Nonprofits need access to a range of talent, right-sized to their organization, that actually does the work. And that’s what fractional support can provide. Our white paper defines fractional support for the nonprofit sector based on data from real organizations.
Download Our White Paper →Since January 2025, 73% of nonprofit executives reported increased demand for services and about 30% reduced staff over the same period. The math doesn’t work out, and the result is predictable: the same study found that the share of nonprofit CEOs calling burnout “very much” a concern jumped from 29% in 2025 to 46% in 2026.
Fractional staffing is one way nonprofits are closing that gap. Instead of one person trying to do everything, organizations bring on experienced professionals who fill a specific role for a set number of hours each month.
We took a look at our existing clients to get a more detailed picture of who’s using fractional staff and how they’re using it.
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The organizations we studied fell into 22 of the 25 top-level NTEE (National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities) categories.
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They had been around anywhere from one year to 84 years with a median age of 18 years.
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And they had anywhere from an estimated zero to over 100 employees with a median of 2.5 employees.
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The area that got the most time was Admin (24%), supporting our original premise that many nonprofits need administrative support.
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The next three areas, in order of time spent, were Programs (14%), Operations (9%), and Fundraising (8%).
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Systems (7%) tasks were primarily about using email platforms and working in CRMs/databases, which supports the idea that nonprofits need people to manage these tools.
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The top barrier was organizations attempting to do too much.
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Not knowing how fractional support works — or how to work with fractional professionals — was next.
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Last, the organization's own culture can be a barrier to the organization's health and success.
In this white paper, we explain what fractional support is, how it works, and how it compares to other kinds of staffing.
Then we walk through how organizations of different sizes might use fractional support based on data from real organizations. You’ll see how fractional could work at your organization and come away with data you can bring to your board.
We provide fractional support to nonprofit organizations. Whether you need fractional administration or a fractional development director, we give you access to that talent right-sized to your organization — and they do the work you need done.
By utilizing an all-fractional staffing model provided by The More Than Giving Co. (MTG), Making a Change Group (MACG) has grown exponentially. In just 24 months, their annual revenue more than doubled from $585,000 to over $1.2 million.
By utilizing an all-fractional staffing model provided by The More Than Giving Co. (MTG), the Foundation has grown from a start-up initiative into an influential organization preserving the history of women in medicine.
Fractional staffing can be envisioned, and implemented, in myriad ways to fit the specific needs of an organization. In this blog, we take you through the journey of a small, mostly volunteer-run nonprofit that raises funds to support rare disease research.
