Professional life


Career
Lindsay Gebhart has been a frontline nonprofit fundraiser for more than 15 years, raising tens of millions of dollars, and serving at a number of New York’s more prominent and prestigious nonprofit institutions (Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services, Hale House Canter, St. John’s Bread and Life, Arab American Family Support Center, and Junior Achievement of New York). She is a nonprofit Development visionary, never comfortable with the status quo, and is skilled in all facets of nonprofit as a fundraising generalist. Her specialties include creating holistic giving opportunities, cross-team collaboration, and crisis fundraising strategy.
Lindsay is the author of "Nonprofit Fundraising 101: Tools and Tactics" and creator of the Nonprofit Fundraising 101 training program through her fundraising agency, Accelerate Fundraising.
She is a proud alum of Kent State University’s School of Media and Journalism and received her Master of Public Administration with a concentration in non-profit management from Baruch College, serving as a Hearst Fellow in 2011. She was born and raised in Hamilton, Ohio, before making Brooklyn her home.