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When you need help with your cause... 
Wouldn't the best help come from someone who knows what every single one of your stakeholders expects?

We've worked for and with major donors, foundations, government, nonprofits, customer/clients and engaged, diverse communities.

No matter how big or small your challenge - we know what all of them expect.  

Give your cause the chance to realize its full potential.
Talk to us now!

Take advantage of our 360⁰ view in these areas and more:
Strategic Planning
Marketing
Donor Cultivation
Client Outreach

Media Relations
Major Gifts (HNW)
Bequests, Annuities, Trusts
Endowment Management
Grantmaking Strategies

Social/Economic Ventures
Board & Staff Leadership
Management & IT Systems
Nonprofit Startups
Neighborhood Development
Organizing & Advocacy

Some of our experience:
  • Raised $18 million - mostly from high net worth individuals for endowments
  • Vetted and managed over $6 million in grants for neighborhood and economic development, the arts, human services and the environment - and revamped United Way and foundation grant strategies
  • Co-founded a funders' collaborative and helped start a community endowment -- both benefiting Latinos
  • Planned and ran nonprofit investment funds - over $6 million that generated over $30 million - creating a supermarket, a child care center, and affordable housing, as well as recapitalizing nonprofits
  • Helped start three nonprofits and turn around two
  • Collaborated, organized, and mediated among various ethnic communities, including the Jewish, Latino, and African-American communities
  • Helped lead the organizing of the undocumented community to successfully fight police racial profiling and brutality -- and honored with a national award
  • Developed public relations, legal, and media strategies for various civic change projects
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CONTACT
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Angel Fernandez-Chavero
Managing Director
203-584-7553
angel (at) aspirepraxis.com
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Angel brings a unique combination of front line and leadership experience in various executive roles at local and national nonprofits, intermediaries, funders and government. They are complemented by his extensive experience as a leader and advocate in civic affairs.


Photos in slideshow are used under Creative Commons or otherwise are free for commercial use and/or free of copyright restrictions. 
Found on flickr: Donations and Fundraising Idea by Howard Lake, Strat Plan Books via Kyle Van Horne by Baltimore Print Studios, Blue Checkmark by Roy Blumenthal, Governance/Chaos Chart via Jurgen Appelo by management30.com, Management Cards (Plan-Too) by plantoo47, Fiduciary Scrabble via Simon Cunningham by lendingmemo.com, and Accountability Poster by United Workers.
Found on free photography sites: Neon Thank You by Ryan McGuire, and Light at End of Tunnel by Vladimir Kramer. 
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