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The Fundraising Leader Survey 2026

The Fundraising Leader Survey is for those fundraisers who lead the function in their organisation. It focuses on decisions, structures and organisational practice, including:
  • Recruitment and progression processes
  • Investment in fundraising and people
  • Retention, turnover and pipeline issues
  • Use of diversity and socio‑economic data
  • Governance, board understanding and influence
  • The space leaders have to innovate, take risk and plan long‑term
  • Who reaches leadership positions in fundraising, and from what backgrounds.
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This helps us understand fundraising from a system and leadership perspective - how organisational choices shape outcomes.

Responses are confidential and will be reported in aggregate.

Optional prize draw – win a donation for your charity
As a thank you for taking part, respondents can choose to enter a prize draw, and three fundraisers will win a £250 donation to the charity they work for or support.

To ensure your survey remains anonymous, prize draw entries will be collected separately and cannot be linked to your responses.
Privacy Notice
The Chartered Institute of Fundraising of Canopi, 82 Tanner Street, London SE1 3GN is the data controller. The information you provide in this survey is completely anonymised unless you choose to share information with us so that we can contact you regarding your feedback should we need to. Please visit our website to see our full privacy statement.