Charles Gauvin to Lead Fundraising at Carnegie Endowment

From 1991 to 2010, Gauvin served as CEO of Trout Unlimited, America’s leading river and fish conservation organization. During his years there, Gauvin greatly expanded the organization’s national profile and led an aggressive fundraising effort that took the organization’s annual budget from $2.6 million to $26 million and increased its staff from 20 to 165 professionals. Previously, he worked as an attorney in the Washington, DC office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

 

Gauvin joins Carnegie at a time when it is seeking to complete its effort to become the world’s first global think tank. He will lead the effort to raise the funds needed to expand the Endowment’s footprint in key regions and to fulfill Andrew Carnegie’s mandate to keep peace on the agenda of humankind.

 

In making the announcement, Carnegie Endowment president Jessica Mathews said: 

 

"It gives me great pleasure to announce Charles’ appointment. Carnegie is at a critical moment in its development; as we enter our second century, it is essential that our fundraising initiatives reflect the rapid pace of our global expansion. Charles is uniquely positioned to lead those efforts. His intelligence, leadership abilities, and extensive experience and success in fundraising made this a very exciting choice for us.”

 

Sir Richard Giordano, chairman of Carnegie’s board of trustees, said:

 

“The board of trustees looks forward to working with Charles as we steer Carnegie into its next century of international activity. The concept of the global think tank has excited our audiences and supporters alike and Charles’ decades of experience in fundraising will be invaluable in helping us to devise ways to expand and maximize fundraising efforts.”   

 

Gauvin said:

 

“I am thrilled to be joining the Carnegie Endowment. I passionately believe in the Endowment’s mission, and look forward to bringing my skills in transformative philanthropy to supporting the organization’s work around the world. As the first global think tank, Carnegie is uniquely positioned to influence world developments in the decades ahead, and I am honored to be a part of its work.”

 

Notes: 

 

During Gauvin’s tenure at Trout Unlimited, the organization’s revenues grew at a compound annual rate of 14 percent, while the organization maintained the highest ratings for program efficiency and accountability. 

 

Gauvin was responsible for launching a suite of marquee programs addressing water policy, public lands management, and the impacts of climate change on rivers and fisheries.  

 

He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and received a law degree at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and authored a published comment in that journal on the subject of presidential war-making power under the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973.