Bob Hartsook

Bob Hartsook
Born
Emporia, Kansas
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Fundraising executive and philanthropist

Robert F. Hartsook (born July 1, 1948) is an American fundraising executive and philanthropist. Founder and chairman emeritus of global fundraising counsel Hartsook, he is also the founder of Hartsook Institutes for Fundraising, an organization focused on growing the academic study of fundraising. During his time leading fundraising counsel Hartsook, the firm assisted more than 6,000 nonprofit partners around the world in raising over $231 billion. Through Hartsook Institutes, he established the U.S.’s first endowed chair in fundraising at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, currently held by economist John A. List.