Nick Cain

Biography

Nick has been working at the intersection of technology, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector for 15 years. He currently leads the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation’s strategy team, ​​which advances AI-, and data-driven solutions to global challenges through hypothesis-driven grantmaking, partnerships, and ecosystem engagement.

Before he joined PJMF, Nick was a Principal and Climate Lead at Google.org, where he was responsible for a $30M AI-focused climate portfolio. He also led a global five-person team responsible for Google’s employee volunteering programs and launched the Google.org Fellowship, which places Google engineers in residence with leading nonprofits.

Nick is a board member at Path Home, and in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nick founded the Portland chapter of Frontline Foods, which raised more than $200K in cash relief for local restaurants. Nick earned a bachelor's from Columbia University and an MBA with honors from the Berkeley-Haas School of Busines