Janet Copland provides her clients with the vision and leadership that comes with creative talent and years of experience. She now serves Fit Fundraising as a Direct Response Fundraising Advisor. Her expertise lies in developing integrated fundraising programs for nonprofit organizations. Janet’s heart has always been with those in greatest need.

After receiving a degree in Art History from NYU, Janet joined an agency working with nonprofit organizations. Having the opportunity to learn from the top fundraising experts and organizations, she soon understood the plan for her life – to serve those who serve.

The U.S. Committee for UNICEF was her next stop where she spent the next three years as part of the team that built a world-renowned fundraising program – the first to utilize the sale of UNICEF greeting cards, a technique that revolutionized fundraising for thousands of non-profits.

Then it was back to the service side with Direct Media and The Russ Reid Company in Pasadena, CA. Returning to New York, she started KeyWord — a company that created and produced personalized campaigns for Major Donors… One more move brought Janet to Florida and Food For The Poor.

During the next five years, as Vice President at Food For the Poor, Janet headed a twelve-person fundraising team and a 30-person in-house tele-funding team. She increased the donor base from 250,000 to over a million households, increasing revenue every year by double digits. In the last year, she achieved a 37% increase over the previous year and set into motion programs and strategies still being applied successfully today.