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Dan Lowman

Senior Vice President, Philanthropic Analytics

Core Expertise

In a career that spans more than a decade, Dan Lowman’s pioneering work with prospect analysis has been used at thousands of organizations around the world, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Lebanon, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand. Dan has worked with hundreds of educational and cultural organizations, as well as many national service and advocacy groups.

Recent Accomplishments

In his various roles at GG+A since joining the firm in 2000, Dan continuously creates innovative prospect analysis solutions for all GG+A clients. He led the team that, in 2004, developed and launched DonorScape®, the first-ever Web-based prospect screening service.

In that same year, Dan collaborated with Cambridge University and the University of Aberdeen to create the first screening service available to organizations in the UK. In his current role at GG+A, Dan has pioneered approaches to member-to-donor programs across a range of organizations, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Zoo, the San Francisco Symphony, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and many others.

Selected GG+A client work includes:

  • The American Cancer Society, collaboration with the national office in Atlanta to develop a national major giving initiative to prioritize and manage their prospect database of more than 50 million donors
  • Emory University, targeted prospect lists that led to more than $10 million in new gifts to the university
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine, creation of a revolutionary approach to daily screenings to enable fundraising staff to develop a comprehensive grateful patient program
  • Methodist Hospital augmentation of screening results with thousands of custom survey responses to identify prospects with wealth and affinity with the hospital

Career Snapshot

Dan holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and demographics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Slovakia for three years before joining GG+A.

Clients

  • Academy of Our Lady of Peace
  • Alaska Wilderness League
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science
  • The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Bates College
  • The Boys' Latin School of Maryland
  • Bryn Mawr College
  • California Institute of the Arts
  • California University of Pennsylvania
  • University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film & Television
  • University of California, Los Angeles, The Anderson School of Management
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Cannon School
  • The Carnegie Hall Corporation
  • Chamber Music Society
  • The University of Chicago
  • Chicago Botanic Garden
  • Chicago Council on Global Affairs
  • The University of Chicago Medical Center
  • University of Colorado Foundation
  • Cornell University
  • Covenant House International, New York
  • Drexel University
  • Dublin School
  • Durham University
  • Emory University
  • Flagler College
  • University of Florida
  • University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute
  • Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
  • The Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Geffen Playhouse
  • George Mason University
  • Gonzaga University
  • Hebron Academy
  • Hillsdale College
  • Holderness School
  • Horace Mann School
  • Hotchkiss School
  • University of Houston
  • University of Illinois Foundation
  • Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation
  • Iowa State University Foundation
  • Ithaca College
  • KVIE, Sacramento, California
  • The Lance Armstrong Foundation
  • University of Leeds
  • Loyola University Maryland
  • Make-a-Wish Foundation of America
  • Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School
  • The Methodist Hospital Foundation of Houston
  • Missouri State University System
  • The Montclair Kimberley Academy
  • Museum of Science, Boston
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • The National Ballet of Canada
  • Nevada Museum of Art
  • New Israel Fund
  • North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation
  • Northeastern University
  • Oklahoma State University Foundation
  • Oregon State University Foundation
  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center
  • The Pennsylvania Ballet
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America
  • Saint Mary's Doran Foundation (Trinity Health)
  • San Francisco Symphony
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • University of South Alabama
  • University of South Carolina-Columbia
  • University of South Florida Foundation
  • University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
  • St. Mary’s College of California
  • St. Mary’s School
  • Swedish Medical Center Foundation
  • Symphony Space
  • Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Trinity College, Oxford
  • Walton Arts Center
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Westchester Medical Center

Grateful Patient Programs

A GG+A White Paper on grateful patient programs outlines best practices for success. See the White Paper developed by Dan Lowman

Contact

Phone: 312.372.4040

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