“Quiet Conversations” Series Blog: The Messy Challenge of Being a Nonprofit Founder
Founders of nonprofits, or program builders, share a quality in common with successful artists—they first envision their mission and then...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Mar 12
- 2 min
“Quiet Conversation” Series Blog: The Job Interview
As part of my one-on-one “quiet conversation” series, I am going to focus on one theme a month (or at least I’ll try). This month’s...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Jan 22
- 2 min
January 2024: What's next for our fundraising leaders?
I have been thinking about this blog as I finish my second year in consulting. On a good note, by deepening relationships with my clients...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Sep 2, 2023
- 2 min
Finding Vision & Faith Through Purpose, Also known as Magic
by Tanya Pietrkowski I am asked all the time, “What do you do?” I do lots of different things and it all focuses on driving mission and...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- May 23, 2023
- 5 min
The Design Museum of Chicago & the Importance of Public Art
Part Retrospective, Part Reflective, Park Exploration by Tanya Pietrkowski Life is art and everything around you is designed. Design...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Dec 23, 2022
- 4 min
My Year in Review as a Fundraising Consultant-Gratitude & Candid Reflection
By Tanya Pietrkowski, TP Strategies As I began this new era of my career last January as a fundraising consultant, I didn’t know where it...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Aug 19, 2022
- 5 min
Finding Faith through Trauma, An Interview with the Irrepressible Annie Hex, Poetry Witch
By Tanya Pietrkowski, TPStrategies LLC Photo provided by Annie Hex of her composing her poem in the lobby of a Chelsea hotel. I call art...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Jul 11, 2022
- 5 min
Leading with Love, An Interview with Todd Belcore, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Social Change
By Tanya Pietrkowski, Founder of TP Strategies, LLC Photo of Todd Belcore, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Social Change As a special...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Jun 8, 2022
- 4 min
Hear about something wonderful-a conversation with Leah Greenblum regarding Jewish Free Loan Chicago
by Tanya Pietrkowski, TP Strategies Interest-free lending, considered the highest form of Jewish charity, goes back to Biblical times. ...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Jan 30, 2022
- 2 min
Before you chase your fundraising dreams, try a few exercises first.
As a serious voice student in high school, one of the most useful skills I learned was to imagine the muscle connection between my voice...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Jan 17, 2022
- 3 min
My Love Letter to Legal Aid
This post was a last blog I wrote on behalf of CARPLS Legal Aid after my 11-year professional journey at the organization. I've worked...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Jan 2, 2022
- 3 min
We Need to Support Our Visionaries
It’s a Sunday morning in the beginning of January and I’m working on year-end tax acknowledgments, which I have the wonderful issue of...
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Tanya Pietrkowski
- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min
My Personal Principles as a Fundraiser, by Tanya Pietrkowski
My website is a work in progress, just as my consulting business is. Thanks to my daughter who noticed that the template language was...
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