Nicole Salmon

Written By Nneka Allen, CFRE, COC, PCC

Spending over twenty-five years working in the non-profit sector managing a variety of fundraising portfolios, Nicole is a former Director of Fund Development for a Canadian international development organization (INGO). In 2014, Nicole founded Boundless Philanthropy a fundraising consultancy providing a range of fund development services, including interim senior leadership, strategy development and leadership development. 

Joining The Charity Report in 2021as a contributing editor, she is also the co-editor and contributing author of the book Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love an anthology featuring 15 contributors and 14 first-person narratives from Black fundraisers from Canada and the United States.

Nicole serves on the Board of Realize, an organization working to improve the lives of people living with HIV and other episodic conditions, and is Board Chair at WellFort Community Health Services. She is also a Book Review Panelist with The Charity Report Literary Hub, an inspired and founding member of the Black Canadian Fundraisers’ Collective.

Shaped by her Jamaican identity and deeply influenced by spending two-thirds of her life in Canada, Nicole is entranced by the power of words and language, anchored by family, committed to service, building connections and deepening personal relationships.

Nneka Allen, CFRE, COC, PCC

Nneka Allen identifies as a Black woman and Momma, descended from those who traversed the Underground Railroad. Her African ancestors endured the Transatlantic Slave Trade, building North America through free and forced labour. This legacy connects her to the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, specifically the Cherokee and Lumbee tribes.

As a lover of justice, Nneka has inspired philanthropy as a Fundraising Executive in the charitable sector for over 25 years. She is the founder of the Black Canadian Fundraisers' Collective, a community that nurtures the well-being of Canadian Black fundraisers and supports the fundraising capacity of B3 organizations. She is a celebrated author and co-editor of a bi-national book that showcases the personal stories of 15 Black leaders in the charitable sector, titled Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love. During the 2022/23 academic year, Nneka took on the role of one of the inaugural Scholars-in-Residence for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of British Columbia.

Nneka is a relationship builder, stone-catcher, freedom fighter, storyteller, and leadership coach. At the helm of The Empathy Agency Inc., she passionately guides clients towards finding hope, purpose, and justice in their relationship with themselves, others, and the Earth. Her mission centres on nurturing wholeness and honouring humanity by harnessing the power of empathy.

https://www.theempathyagency.ca/
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