Nonprofit Consulting

Senior Director

Adam Nicholson

Adam is a fundraising professional who brings over 20 years experience leading campaigns to help conservative and liberty movement nonprofits grow their revenue, achieve lasting policy victories, and shift the overton window. Adam has experience in fundraising strategy, major gift donor relations, message strategy, and donor communications. 

Adam enjoys working with clients to inspire generous philanthropists, identify new prospects, and execute fundraising plans that lead to transformative gifts.

Before joining Movement Funding, Adam's work included shaping the fundraising strategy to raise $26 million for Americans for Prosperity Action in early 2023 and leading the major gifts team at the Leadership Institute to raise over $4 million in just six months. 

Adam began his career in the office of U.S. Senator Jon Kyl where he learned how to distill complex ideas into persuasive messages for voters and other key stakeholders. Subsequently Adam managed marketing campaigns that measurably increased voter support for U.S. Senate and down ballot candidates and generated grassroots pressure for conservative policy victories.  

Adam is a grateful beneficiary of the American dream and is appreciative of the opportunity to work with generous business leaders and philanthropists who want to ensure that our country's best days are ahead of us. 

Adam completed his undergraduate studies in public policy at Patrick Henry College and earned his masters in political philosophy at Catholic University of America. In his free time Adam enjoys reading, mountaineering, and long-range marksmanship.