Some Revolutionary Thoughts on the Not-for-Profit Sector with Jon Dellandrea

Sign up today to hear Dr. Jon Dellandrea, the top fundraiser in the world speak about the not-for-profit sector in Canada.  A networking reception with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will follow Jon's talk.

Agenda

6:00 pm - Registration

6:30 pm - Event Begins

7:30 pm - Networking Reception

Jon's Biography:

Dr. Jon S. Dellandrea, CM

BA., M.Ed., MA (Oxon) EdD, LLD.

Jon Dellandrea received his degrees from the University of Toronto and Oxford University. He moved to Waterloo, Ontario in 1979 to take a position at the University of Waterloo. During this time, he took on a central development role, culminating in his appointment to the newly-created position of Vice-President, University Development in 1983.

After serving Waterloo, he spent several years as President of the Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation. In 1994 he returned to the University of Toronto to serve as its Vice-President and Chief Advancement Officer, a position he held for 11 years. The initial goal had been to launch a fundraising campaign for $300 million (CAD) to establish more endowed chairs and student aid. By the time the campaign was publicly announced in 1997, most of the $300 million had already been raised under the leadership of Jon Dellandrea and then-President Robert Prichard. The goal was reset at $400 million, and then later reset at $575 million. By the 2000 departure of President Prichard, the University had raised $705 million. The campaign was extended to the year 2004, with a new target of $1 billion. Jon and his team surpassed the $1 billion goal a year ahead of schedule, and the campaign closed in excess of $1.2 billion. The number of endowed chairs grew from 15 to 175, with an additional 80 joint hospital-U of T chairs established during the campaign. As a result of the campaign, endowed student aid rose from $68.7 million in 1995 to $463 million in 2004.

Career

• 1973 to 1975: Executive Assistant to the Principal of Scarborough College
• 1975 to 1979: Associate Director of Development at the University of Toronto.
• 1979 to 1983: Director of Development and University relations at the University of Waterloo.
• 1983 to 1989: Vice-President, University Development at the University of Waterloo.
• 1989 to 1994: President of the Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation.
• 1994 to 2005: Vice-President and Chief Development Officer at the University of Toronto, where he headed the single largest fundraising campaign in the history of Canadian Universities. The campaign succeeded in raising over $1 billion CAD one year ahead of schedule.
• 2005 to 2008: Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Development and External Affairs) at the University of Oxford, where he launched a campaign for over $2.5 billion, making it the largest campaign to date in Europe.

Awards

Jon Dellandrea was the 1996 recipient of the Outstanding Fundraising Executive Award, given by the Toronto chapter of the National Society of Fundraising Executives. In 1999 the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education awarded him their "prestigious" Outstanding Achievement Award.

In 2001 he became the first Canadian to receive the Laureate Award of the Institute for Charitable Giving in the United States.

He was appointed as a member of The Order of Canada in 2006 for his contributions to higher education.

On June 18, 2008, he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws by the University of Toronto "for his transformative influence on the advancement profession and the culture of philanthropy in Canada and internationally".

Role at Perimeter Institute

Dr. Dellandrea serves as counsel to Perimeter Institute, assisting with the establishment of a major endowment campaign to help secure PI’s future.