Harvey McKinnon has been a fundraiser for over 40 years and is recognized as one of North America’s leading fundraising experts. His consultancy raises money for hundreds of non-profits in Canada and the USA. He is a seasoned trainer who has delivered fundraising keynotes at conferences around the world.

A frequent master-class trainer, he has authored six books – most recently The Healthy Nonprofit (2023) as well as How to Create Lifelong Donors (2020). His best-selling book, The 11 Questions Every Donor Asks, is a major gift training manual for fundraising departments throughout the US and Canada. He also co-authored the #1 bestseller The Power of Giving, which has been translated into nine languages.

Harvey has run many award-winning successful campaigns (including awards from Campaign and Elections) and he specializes in identifying wedge issues. He’s helped raise many hundreds of millions of dollars for a wide variety of environmental, International Development, social justice, and indigenous causes.

Harvey has produced a wide variety of award-winning documentary films that have been aired on the BBC, CBC, ABC, PBS, and many other networks worldwide.

In 2025, he led the Save the CBC Canadian third-party election campaign – a national digital effort that grew from zero into a large, highly engaged community 100,000+ that remains active today.

Harvey calculates he’s spent 100+ years on a variety of non-profit boards. His company Harvey McKinnon Associates (HMA) has offices in Toronto and Vancouver and works with dozens of non-profits in Canada and the USA.