Matt Darling

Matt Darling is the founding partner of Oakdale Strategies and also serves as a consultant on the Embolden team. He has a long history of working with clients and donors throughout the nonprofit and philanthropic industry to better realize their giving strategy and to simplify their giving process. With an eye on all the details, Darling engages donors and actively leads service optimization across the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. He is passionate about connecting nonprofit needs with a strong philanthropic community.

Prior to founding Oakdale Strategies and being the executive director at Fontenelle Forest, Darling was the executive vice president of the Omaha Community Foundation. In that role, he focused on donor relationship building, family foundation management, and cultivating and expanding the reach within the financial advising community. He maintains an in-depth knowledge of all giving tools and the benefits provided by each. The mission of Oakdale Strategies is to translate those needs to donors, to allow their philanthropy to thrive.