Giving Compass' Take:
- Dany Sigwalt offers advice for funders who want to fight burnout to help Black leaders sustain their essential work.
- What role can you play in supporting Black leaders doing essential work? How can you identify these leaders in your own community?
- Read about why donors must bolster new BIPOC leaders.
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Burnout is a chronic condition in nonprofits. Right now, it’s at an acute level after the years of trauma we’ve been experiencing. And burnout has a compounding impact on people who are dealing with marginalization. Yet burnout is often something we suffer in isolation, in silence, and in an individual fashion – as if it's not an organizational or collective concern.
In this episode, you'll gain a first-hand perspective on burnout from Dany Sigwalt, the Black outgoing nonprofit executive director of Power Shift Network, and you’ll get tangible ideas for how to address the burnout crisis in our sector. Dany discusses her experience and ideas, and provides some fundamental suggestions for change.
Read the full article about funding to fight burnout at Fund the People.