Thomas J. Raffa is Founder and Managing Partner of RAFFA, P.C., which he established specifically to service the needs of the nonprofit community. During his 30-year career, Tom has provided accounting, auditing, tax
services and business consulting to the nonprofit sector, conducting studies on management structure, internal and operational controls, and management information systems. Many RAFFA clients have also enlisted Tom’s assistance in assembling compensation and fringe benefits packages, executive compensation and retirement plans, fundraising efforts, investment policies, and financial projections.

To more fully serve RAFFA’s clients, Tom founded two affiliate organizations, RAFFA Financial Services, Inc.(RFSI) and RAFFA Wealth Management (RWM). RFSI, formed in 1999, provides insurance and investment products and services, while RWM, opened in 2005, provides investment consulting and financial planning to private foundations and high-wealth individuals who support the nonprofit sector.

In June 2009 Tom was named Business CEO of the Year for Social Value Leadership by Greater DC Cares. In 2008 he was voted Top CPA by his professional peers and was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alliance for Nonprofit Management. His professional and volunteer support of nonprofits has garnered him several other recent awards including the Volunteer Achievement Award from the Accountants for the Public Interest and SmartCPA two years running from SmartCEO Magazine. In 2007 he was also one of four finalists for the 2007 Community Service Award covering Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC.

Tom shares his expertise through articles in national publications such as The Nonprofit Quarterly, The Nonprofit Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy which
cover issues affecting the nonprofit sector. He also has been an instructor and speaker for many nonprofit training programs and conferences and various federal agencies. With a CPA certificate from the District of Columbia and a license to practice in six states, Tom is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, its Taxation Division, and the subcommittee on nonprofit taxation. He is also a founding board member of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management and the Alliance for Nonprofit Insurance. Tom is a graduate of Georgetown University, member of the Georgetown University Alumnae Admissions Program, and he has been a mentor at the Georgetown University McDonough Business School for more than 15
years.