Some background . . .


·      Positions:

    12 years: Chief Executive of one of the largest    homeless organizations in the US. ($17M @ yr. budget).

     9 years: Chief Executive of religious foundation

     8 years: Chief Executive of fundraising for health organization charity

     7 years: Chief Executive of sports association

·       Established the first development offices for Dr. Robert Schuller as the Crystal Cathedral fundraising campaign got underway.

·        As president/CEO of the Los Angeles Mission (during a second tenure from 2001-2006) introduced substantial operational, cost-savings and fundraising improvements for this $17 million a year, 120 employee faith-based homeless facility and related health clinic.  

·        Introduced two successful innovative “naming”campaigns, ranging from $500 to $10,000 per donor.

·        Wrote first time “Fund Raising Policies and Procedures” manuals for three nonprofit organizations.

·      Renewed involvement of a major individual donor after a ten-year absence including a new $1 million pledge.

·        Reduced payroll costs by over $1,000,000; transitioned to a new employee benefits broker, saving $125,000 annually with no reduction in benefits to employees; uncovered major thefts involved in two existing programs/staff and resolved with no negative media pick up.


·      Assisted with a Community Health Clinic receiving a $1.2 million FQHC grant and its own identity as a separate 501(c) (3) nonprofit corporation.

·      Established a Major Gifts Department for the Los Angeles Mission, as its first Director of Development, including the founding gift for the Anne Douglas Center for Women (contributed by Kirk and Anne Douglas).  Raised the major capital gifts for the Mission's new $30 million facility at in Los Angeles, dedicated in 1992.  Subsequently, initiated the Los Angeles Mission Foundation, serving as its president from 1987-1993. 

·      First president/CEO of the Watts Health Charities, a new nonprofit established to raise private sector support for the then-established Watts Health Foundation (WHF).  WHF had a large, established health and dental clinic serving thousands of underserved in South Los Angeles.  The Charities raised millions of dollars of first-time private sector major gifts for both the clinic and the expansive WHF mobile medical/dental fleet. Selected as an "Employee of the Year."

·        Wrote successful proposal to a first time foundation donor for $750,000 to renovate large dental clinic for the poor.

·        President of a Michigan religious nonprofit, grew the organization from 2 to 12 locations over the country as its president, including major donor fundraising responsibilities. In 2006, was honored by this organization by their naming a new annual outstanding employee award “The Marshall McNott Award.”

·        Brought back to financial health a well-respected nonprofit sports association – 501(c)(4) - (the National Association of Underwater Instructors, NAUI), as their first non-diver executive director.

·        During an interim consulting assignment, designed and wrote a fundraising mail appeal that brought the highestreturn in the nonprofit’s history (then using one of the country’s leading nonprofit direct mail companies).

·      Have given talks and seminars at national conventions on nonprofit fundraising and management, including Russ Reid National Development Conference for directors and board members of homeless agencies and a major donor presentation at an annual Christian Ministries Conference in Chicago.  Authored numerous articles on related subjects in several publications. 



·      A graduate of Emporia State University with a B.A. in Liberal Arts, was one of five honored in 2006 as a "Distinguished Alumni."  Attended graduate school at Boston University's School of Theology.


Additional background information . . .

  • Selected as one of five 2006 Distinguished Alumni of Emporia State University (2006).

  • Award of Excellence named “The Marshall McNott Award” introduced in Sept., 2006 by a former employer.

  • Board of Directors, Community Clinic Inc., Rockville, MD                          
  • Volunteer chaplain, St. Elizabeth’s/John Howard Facility, Washington, D.C.

  • Board of Directors and Board of Advisors, Claremont Young Musicians’ Orchestra

  • President of the Board, Green Pastures Home for Handicapped Children

  • President of the Board, Glendora, Calif. Ecumenical Association

  • President of the Board, Calif. church; vice-chair of board, MD church.

  • Board of Directors, Agape Mission

  • Claremont,CA Rotary

  • Google inclusions: See McNott Marshall or Marshall McNott

  • As a young man, spent several years playing trumpet in the big bands of Jimmy Dorsey, Les Elgart, and Perez Prado (playing the featured solo on the then #1 record in the country "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White.")

Publications

Nonprofit Nonsense & Common Sense (2007) 
Death of Your Pet  (1983)


Articles and Presentations
"The Golden Rule in Executive Director/Board Relationships"  AGRM Executive Report (Association of Gospel Rescue Missions April, 2004

"Conversational 'One-Upmanship”'  AGRM Executive Report October, 2004

"Consultants . . . If I Should Ever Become One"  AGRM Executive Report October, 2005

Major Donor Fundraising: Seminar speaker at Russ Reid National Conferences


 Contact information:

MMCNOTT@aol.com;   ph.301/502-6957 (MD)