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JP Davis

JP Davis

Fundraiser and founder/CEO of JP Davis Partners, a Louisville-based nonprofit consulting firm; also CEO of K9s.org and co-founder of Civitas, an LGBTQ+ chamber of commerce.

Sep 8, 2026

Queer and Thriving

Queer and Thriving

The Secret to Fundraising and Queer Economic Empowerment with JP Davis

Sep 8 · 53m

SebastianHOST
12:01
So what's your origin story there?
JP Davis
JP DavisGUEST
12:04
2004, so I'm 26, so we've got 22 years.
JP Davis
JP DavisGUEST
12:09
So my first job out of college, I was fortunate to be hired by a very influential, wealthy man in Kentucky, patriarch of spirits, bourbon, Jack Daniels.
JP Davis
JP DavisGUEST
12:25
And he sort of took me under his wing.
JP Davis
JP DavisGUEST
12:27
I graduated in 2004, started working for him in 2004, started my master's in public policy.
JP Davis
JP DavisGUEST
12:34
And he taught me a lot.
JP Davis
JP DavisGUEST
12:39
I had never been introduced to that level of wealth or power or influence ever.
SebastianHOST
16:31
And this was like mid-2000s, right?

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