Drummond Pike

Drummond Pike (born October 11, 1948) is an American philanthropist and progressive political activist. He founded the Tides Foundation in 1976 and served as its president until 2010. He currently serves as a principal at Equilibrium Capital Group. Pike helped pioneer the advent of donor-advised funds in philanthropy.

Education

Pike studied political science at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and became involved in the anti-war movement in the late 1960s. He was selected as a campus representative to the Board of Regents during his senior year in 1969, and graduated with a B.A. in 1970. Pike continued his education at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University where he obtained a master's degree in Political Science.

Career

In 1975, Pike co-founded the Youth Project in Washington D.C., serving as its associate director. He was subsequently hired as executive director of the Shalan Foundation, based in San Francisco.

Pike founded the Tides Foundation, the first fully staffed donor-advised fund in the United States, in 1976. At Tides, he pioneered the use of donor-advised funds as an instrument for donors to anonymously support philanthropic causes.