Mike Gast is a renowned social justice donor advisor who has worked with various organizations to organize wealthy people for justice. With years of experience in fundraising, he is skilled in developing individual, membership and major donor programs, fundraising campaigns, and fundraising strategy. Mike’s passion for social justice has led him to advise, coach, support, cajole, challenge and encourage wealthy people to make bold giving and redistribution and financial plans that move significant resources to social justice efforts and projects and leaders and movements and organizations.

Mike Gast studied BS, Urban Studies at Vassar College after studying at Urban School of San Francisco. He has worked with several nonprofits such as the Movement Voter Project, Climate Justice Alliance, Justice Funders, Thousand Currents, Chinese Progressive Association - San Francisco, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), Generative Somatics, and Resource Generation, among others. He has also served as Interim Development Coordinator at SURJ, Interim Development Director at Generative Somatics, Associate Director, Co-Director, and Family Philanthropy Coordinator at Resource Generation.

Mike Gast is a highly skilled professional who has worked towards organizing unlikely allies for racial and economic justice. He has also worked as a Carpenter/Remodel Assistant at Evo Properties and After School and Service Learning Coordinator at Children's Day School. He has also served as an Environmental Justice Educator at Literacy for Environmental Justice. Mike Gast’s skills and experience are invaluable to anyone interested in making a sustainable difference in the social justice arena.