Management

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 [...]

…why fundraisers should ignore the modest gift values of young donors and steward them like the major donors they are about to become

…stories from donors about the first time they made a charitable gift

…how a skilled and sensitive telemarketer created a lifetime donor

…quotes from donors on why they give (from the 2013 Burk Donor Survey)

…stories from donors about what would inspire them to give more generously

…what will be the impact on giving as religious conviction wanes among younger donors?