Burnout remains an epidemic in the nonprofit and social-impact sector, although innovations are steadily gaining more attention and momentum across the country. Funders, organizations and leadership teams are shifting from simply acknowledging the problem to testing structural responses.

Burnout in the nonprofit sector continues to disrupt organizations and workers across the country: nonprofit staff are stretched beyond capacity with workloads, community commitments are piling high, and the risk of people depletion is mounting. At the same time, innovation is emerging: organizations are beginning to rethink roles and job quality, funders are speaking out about their own burnout stories and need for wellbeing, and conversations about long-term investment in people might be signaling a possible shift toward sustainable wellbeing.