John B.

About John B.

John Brothers currently serves as the President of the T. Rowe Price Foundation and President of T. Rowe Price Charitable. Dr. Brothers comes to T. Rowe Price from Quidoo, an international consulting firm he started and led for over nearly two decades, merging the firm in 2016. During Dr. Brothers\' tenure at T. Rowe Price, he is responsible for leading a long list of innovative and influential efforts including the creation of the Elevation Awards, DesignFest, Civic Innovators, Moonshot, Baltimore One Book and the State of the Sector Report, among many others. Dr. Brothers has served in lead roles toward the creation of nationally-recognized efforts like the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund and the Baltimore Squeegee Collaborative. Under Dr. Brothers\' leadership, T. Rowe Price has become widely recognized as a global leader in several areas including trust-based social good, partnership, evaluation, governance and how companies build authentic relationships in local communities. Prior to his work with T. Rowe Price, Dr. Brothers served as a management and social policy professor for over a decade at NYU and Rutgers and served as a Visiting Fellow at the Hauser Center at Harvard. He is currently serving as an Honorary Professor of Practice at Queen University in Belfast, Northern Ireland and assisted in the development of the China Global Philanthropy Institute in Beijing. Dr. Brothers has been a writer with the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Nonprofit Quarterly and the Huffington Post and is an author of several books. He has been interviewed, referenced or quoted in dozens of local, national and international media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, ABC News and the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Brothers has spoken to tens of thousands on nonprofit and philanthropic effectiveness. Dr. Brothers began his work serving in the local community, inspired by growing up in deep poverty, serving as a community organizer and family case manager in urban neighborhoods in the Midwest to leadership positions, including CEO, with local and national organizations on the East Coast. Dr. Brothers is proud that this work leaves a legacy of innovative efforts that still serves every day a wide network of children and families, including homeless women and children receiving emergency services in Northern Virginia, to after-school programs for children in the housing projects in South Brooklyn to transitional housing options for immigrant families in Boston who are suffering from domestic violence.

Experience

1. President, t Rowe Price Foundation and President, t Rowe Price Charitable

   T. Rowe Price

   Apr 2015 — Present · Baltimore, MD, US

   Dr. Brothers is responsible for managing the company’s philanthropic giving. Since its founding in 1981, the T. Rowe Price Foundation has given over $150 million dollars to communities throughout the U.S. The T. Rowe Price Foundation is funded by T. Rowe Price Group, Inc, and supports communities where T. Rowe Price has offices by awarding direct grants and matching associate donations. In addition, Dr. Brothers also leads T. Rowe Price Charitable, a national donor-advised fund where Dr. Brothers works to assist over donor-advised fund clients develop and pursue their philanthropic interests, define their grantmaking strategies and achieve greater social impact. In 2022, T. Rowe Price Charitable distributed over $100 million in grants to nearly 12K public charities, private operating foundations, and government entities and has grown to over half-a-billion dollars in assets.

Education

• University of St. Thomas

  BA, Political Science & Public Administration

  1992 — 1996

• American Public University System

  MBA, Business Administration

  2004 — 2006

• Northeastern University

  Doctorate, Law and Policy

  2008 — 2011

• New York University

  MPA, Public and Nonprofit Management

  1998 — 2000