About Us
Founded in 2022, The Farley Folsom Group brings a combined four-plus decades of experience designing, building, and leading successful organizations and fundraising teams.
Today we help our clients grow and strengthen their organizations, leadership, and impact. We know what it takes to get an organization to the next level and we can help you get there.
We work exclusively with organizations whose values align with our own, and where we know we can have a meaningful impact. We regularly work with organizations that have affiliated entities, c3s, c4s and political entities such as 527s and PACs.
Louisa Farley has dedicated her career to Democratic campaigns and progressive causes. Known for being strategic, pragmatic, passionate, and responsive, she excels at helping leaders and organizations achieve their goals.
Prior to co-founding The Farley Folsom Group, Louisa spent a decade in senior leadership roles at EMILY’s List. As Vice President of Development, she doubled the organization’s income from $60 million to $123 million in six years through diversifying funding streams, and creating a strong fundraising culture across board and staff leadership. Then, in her role as Deputy Executive Director at EMILY’s List, Louisa managed internal operations for the organization’s 125 staff members, $130M budget, and 17-member Board of Directors.
Louisa also brings a decade of campaign experience, culminating in serving as national finance director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in the 2009-2010 cycle. Prior to her time at the DCCC, Louisa spent many years working on political campaigns, raising money for candidates like Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Governor Dan Malloy, Senator Chris Dodd, and Governor Mike Easley. Louisa built fundraising teams and guided incumbents and challengers to take their fundraising to the next level.
In addition to her experience in the United States, Louisa also previously worked with Australian political organizations including the Chifley Research Centre and New South Wales Labor Party. A South Carolina native, Louisa earned a BS in Business Administration at the University of South Carolina and an MBA at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She currently resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband and three children.
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Stacey Folsom has committed her life to advancing bold social change and brings more than two decades of successful fundraising, organizational management, and campaign experience to our work. Over her career, she has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for progressive organizations and campaigns. In addition to her fundraising acumen, Stacey is known for her vision and drive, ability to leverage data and analytics, and her skills in helping leaders balance their focus on both people and outcomes.
Prior to co-founding The Farley Folsom Group, Stacey spent nearly a decade in leadership roles at the League of Conservation Voters (LCV). As Senior Vice President, she designed a sophisticated fundraising operation that increased revenue from $40 million to $180 million in eight years. Stacey also built integrated fundraising strategies across 30+ state leagues, exceeding their combined $500 million fundraising goal for 2017-2020 by over 30%. In close partnership with NRDC Action Fund, she oversaw the GiveGreen candidate fundraising program, which raised more than $45 million in direct contributions for pro-environmental federal and state candidates.
As a seasoned organizer, Stacey has led campaign work in every corner of the globe. Earlier in her career, Stacey served as the Deputy Director of Corporate Accountability International, the Finance Director for the U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, and in several other key roles. She’s also played a lead role in developing critical health and environmental policy at the local, national, and international level—including the adoption of the World Health Organization’s global tobacco treaty, the world’s first health and corporate accountability treaty.
Stacey earned BAs in Political Science and Women’s Studies from New Mexico State University. A native of New Mexico, she now resides in Washington, D.C. where she can often be found hiking, biking, swimming, and reading with her two children.
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