5,000 nonprofit clients. $2 billion raised. One change in perspective. Tom Suddes founded The Suddes Group in 1983 after serving as Director of Development at The University of Notre Dame and founding 11 companies in various sectors. In 25+ years The Suddes Group has raised over $2 Billion for organizations around the world, run more than 400 successful fundraising campaigns and transformed more than 5000 organizations through our training, coaching and consulting services. Clients range from Colleges and Universities to Start-ups to Ashoka Fellows.