Nonprofit Advisory
Whatever is in your way, from someone who has been there. I have spent twelve years in the chair you sit in, leading a foundation, its programs, and a team through the same pressures you face. I work with nonprofit leaders on the hard parts of running the organization: the strategy, the board, the people, and the calls that keep you up at night. You are not hiring a junior consultant. You are hiring a CEO who has made these decisions herself.
Advisory & strategy
Leading a nonprofit can be lonely at the top. Sometimes you do not need a consultant with a deck. You need someone who has held the chair to think a hard call through with you: the strategy question, the personnel knot, the thing the board keeps circling. I work with a small number of leaders as a steady advisor, on a scoped engagement or a light monthly retainer.
Board & leadership facilitation
Some conversations need an outside partner who has actually run the organization. I facilitate board and leadership retreats, run strategy sessions, and guide teams working through a real decision. Twelve years leading a foundation and its programs means I have made most of these calls myself. I bring that to your room, ask the questions your team is avoiding, and leave you with decisions and next steps, not a deck.
Leadership development
Your rising leaders, often the women stepping up toward the top seat, are your future and your retention risk at once. I run development for a nonprofit's emerging leaders using the same strengths and coaching work I am certified in, aimed at real confidence and real capability, not a personality quiz they forget by Friday.
A peer, not a vendorI have run the organization. We talk as two people who have sat in the same seat, and I tell you the truth.
Decisions, not decksYou leave our work with clarity and next steps, not a binder that sits on a shelf.
Flexible on scope, clear on the workWe shape the engagement to your budget and your moment. Every fee is in writing before we start.
I am Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro. I lead a Mid-Atlantic foundation, I write for the Forbes Nonprofit Council, and I am a Gallup-certified strengths coach, ICF Level 2 trained, and Korn Ferry Leadership Architect certified. I run my own organization on AI, and I help other mission-driven leaders do their hard work with more clarity. My side work runs on my own time and tools, and I do not take engagements with my employer's funders, vendors, or partners.
Contact
Tell me what is on your plate, and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it. I read and answer these myself.
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