A conversation about Fundraising Events in the Age of Delta
Mary Pat O'Gorman2024-08-08T11:55:30-05:00If you have an event planned for the last quarter of this year, our guess is that you and your board are asking yourselves questions like: Should we move [...]
2021 Philanthropic Landscape
RomeAdmin2021-09-27T10:54:02-05:00The Rome Group's 2021 Philanthropic Landscape focused on "Framing for Change: The Power of Communications to Unlock Thinking.” Nat Kendall-Taylor, Ph.D. and CEO of the FrameWorks Institute made the presentation after The Rome Group's annual review of local and national philanthropic trends.
Mary Pat O’Gorman, MS
RomeAdmin2026-08-06T09:55:14-05:00Consultant | Grant Writing, Fundraising
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Elizabeth Pickard, MA
Jim O'Donnell2026-08-06T14:04:04-05:00Consultant | Strategic and Organizational Planning, Board and Staff Development
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Sarah Plumb, MA
Sarah Shelton2026-08-06T10:37:48-05:00Consultant | Grant Writing, Communications, Special Projects
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Amy Rome, MSW, CFRE
RomeAdmin2026-08-06T09:57:55-05:00Founder/ Principal| Fundraising, Planning, and Organizational Learning
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The Rome Group Public Roundtables
RomeAdmin2020-03-31T16:15:43-05:00In the coming days, The Rome Group is hosting a series of virtual roundtables exclusively for our clients. Our hope is to facilitate sharing of challenges and ideas, and create connection points during a time of isolation and uncertainty. We invite you to join us, share your experiences, ask questions, and help each other find answers to our current challenges during a time of crisis. Together, we will find a way forward.
Ashley Holmes, MSW
RomeAdmin2021-06-25T10:32:23-05:00Senior Consultant | Fundraising, Organizational Planning, Operations, Coaching
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Robin Kraujalis, CFRE
RomeAdmin2021-04-07T18:59:19-05:00Consultant | Fundraising - Campaigns, Major Gifts, Communications
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Word of Life Lutheran School
RomeAdmin2019-04-12T14:58:10-05:00As the last Lutheran school in South St. Louis City, Word of Life Lutheran School (WOL) had experienced declining enrollment for several years. Between competition [...]
Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation
RomeAdmin2022-10-12T11:30:43-05:00Launched in the early 1990’s, TTEF provides scholarships for low- and moderate-income families that want to send their children to faith-based and/or private schools. The [...]
Tower Grove Park
RomeAdmin2019-04-12T13:51:04-05:00The Rome Group has worked with Tower Grove Park in a number of ways over the years, including providing interim fund development during staff transitions. [...]
Special Olympics of Missouri
RomeAdmin2021-05-11T15:22:35-05:00For 40 years, Special Olympics Missouri has been spreading the message that people with intellectual disabilities can – and will – succeed when given the [...]
St. Louis Public Schools Foundation
RomeAdmin2019-04-12T13:52:08-05:00Leaders often look to coaches to help them discover answers to “how to” and “what next” questions. When St. Louis Public Schools Foundation hired a [...]
Queen of Peace Center
RomeAdmin2020-10-28T16:26:55-05:00When Queen of Peace Center’s (QOPC) new Executive Director came on board after the founding director retired, she wanted to make a number of changes [...]
Partners for Progress Community Health Initiative
RomeAdmin2019-04-12T13:55:09-05:00When the Health Committee of Partners for Progress of Greater St. Charles (PfP) asked our team to determine the feasibility of establishing a transformative community-wide health [...]
Logos School
RomeAdmin2020-10-28T16:27:20-05:00Looking to secure their future and support current faculty and programs, Logos engaged our team to help them to conduct a $5 million capital campaign. Turning [...]
Kingdom House
RomeAdmin2019-04-12T13:57:16-05:00Kingdom House needed to significantly increase its fundraising to continue to expand and enhance services, and to capitalize on time-sensitive opportunities to increase their reach [...]
Fathers’ Support Center
RomeAdmin2020-10-26T15:56:59-05:00Fathers’ Support Center was founded in 1997 to give men the skills to financially and emotionally support their children. With its founder still at the [...]
Jewish Family and Children’s Service
RomeAdmin2020-10-26T15:23:43-05:00Jewish Family and Children’s Service (JF&CS) wanted to assess its operations, consider the external landscape, and develop a plan that would position the organization for [...]
Epworth Children and Family Services
RomeAdmin2017-10-23T14:49:35-05:00With its track record of service in the community helping children, youth and families, Epworth wanted to ensure it was not missing any opportunities to raise funds for its important [...]
Downtown Y
RomeAdmin2019-04-12T14:01:00-05:00Realizing that the building was too big for its membership of 1,300, and in need of significant investment, the Board and staff of the Downtown [...]
Diversity Awareness Partnership
RomeAdmin2020-10-26T18:21:21-05:00Best known for its signature training programs on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the Diversity Awareness Partnership (DAP) needed to remain nimble enough to respond quickly [...]
CityArchRiver 2015
RomeAdmin2019-04-12T14:02:45-05:00With the 50th anniversary of St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch fast approaching, city leaders recognized that the Arch grounds would need a major renovation to [...]
Center for Survivors of Torture and War Trauma and Bilingual International Assistant Services
RomeAdmin2019-04-12T14:03:06-05:00Finding itself at a crossroads in a changing funding landscape, in 2015 The Center for Survivors of Torture and War Trauma engaged our team to help [...]
Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory High School
RomeAdmin2022-08-17T16:17:59-05:00Since 1979, Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School (CRCP) has been providing an exceptional Catholic education to a predominantly African-American student population. Many of its [...]





























