As a Philadelphia native, Rae Pagliarulo brings her passion for the city and its people to her work every day. Rae is a consultant at Fairmount Ventures and has served on multiple grant review panels, providing her with insight on the institutional funding process from all sides. Throughout her career, she has developed a keen understanding of how strategic program design and thoughtful fundraising work in tandem, and believes that what nonprofits do is just as important as how they do it.

Rae’s career in the nonprofit sector started in 2009 with Philabundance, where she learned about individual donor cultivation and strategic communications through the lens of food security. Later, at Career Wardrobe, a regional workforce development agency, she strengthened and grew the organization’s corporate clothing donation and volunteer programs, as well as planned and executed annual fundraising events. Rae also served as Development Director at ArtWell, a youth arts education nonprofit.