Dwight Burlingame

Dwight F. Burlingame, Ph.D., is Director of Academic Programs, Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, and Professor of  Philanthropic Studies and Public Affairs.

He holds degrees from Moorhead State University, the University of Illinois and Florida State University.  He received the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) credential in 1989.  He is an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Research Council and of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA ).   He  completed a 6-year term in 2010 as an editor of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly(NVSQ), the official journal of ARNOVA.  He also is co-editor of the Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies book series for the Indiana University Press.

Dr. Burlingame has authored and co-authored ten books, more than 50 articles and more than 100 book reviews.  He is the editor of Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopaedia published in 3 volumes by Clio Press, 2004. Other works include :  a chapter on “Corporate Giving and Fundraising”  in Fundraising Principles and Practice, Jossey-Bass, 2010, “Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies Education:  The Need to Emphasize Leadership and Liberal Arts,” Journal of Public Affairs Education v. 15, No. 1 (winter 2009), 59-68, a chapter in The Nonprofit Handbook, 3^rd ed. Wiley, 2001; Critical Issues in Fund Raising, ed. Wiley, 1997,  Corporate Philanthropy at the Crossroads, 1996, co-authored with Dennis Young, available from Indiana University Press.

Dr. Burlingame is active in the nonprofit community as a board member and volunteer, a frequent speaker, consultant, and author on topics relating to philanthropy, corporate citizenship,  nonprofit organizations, libraries, and development.