Michael J. Worth

Michael J. Worth

Michael J. Worth is Professor of Nonprofit Management in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, where he teaches graduate courses related to governing and managing nonprofit organizations and institutions and philanthropic fundraising.

He is also Principal in Michael J. Worth & Associates, LLC, a consulting firm that assists colleges and universities, national institutions and associations, and nonprofit organizations with planning, fundraising program assessments, campaign planning studies, and volunteer and staff training.

Dr. Worth has decades of experience in higher education and philanthropic resource development. He served as Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs at the George Washington University for nearly two decades, where he planned and directed two comprehensive campaigns and provided support to the Board of Trustees. He previously served as Director of Development at the University of Maryland College Park. Earlier in his career, he was Assistant to the President at Wilkes University and Director of Development at DeSales University.

Dr. Worth has served as a member of the Commission on Philanthropy of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and was Editor of the CASE International Journal of Educational Advancement, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal focused on the practice of institutional advancement in educational institutions. He has been active in the Washington, DC nonprofit community, having served as a member of the Board of Directors of Miriam's Kitchen, an organization providing services to individuals experiencing homelessness.

He has written or edited various books and monographs, including: Public College and University Development (1985), Educational Fund Raising: Principles and Practice (1993), New Strategies for Educational Fund Raising (2002), Securing the Future (2005), Sounding Boards (2008), Nonprofit Management: Principles and Practice (7th edition, 2024), Leading the Campaign (2nd edition, 2017), Foundations for the Future (2012), Advisory Councils in Higher Education (2017), and Advancing Higher Education: New Strategies for Fundraising, Philanthropy, Engagement, co-edited with Matthew T. Lambert (2019), and Comprehensive Fundraising Campaigns: New Strategies for Colleges and Universities (2022).

He holds a B.A. from Wilkes College, an M.A. in economics from American University, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Maryland.