Harvey Duthie, Chief Executive Officer of Belmont Fundraising./Photo; EAPN
Fundraising at scale continues to play a key role in how organisations respond to global challenges, including health, education, climate change, food systems, and inequality.
As funding landscapes become more complex, there is growing attention on how institutions structure strategies that can support long-term sustainability and impact.
Harvey Duthie, Chief Executive Officer of Belmont Fundraising, will be among the speakers contributing to such discussions at the upcoming 10th East Africa Philanthropy Conference in Addis Ababa.
Belmont Fundraising is a global consultancy working with organisations across education, faith, advocacy, and international development.
The firm supports institutions in developing fundraising approaches that include major gifts, capital campaigns, operational planning, and broader resource mobilisation.
Duthie’s work involves advising organisations on fundraising strategy and supporting the development of systems and structures that enable long-term income generation.
This includes work on campaign design, strengthening fundraising capacity, and improving institutional readiness for large-scale funding.
Over more than two decades in the sector, he has worked on fundraising and advocacy efforts across a wide range of contexts.
This includes campaigns that have raised more than €200 million, as well as contributions to greater collective efforts that have mobilised hundreds of millions more.
He has also been involved in major planning studies in global health and agricultural research, including initiatives on a billion-dollar scale.
Before his current role, Duthie served as Chief Executive Officer of the University of Limerick Foundation, where he oversaw philanthropic fundraising for academic programmes, scholarships, and capital development, contributing to significant growth in annual income over time.
He has also worked with CCS Fundraising, supporting organisations across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the United States.
His portfolio included advising on major fundraising campaigns for universities, international organisations, and global development initiatives.
Across these roles, his work has focused on supporting organisations to strengthen fundraising structures, develop long-term funding strategies, and align resource mobilisation with institutional priorities.
At the conference, Duthie’s reflections will contribute to broader discussions on structured giving, within the growing emphasis on more intentional, coordinated, and scalable approaches to resource mobilisation.
This includes strengthening how organisations plan, align, and deliver fundraising in ways that are both strategic and sustainable.
As stakeholders from across the region and beyond gather in Addis Ababa for the 10th East Africa Philanthropy Conference from 16–20 June 2026, these discussions will feed into wider reflections on the future of philanthropy and the systems that support it.
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