About
Nicholas S Constantakis is the founder and president of the Constantakis Consulting Group. Specializing in the well-being of non-profits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), he brings a wide range of experience supporting international development, relief, arts and education organizations and grant making agencies to his professional development and consulting services.
Since 1996 he has catered exclusively to the needs of the non-profit and NGO community, providing start-up, growing and mature organizations throughout the world with the tools to not only function efficiently and economically, but also in a fiscally transparent manner required by boards, donors and governmental agencies.
To do this, he has designed and implemented effective financial, operational and development systems, which has enabled numerous non-profits and NGOs to save money and staff time by functioning optimally and efficiently. Using best practice methodology, along with a focus on creating simple, user friendly systems and resources, he has helped to successfully train and oversee the professional development of executive staff, financial professionals, development professionals, as well as project, service-based and program staff.
Clients have included:
- Al Mawred Al Thaqafy – Cairo, Egypt
- American Jewish World Service – New York, USA
- Architecture for Humanity – San Francisco, USA (See testimonial)
- Artists Alliance – New York, USA
- Ashkal Alwan – Beirut, Lebanon
- Brooklyn Arts Council – Brooklyn, USA
- Capitol Hill Day School - Washington DC, USA
- Center for Social and Emotional Education – New York, USA
- Cinereach – New York, USA
- Contemporary Image Collective – Cairo, Egypt
- Creative Visions Foundation – Los Angeles and New York, USA
- Earth Institute at Columbia University – New York, USA and Kigali, Rwanda (See testimonial)
- FilmAid International – Nairobi, Kenya; Kibondo, Tanzania and New York, USA (See testimonial)
- Five Myles – Brooklyn, USA (See testimonial)
- Ford Foundation – Cairo, Egypt
- Gudran Association for Art and Development – Alexandria, Egypt
- International Coalition of Sites of Conscience – New York, USA
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council – New York, USA
- National Economic and Social Rights Initiative – New York, USA
- The Perlman Music Program – New York, USA
- PILnet: The Global Network for Public Interest Law – Beijing, China; Budapest, Hungary; Moscow, Russia; New York, USA
- Rwanda Works – New York, USA and Kigali, Rwanda (See testimonial)
- Six Points Fellowship – New York, USA
- The Speyer Legacy School - New York, USA
- Townhouse - Cairo, Egypt
- Vermont Studio Center – Vermont, USA
- Word Above the Street – Brooklyn, USA
Background
Nicholas S Constantakis earned an MBA at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, USA; a BFA from the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC, USA; and a BA from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, USA. Prior to focusing his efforts with non-profit and NGO communities, he served as a small business consultant at Arthur Andersen & Co in Connecticut and Pennsylvania, USA.
Contact
If you have questions or would like to discuss general or specific needs of your organization and how we might be able to help, please contact us.