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Ah…my annual indulgence that I eagerly share with you. Please enjoy this selection of comments from donors who have already taken part in the 2018 Burk Donor Survey. Included are a number of [...]

In my previous blog, “Is Giving Tuesday Helping or Hurting Fundraising”, I referenced how this fundraiser is contributing to the over-solicitation of active donors and risking their future [...]

It’s been five years since the first Giving Tuesday, and as fundraisers are celebrating its highest returns ever, the cracks are beginning to show. Our research is revealing a not-so-attractive [...]

Over the years I have asked donors hundreds of questions about philanthropy and fundraising, but my favorite is always, “Can you remember the first time you gave?” Every donor can. Consciously [...]

Recently the Workers Compensation Board in Prince Edward Island, Canada, made a landmark ruling. They awarded benefits to a widow after her husband’s death was deemed connected to workplace [...]

By the time the 2017 Burk Donor Survey closes this week, more than 8,000 active Canadian donors will have shared their views on philanthropy. In a rapidly changing world, donors are not standing [...]

Lately I’m wondering how different fundraisers’ lives might be from the lives their donors lead. If you could see what donors are saying in The Burk Donor Survey, you might be wondering, too. [...]

In every research study I have conducted over the past twenty years, donors have said that, more than anything else, information about what past contributions have achieved is the thing that [...]

It seems to have become a tradition — that midway through my annual research study, I publish some of the irresistible comments from donors who have taken part in the Burk Donor Survey so [...]

Once you meet Nick you cannot forget him. He is the kind of person who is genuinely interested in other people; he listens with his entire being, not just with his ears. Nick is an actor, and [...]