![]() ![]() Prior to becoming President, Paul served as the Director of Proteus Fund’s Civil Marriage Collaborative (CMC) for eight years. Today, Proteus is a $40-million progressive philanthropic organization supporting 33 funds and initiatives with a highly skilled and committed staff of over 90 individuals. Since 2016, Proteus Fund has also doubled the number of FSPs to 15 while completely overhauling and deepening its approach to the FSP portfolio to better incubate and nurture these critical social-justice initiatives. During this time, the organization has also transformed its donor collaborative model to not only provide essential funding, but also create additional tools, capacities, and networks to further strengthen grantee impact. Under Paul’s leadership, Proteus Fund has doubled its annual grantmaking to approximately $23 million, with a deeper focus on the local and state level. His over 30 years of leadership includes work as a social justice activist, lobbyist, litigator, philanthropic and nonprofit executive, and Board member working across many progressive issues and movements.Īt Proteus Fund, Paul oversees a wide range of dynamic programming-from Donor Collaboratives and Donor Advised Funds to Fiscally Sponsored Projects (FSPs)-aimed at mobilizing and partnering with foundations and individual grantmakers to support local, state and national movement actors to advance equity, justice, and an inclusive, representative democracy. ![]() Paul Di Donato (he/him/his) has been President and CEO of the Proteus Fund and Proteus Action League since 2016. ![]()
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