Category: Our Associates

Senior Associate

John Mullaney is a nonprofit executive with over 20 years of experience helping diverse organizations craft, articulate, and implement their missions. John has guided a variety of foundations, nonprofits, and government agencies to address larger and often more complex policy issues, as well as their sustainable impact on communities. Over the course of his storied career, John has worked in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Africa where he held a variety of roles at the Institute for International Development and the Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities at Harvard University, and the Forjar Foundation. He also led SatelLife and the Nord Family Foundation as the Executive Director, and has served on numerous boards working for local and state-wide constituents. John holds a Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University and completed his undergraduate education at Boston College. He is fluent in Spanish.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Counsel and Support for Philanthropists. He also possesses expertise in Board Training, Management and Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Counsel and Support for Philanthropists, Donor and Constituent Engagement, Interim Program Management, International Fundraising, Project Management, Risk Management and Fundraising Governance.

Sector Experience: Education; Healthcare; Arts & Culture; International Development

John’s fundraising must have: Fundraising must have a genuinely developed mission that impassions people’s most basic instinct to give for the benefit of others.

Contact John at: [email protected]

Senior Associate

Craig Morris is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) with more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit administration and professional fundraising. He has built development departments from scratch and has worked with well-established organizations, focusing on coaching staff and boards, donor-centric relationship management, annual giving and membership campaigns, sponsorship programs and major donor giving. Craig prides himself on using his background as a social worker to grow an organization’s culture of philanthropy with a task-oriented approach.

Craig is committed to ethical fundraising and cultivating worldwide growth of the philanthropic sector. He is a long-time member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and has served as the education committee chair to bring professional development to organizations needing to stay informed of the latest fundraising trends and tactics. Most recently Craig served as treasurer of the board for the AFP Chicago chapter.

Craig holds a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences, with a Major in Biology and a Minor in Spanish from Indiana University, a Master of Arts in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago, with concentration on Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation, and he is a Licensed Social Worker.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Craig’s predominant area of expertise is in Advancement Services including development operations and customer relationship management (CRM) systems. He also has extensive experience in program evaluation and strategic planning.

Sector Experience: Community Based Membership and Advocacy, including child welfare, early child education and advocacy, LGBTQ advocacy, domestic violence prevention and intervention, anti-violence organizations, community centers, federated organizations, homeless shelters, food pantries, emergency services, job training programs, youth development, and associations.

Craig’s fundraising must have: An open-minded leadership committed to writing a focused and engaging case for support underpinning a fundraising plan with long-term goals.

Contact Craig at: [email protected]

Executive Associate

Tom McCarty brings over 35 years of experience in serving nonprofit organizations as a staff member, consultant, and independent contractor. His long and successful career encompasses 17 capital campaigns, solicitation of 6- and 7-figure major gifts (outright and deferred), grants ranging as high as $3.5 million, and a total of over $60 million raised personally.

Holding bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from Oberlin College, Yale University, and The University of Michigan respectively, Tom began his career as a college professor of Classics for institutions of higher education in Vermont, Ohio, and North Carolina. He also holds the current credential of Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE).

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Tom’s core expertise is in Major and Principal Gifts. He likewise has extensive experience in Annual Giving and Direct Marketing; Board Training, Management and Governance; Fundraising Campaigns and Strategic Planning; Planned and Legacy Gifts; and Grants Management

Sector Experience: Education, Healthcare, and Arts & Culture

Tom’s fundraising must have: Fundraising is a simple business. There are but two steps: raise awareness and raise support.

Contact Tom at: [email protected]