George Gilmer

Chief Financial Officer ActBlue

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

George Gilmer is Chief Financial Officer of ActBlue, the Somerville, Massachusetts nonprofit whose online platform processes contributions for Democratic candidates and progressive causes. According to ActBlue, it has facilitated more than $17 billion in grassroots giving since 2004. He came to ActBlue from Boston’s custody and asset-servicing banks, having held senior finance and investor services positions at State Street Bank and BNY Mellon. The IRS filings of ActBlue’s affiliated nonprofit, ActBlue Civics, list him as CFO for every tax year from 2020 through 2024. He also serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Westfield State University, his alma mater.

Career Highlights

• Chief Financial Officer of ActBlue, and ActBlue’s spokesman on its September 2025 acquisition of Impactive, the Democratic organizing platform.
• Listed as Chief Financial Officer in the Form 990 filings of ActBlue Civics, Inc. for tax years 2020 to 2024.
• Held senior positions in finance and investor services at State Street Bank and BNY Mellon in Boston.
• Vice Chair of the Westfield State University Board of Trustees, having earlier served as a trustee from December 2007 to March 2012.
• B.S. in business management from Westfield State University (1992) and an MBA from the University of Rhode Island.

Professional Journey

Gilmer graduated from Westfield State University in Massachusetts in 1992 with a B.S. in business management and a focus on accounting. He later earned an MBA at the University of Rhode Island.

His career before ActBlue was in Boston’s institutional banking sector. Westfield State describes him as having held senior positions in finance and investor services at State Street Bank and BNY Mellon, two of the largest custody and asset-servicing banks. His specific titles at those firms are not published in a first-party source.

He became Chief Financial Officer of ActBlue by 2020, the first tax year in which ActBlue Civics’ Form 990 lists him in that role. ActBlue was founded in 2004 and gives Democratic campaigns and organisations online fundraising tools. Its finance function sits at the centre of a platform that processed $390 million in the second quarter of 2025 alone. In September 2025 ActBlue acquired Impactive, a texting, phone-banking and relational-organizing platform used by more than 2,000 campaigns, as part of a plan to offer campaigns a combined fundraising and organizing suite. Gilmer spoke for ActBlue in the announcement: “We went through a rigorous exploration process across both of our teams. What became clear is that Impactive has built something special.”

Alongside his ActBlue role, Gilmer has a long connection to Westfield State. He served on its Board of Trustees from December 2007 to March 2012, was later appointed again, and is now its Vice Chair.

Education

Westfield State University

B.S., Business Management (accounting focus), 1992

University of Rhode Island

Master of Business Administration