches and non-profits have in common is leader burnout.
According to the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)’s annual giving report.
MM Can Help
One of the things we at Miller Management want to be able to provide to you is help with administrative resources. Giving you support to lesson the burden, to guide you to best practices, to come along side you as a partner.
These things may help with your burnout, but they also assist in your financial mission. Here are just a couple of the resources we provide in blog post, podcast, and video forms:
- Avoiding Burnout (blog post)
- Budgeting with Purpose (training course)
- MM Accounting Services (resource)
- Church Budgeting (podcast)
- Leader and Staff Self-Care (blog & podcast)
- Financial Planning (podcast)
- Reasons to celebrate your co-workers this fall (blog post)
- October: Pastor Appreciation Month (blog/video)
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