1.   And the donors want more than good government, according to Craig McDonald, director of the Austin-based group that did the study.

2.   As a result, many donors want to make sure that they give the kinds of donations that candidates notice while they still can.

3.   Binder said large contributions always raise the question of what the donor wants in return.

4.   A major campaign donor wanted more tickets to Thursday night.

5.   Donors have always wanted their names emblazoned on the walls of prominent institutions.

6.   Donors want to be able to follow their gifts more closely by giving to specific causes or creating their own private foundations.

7.   International donors want any assistance to go to the underfinanced education and health systems and other badly needed social services, rather than to further military spending.

8.   International donors want any assistance to go to the under-funded education and health systems and other badly needed social services, rather than to further military spending.

9.   Museum directors, acutely aware that donors want to use museums as tools for economic development, are competing with one another to produce the most striking buildings.

10.   Not surprisingly, many donors do not want their political activities exposed to sunlight.