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Lorraine C. Holmes Settles, CFRE
Founding Principal and CEO

Samuel N. Gough, Jr., CFRE
Founding Principal

 

 

About Us

The firm that offers a wide range of services to its clients. These services span the gamut of needs that nonprofit organizations have as they seek to enhance and to expand their services to their constituents.

The AFRAM Group, LLC. is a full-service fund-raising consulting firm with a vast experience in the profession and a proven commitment to excellence.

We specialize in strengthening the capacity of organizations. We customize our services to the needs of nonprofit organizations that seek to enhance and/or to expand their performance with the infusion of innovated ideas and techniques.

The principals of the firm have been active participants in the premiere professional, fund-raising association, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), where each of them maintains the individual designation of Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE).

Each principal has a distinguished history of serving nonprofit organizations locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. The firm offers fund development, technical assistance, and support to nonprofit organizations -- their boards, other volunteers, and staffs -- genuinely interested in reaching their fund-raising potential. Moreover, the firm has a special interest in soliciting financial and volunteer support from individuals, foundations, corporations, labor, social and civic organizations, and the faith community

The Principals of the firm meet individually with top management leaders and/or policy makers of potential clients to determine the organization's needs, the best ways to meet those needs, and whether The AFRAM Group is the best fit for them. Two significant factors in making a decision about the selection of the right firm for a specific nonprofit organization are the services provided to previous and current clients and the depth and breath of relevant experiences of the primary consultant assigned to the organization making this decision.

The AFRAM Group maintains a core group of Associates, who are development generalists with special skills and knowledge in one or more specific areas. Also, The AFRAM Group has a formal Strategic Alliance with Skystone/Ryan, one of the leading fund-raising firms in the United States with strong international experience as well. The Strategic Alliance allows both firms to make the maximum use of resources for the advantage of clients. Biographical information about the Principals of The AFRAM Group is made available routinely to potential clients. Also, client nonprofit organizations are provided with this same information about the Associates who will work on their behalf.


Nonprofit organizations structuring fund-raising strategies, recruiting and training their board, their volunteers and/or their staff, cultivating potential donors, improving their internal fund-raising systems, and/or developing promotional materials and solicitation techniques, should consider contacting The AFRAM Group, LLC.

 

 

 


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