About The Founder
Richard C. Peck A.K.A The Philanthropy Guy
Richard C. Peck
Founder, CEO
OFFERINGS:
In addition to being the Founder and CEO of GiveTrust, Richard “Rick” Peck is an independent philanthropy advisor with Richard C. Peck Consulting, LLC working with nonprofits, donors, potential donors, and professional advisors. He is also the founder of The Philanthropy Guy, an emerging, leading-edge charitable giving resource hub featuring a podcast series (Money to Give), interactive website, learning opportunities, and author of an upcoming book.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: Rick is a requested speaker on the topic of philanthropy on platforms such as Leimberg Information Services (LISI), myCPE, and CPA Academy. And, he has served as a presenter for conferences organized by AFP-NNE and Volunteer NH, as well as more intimate settings for UMass Lowell, Ameriprise, Ledyard Financial Advisors, and the Fairfield County Community Foundation.
INNOVATION:
As part of the GiveTrust initiative, Rick has led an innovative program and cohort of some of the most influential philanthropic advisors and grantwriters with the goal of establishing nonprofit transparency and accountability standards to instill trust in nonprofits and unlock charitable giving in a new way. He and his growing team are on a mission to enable nonprofits to get access to the training, resources, and funds they need to make the impact we all need them to make.
ACCOLADES: Rick is an honoree of NH Business Review's list of the NH 200 for 2024 2024 New Hampshire 200 Recipients Named - NH Business Review (nhbr.com) which features New Hampshire’s most influential business leaders across major industries, like the nonprofit industry.
BACKGROUND: From July 2023 through January 2024, Rick served as interim VP for Development at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which is the largest community foundation in the world. For six years prior to that, as VP for Development and Philanthropy Services, Rick led the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s philanthropy and donor services team, overseeing all aspects of development, donor engagement, and donor services.
Before joining this statewide community foundation, Rick served Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College as director of individual giving and gift planning, where he worked with grateful patients and families as well as medical school alumni to achieve their philanthropic goals. He also served Dartmouth College as an associate director of gift planning, working with alumni of the undergraduate college.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS: Rick is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® and a Chartered Financial Consultant®. He holds an MBA from Baker College in Michigan and a BA from the University of Massachusetts.
AFFILIATIONS & BOARD INVOLVMENT: Rick is the 2023-2024 President of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Advisors in Philanthropy (AiP). He is also a member of the American College of Financial Services’ inaugural FinServe network of philanthropic thought leaders and appeared in April 2023 on a small televised panel with the College’s president George Nichols, who interviewed him. Rick is a present or former member of the following organizations: Association of Fundraising Professionals Northern New England (AFP-NNE), the Boston Estate Planning Council (BEPC), the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the NH & VT Council of Charitable Gift Planners, the NH Estate Planning Council, the community foundation-focused AdNet (Advancement Network), the Amelia Group (VPs of Development of large community foundations across the U.S.)—where he served as the Amelia Group’s organizer and moderator for almost two years—and finally, the business networking group USA 500, where he hosts the only Nonprofit RoundTable.
PERSONAL: Rick and his wife Claudette enjoy traveling and live in two places throughout the year: Wells, ME and Belmont, NC.