"Paul Nebenzahl has a deep knowledge of the philanthropic community of Greater Chicago. That knowledge, combined with a penchant for generative thinking, yields opportunities for the growth and success of nonprofit institutions. I have found him to be especially valuable as an advisor and interlocutor on all things nonprofit. Paul connects the dots and makes rain."
- Dr. Mark George, President and CEO
Music Institute of Chicago
"I've had the pleasure of knowing and working with Paul over ten years. He's a consummate fundraising professional as well as a highly competent foundation executive."
- Christy Coleman, President & CEO,
Jamestown Yorktown Foundation
(American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Virginia)
A WORLD OF EXPERIENCE AND SUCCESS
The Paul Nebenzahl Company is a Chicago-based management consultancy serving both non-profits and philanthropies with assignments at some of at some of America’s best-in-class institutions. Paul has assisted organizations in securing major funding for capital, endowment, research, programmatic and general operating requirements. With over four decades of successful leadership in programmatic and financial development, Paul has extensive experience in preparing institutions for advancement growth through strategic positioning, staff and volunteer training, leadership preparedness, succession and long-range planning. Paul has significant experience in guiding the financial development of institutions post-entitlement.
Paul's success in fundraising and institutional advancement is based on a thirty-year career serving institutions in public broadcasting, the arts, museums, medicine, higher education, social services, person-centered long-term care, religion, zoological gardens and philanthropies in a leadership staff capacity. Nebenzahl launched his consulting firm in 2006 with the Chicago History Museum as its anchor client, serving the Museum and its President for eight years.
The firm has also worked on a variety of health and long-term care related projects through the Hulda B. & Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation of Chicago, and its successor Foundation, The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation, for nearly two decades.
In January 2018 Paul was named Executive Director of The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation of Chicago.
"The Dance" by Paul Nebenzahl, 2014 - iPad (Adobe)
"Advancement is both a dance and a maze. Our firm assists with navigating the maze while learning to dance.
Our goal is to pursue institutional strength + long-range financial planning to secure current and future needs + aspirations. We have been honored to work with best-in-class non-profit organizations across a wide spectrum of interests.
Let us know how we may be helpful in providing insightful, timely and productive counsel and hands-on leadership to help you achieve your short and long-term organizational goals."- Paul Nebenzahl, January 2024.
Please write to me through this site and I will call you to discuss your organizational needs and dreams.