Nonprofit resume template

Daniel is meant for program managers and others who want a softer page than rules alone give, and it prints its skills grid above work experience. For a fundraiser or program lead that means grant writing, stewardship and the donor database are read first, while the rounded heading pills keep the page warm rather than corporate.

Second choice: Leslie. Leslie puts experience ahead of skills under a centred blue header; better when a long record of grants and campaigns should lead.

Daniel template details and test results

Daniel prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.

1. Professional Summary. Name the cause, the size of the organisation (budget or staff) and your function: development, programs, operations, communications or advocacy. One line linking your work to mission results, such as children served or dollars raised, completes it.
2. Skills. The grid has no labels, so lead with your function's core skills (grant writing, donor stewardship, major gifts, program evaluation), then systems (Raiser's Edge NXT, Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, Bloomerang, Mailchimp), then other strengths such as board relations.
3. Work Experience. Fundraisers give dollars against goal, donor counts, retention and grants won; program staff give people served, outcomes measured and partners. Add one bullet on money handling: restricted grants, budgets, reports to funders, or data you prepared for the annual Form 990 that most tax-exempt organisations file.
4. Education. One line. A nonprofit management certificate or an MPA can sit here; for most roles the experience above carries more weight.
5. Certifications. CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) from CFRE International requires education, professional practice and performance, and is renewed every three years. Include the year so a reader knows it is current.
6. Board and volunteer service. Board seats and volunteer roles show your connection to the sector. For people moving in from business, this list is often the first nonprofit evidence on the page.

The same content as the files above, so you can copy a line or compare it with your own.

Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.

• fundraising
• grant writing
• donor stewardship
• major gifts
• annual fund
• donor retention
• Raiser's Edge NXT
• CRM data hygiene
• grant reporting
• program evaluation
• board relations
• volunteer management
• restricted funds
• special events
• mission alignment

• "Passionate about the mission" with no money raised or people served beside it.
• Claiming a whole campaign total when a team raised it; state your own portfolio.
• Donor names or gift amounts that identify a person.
• Leaving off the volunteer and board roles that connect you to the sector.

We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.

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We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.

1. CFRE International: Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) (candidates meet education, professional practice, professional performance and ethical standards; certificants recertify every three years)
2. Internal Revenue Service: Form 990 series: which forms do exempt organizations file? (Form 990 series is the annual return most tax-exempt organizations file; 990-N, 990-EZ, 990 and 990-PF by size and type)