Paul Di Donato

Paul Di Donato has been President and CEO of the Proteus Fund since 2016. Proteus Fund, along with its affiliated 501(c)(4) organization Proteus Action League  partners with donors, grantees, and other social justice allies to advance racial, gender, and queer justice and an inclusive, representative democracy.Paul has worked on social justice issues and movements at the state, national, and global level for over thirty years.

Prior, Paul directed Proteus Fund’s Civil Marriage Collaborative (CMC) for eight years. The CMC was a donor collaborative that played a critical role in helping to win the freedom to marry in the United States in 2015. Under his leadership, the CMC created a space for committed donors, visionary activists and advocates, and talented allies from across many sectors to partner on groundbreaking strategies and tactics. The CMC awarded over $20 million in grants and played a major role in organizing other funders to align tens of millions of additional dollars to resource a cultural sea change on marriage equality and LGBTQ justice.