About the author

Kia Croom is an experienced fund development executive with nearly 20 years of experience. To date she’s raised close to $400 million dollars for nonprofits of all sizes across the nation in a variety of cause areas including STEM, housing and homelessness, youth development, education, HIV/AIDS and more.

Kia has worked in a host of fund development functions over the years including but not limited to major gifts, grant writing, communications and digital marketing and her favourite—brokering high-impact corporate strategic partnerships.

Kia is incredibly passionate about racial justice in philanthropy, and interested in working with agencies committed to addressing anti-black racism specifically by uplifting, strengthening and supporting Black-led nonprofit organisations.