Supporting LGBTQ+ Students

As Senior Direc­tor of Inte­grat­ed Fundrais­ing for San Diego Foun­da­tion, Jeff Spitko leads the devel­op­ment of inno­v­a­tive, mul­ti­chan­nel fundrais­ing strate­gies to acquire, stew­ard, and retain donors. Through tra­di­tion­al and dig­i­tal chan­nels, he focus­es on cre­at­ing strate­gi­cal­ly coor­di­nat­ed donor jour­neys that dri­ve fundrais­ing to sup­port San Diego Foundation’s oper­a­tions, impact, and key ini­tia­tives such as Nation­al Rain­bow Col­lege Fund.

Pri­or to join­ing San Diego Foun­da­tion, Jeff was the Direc­tor of Mem­ber­ship & Audi­ence Man­age­ment for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. In his role, he led the acqui­si­tion, reten­tion, and cul­ti­va­tion strate­gies for the organization’s mass mar­ket donors, month­ly giv­ing sus­tain­ers, VIPs, and mem­ber­ship base of approx­i­mate­ly 400,000 indi­vid­u­als.

Spitko also pre­vi­ous­ly served as the Chief Mar­ket­ing Offi­cer at the LGBTQ Vic­to­ry Fund & Insti­tute, a non­prof­it and polit­i­cal action com­mit­tee that works to achieve and sus­tain equal­i­ty by increas­ing the num­ber of out LGBTQ+ elect­ed offi­cials at all lev­els of gov­ern­ment.