Jane Jordan

Jane Jordan has more than 30 years experience in community affairs, fund development, strategic planning, administration of nonprofit organizations, corporate social responsibility, foundation management and consulting to nonprofits.

Besides her work with CoreStrategies for Nonprofits, Jane is a founder and principal in Jane Jordan & Associates, Inc. Established in 1990, the firm has assisted a variety of clients in raising more than $110 million. The firm provides essential fund raising, capital campaign, planning and organizational management services to nonprofits of all types and sizes. Clients include every size and type of nonprofit organization, from large healthcare systems to small, all-volunteer, community-based nonprofits. Nearly 70% of the firm’s client organizations have contracted with Jane Jordan & Associates two or more times.

From March 2004 to December 2005, Jane served as Executive Director of the Community Hospice Foundation and Vice President of Community Hospice of Northeast Florida (CHNE). Jane put her business on hold during that time in order to personally focus on developing the capacity of the Foundation and the organization to conduct a capital campaign to build three inpatient facilities and establish a patient care endowment. During the 18 months, among other accomplishments, Jane increased annual giving by over 25%, increased the thrift store revenue by 72%, and oversaw the development and implementation of a special event that netted $425,000 in its first year, and dramatically increased community awareness of and support for Community PedsCare, the CHNE children’s hospice and palliative care program.

Prior to consulting, Jane was Vice President for Development and Director of the Foundation for Healthcare of Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL. In this role, she spearheaded the Foundation’s first strategic planning process, created its first active major and planned gifts programs, developed a comprehensive marketing approach for community outreach, and secured the hospital’s first million-dollar-plus charitable contribution outside of an organized capital campaign. She founded the Wolfson Children’s Hospital Bass Tournament, now one of the largest in the Southeast; and founded the first targeted physician giving program at that hospital.

Jane served as Vice President for Community Affairs for Barnett Bank of Jacksonville (now Bank of America) for 9 years, establishing the bank’s corporate foundation. During that time, she consulted with numerous nonprofit organizations in the bank’s service area, guiding them in the development of their corporate solicitation programs, enhancing their Boards through a bank employee volunteer program engaging nearly 1,000 bank employees, and facilitating successful strategic planning and fund development initiatives for area nonprofits. While at the bank, Jane was instrumental in establishing the Jacksonville Ronald McDonald House; and initiating Caring for Kids, a program to turn women on welfare into independent child care providers.