Kim Swinton, Principal

​Kim Swinton founded The Swinton Group (TSG) in 2016 as a premier consulting firm working with nonprofit organizations and their leadership. As a lead fundraising consultant and a fundraising professional at many institutions, Swinton has 30+ impactful years in the nonprofit space. Swinton currently serves as lead counsel on capital projects for Civic Center Park in Denver, CO, and the International Women’s Baseball Center in Rockford, IL. Both projects are designed by renowned architect Jeanne Gang, and her practice, Studio Gang. Swinton also served as lead counsel on the $176M capital effort to establish the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, in Little Rock, which opened in 2023 and was designed by Studio Gang. Her work has been integral to the American Writers Museum, Chicago Youth Centers, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Northlight Theater, WTTW Channel 11 and the Notebaert Nature Museum (all located in the Chicago area), among many others. A highlight of Swinton’s past direct fundraising work includes Writers Theatre on Chicago’s North Shore, where she led capital and annual campaigns to establish a state-of-the-art theatre center designed by Studio Gang. Swinton received her B.A. from Northern Illinois University, where she was the Dean’s Award winner for the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and she holds her M.A. from Northwestern University’s School of Communication.