John Campbell

Founder & CEO

John Campbell is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) who brings passion, energy, and innovative thinking from over 15 years of development and organizational management experience in the social sector. 

John founded FundEd Strategies in 2018 to support public charter schools and education nonprofits, to start, scale, and sustain their fundraising programs. Prior to forming FundEd Strategies, John served as Director of Advancement for Eagle Academy Public Charter School. At Eagle Academy, John was responsible for the cultivation of over $5 million in strategic resources and partnerships which were designed to improve student success as well as organizational strategy. While at Eagle, John was instrumental in the formation of the Cassandra S. Pinkney Foundation, a private foundation formed after the passing of Eagle Academy’s founder with the mission of making space for opportunity. John served as the Foundation’s first Executive Director.  

Since its founding, FundEd Strategies has supported more than 70 education nonprofits and public charter schools across the country to raise and manage over $100,000,000 from philanthropy, government agencies, and through earned revenue strategies.. In partnership with FundEd, our school partners have diversified funding, launched capital campaigns, designed and implemented development plans, and invested in their fundraising infrastructure. 

John graduated from Lebanon Valley College with a Bachelor degree in Business Administration and Economics, and earned his Master in Business Administration from the Kogod School of Business at American University.

As a volunteer, John serves as a trustee for Capital City Public Charter School in Washington DC, is the VP of Finance of Association of Fundraising Professionals, Washington DC Chapter, also co-chairing a group of over 200 fundraising consultants, serves on the board of EdFuel, a national nonprofit fueling better talent systems in schools, and is former board chair of Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso (FAN). John lives in New York, enjoys wine and traveling with his husband.