Jamie McDonald
Generosity Inc. Founder
Baltimore, Maryland Area
Jamie McDonald is the Founder of Generosity Inc. Jamie's mission is to spur people to give, act and innovate on behalf of communities, causes and schools.
After 16 years as an investment banker, Jamie shifted her personal mission from startups and venture capital to innovation and growth of the generosity economy.
Most recently, Jamie was the Chief Giving Officer of Network for Good, the nation’s largest online charitable giving platform. She joined Network for Good as part of the acquisition of GiveCorps, which she founded and launched in 2011. GiveCorps is a crowdfunding and peer fundraising platform for nonprofits and educational institutions.
In addition to working with hundreds of nonprofits on their individual fundraising, in 2013 Jamie led BMore Gives More, the movement that raised $5.7 million in a day and earned Baltimore the #MostGenerousCity in America honor. In 2014, she served as lead advisor to MD Nonprofits’ MD Gives More campaign that raised $9.2 million, as well as leading Network for Good's record-breaking #GivingTuesday campaign, which engaged nearly 4000 nonprofits in a day of generosity tallying more than $4 Million.
Jamie writes and speaks about online engagement and giving, next generation philanthropy, and the rise of giving movements as a force for changing communities. She advises nonprofits, cities and states around the country on online giving, crowdfunding, giving days and monthly giving programs.