About

Robynn Farkas

Senior Executive · Board & C-Suite Advisor · Fundraising Strategist

A strategic executive and global advisor who has spent three decades helping mission-driven organizations grow, raise, and steady themselves through their hardest moments.

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30+
Years of leadership
$100M+
In funding secured
1000s
of volunteers & professional fundraisers trained
5
Continents: N. America, S. America, Europe, Australia, Africa
The short version

Strategy, fundraising, and steady hands — at scale.

Over more than 30 years, I've helped boards, CEOs, and founders navigate complex challenges and secure more than $100M in philanthropic and institutional investment across five continents.

My work sits where strategy, revenue, and people meet: building global partnership ecosystems, advising executive teams on governance and scaling, and guiding organizations through periods of rapid growth or difficult transition. I founded Art of Generosity to bring that experience directly to the nonprofits who need it most.

The people I work with are often high-net-worth board members, executives, donors, and volunteers — deeply committed to positive change, but stuck on how to get there. My work is getting them unstuck.

I hold a Master of Science in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Creighton University School of Law and an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Stanford's Graduate School of Business. That matters: alongside fundraising and executive leadership, I'm formally trained to help organizations work through conflict — not around it.

Experience

Three decades across the sector.

My work spans organizations large and small, local and global. Out of respect for the institutions I serve, individual engagements stay confidential — but here's the shape of it.

Organizations I serve

  • International education institutions
  • Global NGOs and humanitarian organizations
  • Private and community foundations
  • Mission-driven nonprofits in transition

What I'm brought in to do

  • Lead capital and comprehensive campaigns
  • Build donor, partnership, and revenue strategy
  • Step in as interim senior leadership
  • Guide boards through growth, change, and conflict
Credentials

Education & training.

Degrees & certificates

  • M.S., Negotiation & Conflict ResolutionCreighton University School of Law
  • B.S., Journalism / English LiteratureNorthern Michigan University · Golden Key Honors Society
  • Executive Certificate, Nonprofit ManagementStanford University Graduate School of Business
  • Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE)CFRE International · Association of Fundraising Professionals

Areas of expertise

Global growth strategyExecutive & board leadership Revenue diversificationMajor & principal gifts Institutional fundingCorporate & foundation partnerships AI & CRM strategyOrganizational development Cross-cultural collaborationNegotiation & conflict resolution

Languages

English (native) · Spanish & French (conversational)

Bring three decades of experience to your next chapter.

Whether you're filling a leadership gap, rethinking your fundraising, or working through a difficult season, I'd welcome the conversation.