Our Team
Built on Partnership
Philanthropy Squared was founded on a simple idea: organizations should be able to access highly experienced fundraising leaders without being forced into a one-size-fits-all consulting model.
We work with mission-driven organizations at different stages of growth and across many fields. Some clients engage us for a focused challenge. Others ask us to remain alongside them through implementation, growth, or transition. In every case, we seek to become a trusted extension of the team—bringing sound judgment, honest perspective, and a shared commitment to the mission.
Senior experience.
Shared purpose.
The right team for each client.
Philanthropy Squared brings together accomplished fundraising and nonprofit leaders who share a belief that good counsel should be experienced, collaborative, and useful in practice.
Our advisors have served as chief development officers, executive directors, campaign leaders,
advancement executives, strategists, coaches, and consultants. Collectively, we have built fundraising
programs, led major campaigns, secured significant philanthropic investment, strengthened organizations through transition, and worked across a wide range of missions, communities, and organizational settings.
That breadth matters. It allows us to shape each engagement around the client—bringing together the
right combination of strategic perspective, subject-matter expertise, leadership experience, and hands-on support.
Experience that spans the full fundraising landscape
Major, principal, and leadership giving
Foundation, institutional, and grant strategy
Corporate partnerships
Capital and comprehensive campaigns
Annual giving and donor engagement
Fundraising assessments and strategic planning
Development operations, data, and CRM systems
Case development, communications, and donor messaging
Board engagement, coaching, and training
Team design, fractional leadership, and organizational transition
Meet our Advisors
Each advisor brings distinct experience. Together, they give Philanthropy Squared the flexibility to match the team to the assignment and give clients direct access to the expertise their work requires.
ELIZABETH MCGEAN
Norwich, VTmajor gifts
campaign fundraising
PETER JONES
Portsmouth, NHmission-driven
international
environmental conservation
KAREN BUCK
Brooklyn, NYmajor gifts
social services
arts & education
institutional grants
BETH BUSH
Nashville, TNinstitutional partnerships
healthcare
environmental
strategic planning
DARCIE TAYLOR
San Francisco, CAadvancement
education
healthcare
campaign fundraising
ALLISON OLDEHOFF
Brooklyn, NYcampaign fundraising
arts & education
sustainability
social sector
KATHY BARTH
Bethlehem, PAcampaign fundraising
public relations
major gifts
healthcare & education
AMBER JO MANUEL
Oakland, CAprogram development
public relations
international
arts & education
ELLENA FORTNER NEWSOM
Oakland, CAdonor retention
digital fundraising
crm strategy
digital advertising
Experience across missions and moments
Organizations served by our advisors:
