Len Iaquinta
Areas of Expertise:
- fundraising planning and implementation
Known for both breadth of skills and depth of experience in not-for-profit fundraising, Len Iaquinta is a career fundraiser of millions of dollars in major gifts, grants, and annual funds. He is recognized as a strategic and tactical thinker, and often contributes to professional practice journals and makes presentations at professional meetings.
Iaquinta has created successful fundraising programs at public and private universities from New York City to the Midwest. In his work with nonprofit organizations, he builds on appropriate research and assessment, using outreach and personal contacts to grow, nurture, and motivate dynamic volunteer fundraisers. Focusing efforts on a strategic work plan, he brings strong attention to detail as well as creativity, measurement, energy, persistence, and sound judgment to the work.
His consulting firm, Excellence in Communications, projects the theme “Message Understood,” underscoring the important role communication plays in fundraising efforts.
A member of the Alliance for Children and Families’ national development committee, Iaquinta holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Pulitzer School of Journalism.
Free Advice:
- Make This a Priority: IRA Charitable Rollover, from Issue 2 – 2009 of the Alliance for Children & Families Magazine