About

Tim Burcham, CFRE, is president of the Burcham Solutions Group based in Lexington, KY which provides professional guidance to nonprofit organizations in the areas of strategic planning with an emphasis on change and project management philanthropic fundraising, and executive search. Founded in 2016, Burcham Solutions provides nonprofit organizations with a unique blend of services to help them define their future, raise more funds, find the right people to get the job done, and manage the changes that come with it. 

A certified fundraising executive since 1993 and a certified change management professional since 2011, Tim has more than 30 years of executive leadership experience that encompassed strategic planning, marketing and public relations, grants and contracts, web and digital services, conferences, and events, change and project management, and governmental affairs.   

He served for 26 years as the System Vice President for Advancement and Foundation CEO for Kentucky’s largest institution of higher education – the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS).  Prior to joining KCTCS, Tim served as the Director of Development for the University of Kentucky Community College System and as the Associate Director of Development for the University of Kentucky Medical Center.  Tim began his professional career as the first full-time admissions counselor for Marshall University in Huntington, WV.

Tim is recognized internationally for his three decades of leadership with the Association of Fundraising Professional (AFP) comprised of 240 chapters and more 28,000 members around the world.  He served as the AFP Global Board Chair and served as the Chair of the AFP Bluegrass Chapter.  Tim currently serves on the fundraising board for the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy in the United States. Tim also founded the AFP Political Action Committee, the only PAC in America focused exclusively on the charitable fundraising profession and philanthropy.  Burcham Solutions is a member firm of the Giving Institute, serves as a voting director of the Giving Institute Board of Directors, and Tim chairs the Marketing Committee.

Current and past clients include: Phi Delta Theta National Headquarters Foundation; Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS); the University of Connecticut Foundation; the University of Kentucky (UK) Office of Institutional Diversity; the Markey Cancer Center Foundation; Kentucky Campus Compact based at Northern Kentucky University; the U.S. Pony Clubs; the World Trade Center-Kentucky; Kentucky Pharmacists Association and the Kentucky Pharmacy Education and Research Foundation, YMCA-Central Kentucky; YMCA-Black Achievers; Blue Grass Community Foundation, Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road Council, the Nest – Center for Women, Children and Families, Operation UNITE, the North Limestone Community Development Corporation, the Lexington History Museum, LexArts, Newton’s Attic; the National Association of Cancer Center Development Officers (NACCDO); LivWell Health; Camp Horsin’ Around; Dining Out for Life International (DOFLI); and Arbor Youth Services.  

Planning, fundraising, and executive search guidance based on 30+ years of professional experience.