Dede Wilsey – A successful fundraising powerhouse
Written on November 29, 2009 – 9:38 pm | by
Dede Wilsey is currently regarded as the most powerful personality in fundraising. She grew up in Washington DC and comes from a family of wealth and politics. Other than that her late husband Al Wilsey, who was also a successful philanthropist proved to be a great inspiration in her remarkable venture
Over the past thirty years the work of Dede Wilsey is appreciated by many prestigious organisations and campaigns. She takes up every project as her passion and shows her utmost dedication in work. Dede Wilsey made her place as one of the greatest fundraisers in San Francisco, she has helped raise close to $450 million for numerous philanthropic projects. Her positive views and her firm belief in success also led her to take one of the toughest challenges of re building the de Young Museum in 1995. It was a ten year long project, for which she worked day and night from fighting with politicians and other extreme costs. She eventually raised $208 million from more than 7,000 donors gifting the city a finely built museum in 2005
Her remarkable success in fundraising and her diplomatic negotiation skills also led her to be part of the biggest fundraising project by UCSF Medical Centre. She helped raise close to $600 million for an innovative hospital complex.
