donor fatigue
Charity burnout syndrome
Donor fatigue is the declining willingness to give after repeated requests for charitable contributions.
It affects individuals who feel overwhelmed by constant appeals, and organizations that struggle to maintain funding as donors become less responsive: The nonprofit saw contributions drop as donor fatigue set in after the third emergency campaign that year.
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- desensitizationReduced response over time
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- wearinessState of being drained
- stretched thinExtended beyond comfortable limits
overexposure · NGOs · apathy · fundraising · saturation · philanthropic efforts · good cause · disinterest · charitable giving · indifference · crisis intervention · numbness · tuned out · refugee support · social impact · volunteerism · mutual aid · emergency response
- fatigueexhaustion, tiredness, weariness, lethargy, exhausted
- campaign financedonations, contributions, contribution, donors, fundraising
- foreign aidforeign aid, aid, foreign assistance, international aid, humanitarian aid