About

John Hecklinger leads Global Fund for Children as President and CEO. Global Fund for Children discovers early-stage grassroots organizations pursuing bold ideas that help children and youth reach their full potential. GFC provides these organizations with the funding, coaching, and connections that give those ideas a chance to succeed. 

Prior to joining GFC, John served as Chief Network Officer for GlobalGiving, where he established partnerships to drive GlobalGivingâ??s growth as a globally networked organization. Before taking on that role, John was GlobalGivingâ??s Chief Program Officer, heading the team that identifies effective nonprofits around the world and helps them make the most of GlobalGivingâ??s support and services, and he previously led corporate partnership efforts as GlobalGivingâ??s Business Development Director. An information industry veteran, John led GlobalGivingâ??s efforts to improve the global philanthropic information ecosystem through projects such as BRIDGE (Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities). Prior to joining GlobalGiving, John headed partnership efforts at CARFAX Vehicle History Reports, creating a network of thousands of content providers in North America, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bangui, Central African Republic, teaching Literature and Linguistics at the University of Bangui, serving on the National Pedagogical Council for English Instruction, and launching a modest social enterprise that produced an affordable English study guide for secondary school students. John holds a Masterâ??s in English Language and Literature from the University of Florida and a Bachelorâ??s in
English Language and Literature from the University of Virginia.