Dan P. Morrison

Dan was a strategic consultant working on Middle East policy and economic development issues before he met Reema Nanavaty of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and took a trip to India in December 2006. After coming back, he brought his friends and family together to build a well in a poor, rural community in Gujarat India with SEWA’s help. Over the next couple years, Dan created Citizen Effect based on the belief that anyone could be a philanthropist, whether a grade school girl, small business owner, or retiree on a fixed income. Citizen Effect calls them ‘citizen philanthropists,’ and to be a citizen philanthropist, all that is needed are the tools to harness a passion for change and to bring friends, family and social network together to raise more money than someone could give on their own. Citizen Effect is now working in 15 countries around the world and empowering people all over the United States to partner with a community in need to complete a small but critical project and have a direct and significant impact on the lives of those in need.