Kia Croom is a global fundraiser, philanthropy advisor, and speaker who has helped nonprofit organizations secure more than $1 billion USD over her 26-year career. She advises nonprofit organizations on fundraising strategy, resource mobilization, and fundraising capacity, with deep expertise in securing six-, seven-, and eight-figure philanthropic investments from individuals, corporations, foundations, and public-sector partners.
Through her work, Kia equips nonprofit leaders with practical strategies to strengthen fundraising systems, cultivate transformational partnerships, and build long-term sustainability. She also challenges philanthropy to rethink risk by investing in what she calls the "unsung, underfunded, and unfunded" organizations driving durable social change across the United States and the African Diaspora.