Name
Andrew Sabatino
Post nominals
FFIA
Job Title
Director
Organisation
Donor Republic
Bio
Andrew Sabatino is Co-Founder and Director of Donor Republic, one of Australia and New Zealand’s leading fundraising and marketing agencies.
Andrew has extensive fundraising and marketing experience across Australia and the UK, with expertise spanning fundraising strategy, individual giving, digital fundraising, regular giving, major donors, corporate partnerships and Gifts in Wills.
Prior to founding Donor Republic, Andrew led fundraising at Guide Dogs SA/NT, helping grow annual fundraising income from approximately $1m to $9m over seven years. He subsequently chaired the Guide Dogs Australia Fundraising Committee, overseeing significant growth in fundraising nationally from $51m to $89m.
He has since gone on to create record fundraising revenue for charities such as Greenpeace, MSF, Peter Mac, Foodbank, Vinnies, Cancer Council, Alannah and Madeline, Caritas, Children’s Hospital Foundation among many others.
Andrew is a past state and national winner of the Fundraising Institute of Australia’s Young Fundraiser of the Year award and has also been recognised as a Pro Bono Change Maker and a Fundraising & Philanthropy Change Maker.
Today, through Donor Republic, Andrew works with charities and social-purpose organisations to develop ambitious, evidence-led fundraising strategies and build sustainable growth. He is particularly passionate about understanding what motivates donors, creating exceptional supporter experiences, and helping organisations build fundraising programs that deliver greater impact and more recently how Ai will impact the sector.
Andrew has extensive fundraising and marketing experience across Australia and the UK, with expertise spanning fundraising strategy, individual giving, digital fundraising, regular giving, major donors, corporate partnerships and Gifts in Wills.
Prior to founding Donor Republic, Andrew led fundraising at Guide Dogs SA/NT, helping grow annual fundraising income from approximately $1m to $9m over seven years. He subsequently chaired the Guide Dogs Australia Fundraising Committee, overseeing significant growth in fundraising nationally from $51m to $89m.
He has since gone on to create record fundraising revenue for charities such as Greenpeace, MSF, Peter Mac, Foodbank, Vinnies, Cancer Council, Alannah and Madeline, Caritas, Children’s Hospital Foundation among many others.
Andrew is a past state and national winner of the Fundraising Institute of Australia’s Young Fundraiser of the Year award and has also been recognised as a Pro Bono Change Maker and a Fundraising & Philanthropy Change Maker.
Today, through Donor Republic, Andrew works with charities and social-purpose organisations to develop ambitious, evidence-led fundraising strategies and build sustainable growth. He is particularly passionate about understanding what motivates donors, creating exceptional supporter experiences, and helping organisations build fundraising programs that deliver greater impact and more recently how Ai will impact the sector.
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