Jordan Thierry is a fundraising strategist, storyteller, and capacity builder with two decades of experience helping nonprofit leaders raise more money, sharpen their message, and deepen their impact.
Jordan has helped raise over $5 million in funding for small nonprofits through grants and strategic partnerships, and in awarding over $10 million in funding as a philanthropic consultant.
As the Executive Director of Dream Chase Media, he has partnered with foundations, social justice organizations, and community-based nonprofits across the country — guiding them through the full arc of organizational growth, from crafting compelling fundraising narratives to designing the systems that sustain them.
Jordan's path to this work was shaped early. Growing up biracial between Portland, Oregon and Galesburg, Illinois, he learned from a young age what it means to navigate different worlds, hold multiple identities, and find belonging across lines of race, culture, and community. That experience gave him a rare capacity for empathy and cross-cultural understanding — qualities that now define his approach to working with diverse organizations and the leaders who run them.
Jordan's work sits at the intersection of communications, philanthropy, and movement-building. He has helped organizations such as the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, Feeding America, the Public Welfare Foundation, and the Blue Shield of California Foundation develop and execute strategies that connect their missions to the money.
He understands the unique pressures nonprofit leaders face because he has lived them. As co-founder and Interim Executive Director of the Beaverton Black Parent Union, Jordan helped build a grassroots organization from the ground up, raising over $300,000 in its first two years through grants and community investment. That experience — writing the proposals, managing the funder relationships, and reporting on outcomes — informs everything he brings to his consulting work. He doesn't just advise; he knows what it takes to do the work.
Jordan holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication and Media Studies from Howard University, a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon, and a Certificate in Fundraising Management from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. He is also the author of A Kids Book About Systemic Racism, published by Penguin Random House and featured on Oprah's Favorite Things List — a testament to his lifelong commitment to making complex systems legible and actionable.