Helping philanthropic and charitable organizations

We are dedicated to supporting philanthropic and charitable organizations and individuals that promote social justice in achieving their goals and fulfilling their missions.

Our Vision and Goals

Our goal is to empower our clients by providing focused support that enhances their ability to be effective change agents in the world and in their personal lives. Excellence, integrity, and commitment are the bedrock of our practice. When you partner with us, you can be confident that you will receive the highest-quality support.

” Excellence, integrity, and commitment are the bedrock of our practice.”

Consulting

We support funders and nonprofits through:

  • Strategic Planning

  • Program Development Organizational Development

  • Environmental Scans

  • Meeting Planning & Facilitation

  • Capacity Building

Leadership Coaching

T3PODER LEADERSHIP COACHING is our signature leadership coaching program. Luisa Taveras, our International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified professional coach, helps women in leadership positions, in the leadership pipeline, leaders without titles, or in career transition gain self-awareness and confidence, improve goals setting, decision-making, conflict management, and develop other core leadership skills. The aim is to unlock your leadership potential for maximum impact.

Through a client-centered, goals-driven, action-oriented engagement, clients gain deeper insights and learn new techniques to improve effectiveness, performance, and job satisfaction. Our goal is to help you become the best high-performing leader you can be in a manner aligned with your values and authentic self!

Empowerment

Embrace your authentic self

Clarity

Enjoy the journey

Impact

Live your best life

Our Team

Meet the driving forces behind Taveras3 Consulting: the key players whose dedication and expertise fuel our daily success and innovation.

Our Team

Luisa has over two decades of experience in consulting, law, advocacy, grantmaking, and coaching. Before founding Taveras3 Consulting, LLC in 2016, she worked as a program officer with the U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations (OSF) Justice Fund from 2010 to 2016. In this role, she managed multiple grant-making portfolios, averaging $6 million annually, at the intersection of justice, education, employment, and immigration.

She developed key investment strategies designed to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people and to advance the Sixth Amendment right to quality representation of poor people accused of crimes. Luisa also served as a member of the steering committee of the Youth Transition Funders Group (YTFG) and as co-chair of the YTFG Justice Work Group. Prior to joining OSF, she held leadership positions with the Vera Institute of Justice and the Center for Court Innovation (2003 – 2009), where she worked in collaboration with government and

community stakeholders to advance systemic reform. Prior to her transition to systemic reform and philanthropy, Luisa had a successful career as a trial attorney (1993-2003) in New York City with Neighborhood Defender Service (NDS) and SEIU, 32BJ Legal Fund representing clients in Criminal, Supreme, and Family Court, in all aspects of their legal matters from pre-arrest intervention through verdict or settlement. She also represented clients before federal, state, and city suspension, and housing eviction.

Luisa holds a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law where she was the recipient of the Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award. She is admitted to the NYS First Judicial Department, the U.S. Supreme Court, and is a member of the American Bar Association. She is a Coro Leadership New York Fellow and holds certifications in executive leadership from New York University School of Social Work and FranklinCovey, and financial management from the U.K based Management Accounting for Non-governmental Organisations (MANGO) and Non-profit Finance Fund. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University.

Luisa is married to her amazing husband of 18 years, Mike, and is the proud mother of two terrific teens, Gabrielle and Michael Francis.

Luisa H. Taveras, Esq.

Founder and Principal

Our Team

Luisa has over two decades of experience in consulting, law, advocacy, grantmaking, and coaching. Before founding Taveras3 Consulting, LLC in 2016, she worked as a program officer with the U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations (OSF) Justice Fund from 2010 to 2016. In this role, she managed multiple grant-making portfolios, averaging $6 million annually, at the intersection of justice, education, employment, and immigration.

Luisa H. Taveras, Esq.

Founder and Principal

Our Team

Barbara is a seasoned grant maker with more than twenty years of experience in social change philanthropy in the areas of K-12 education and youth development. During her twelve-year tenure as president of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation, Barbara developed and implemented a highly effective funding strategy that established the Hazen Foundation as a leader among education and youth development funders.

In addition to developing administrative systems, processes and procedures to strengthen Hazen’s operations, Barbara supported two successive board chairs in the development of policies, procedures, and learning opportunities that enhanced board effectiveness. Most recently, as consultant and Special Projects Officer at The New York Community Trust, Barbara developed the funding strategy for the Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education, a five-year, 40-million dollar fund established by the New York Attorney General. She was also instrumental in the creation of the Trust’s South Bronx Healthy and Livable Neighborhoods Program, and the Leadership Fellows Program for mid-level managers at Baruch College. In the broader field of philanthropy, Barbara played a central role in the creation of a number of celebrated funding collaboratives, including the Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing, and the Funders Collaborative for Strong Latino Communities. Over the past ten years, as Affiliate Consultant with the Support Center for Nonprofit Management and as an independent consultant, Barbara has supported nonprofit and philanthropic organizations with strategic planning, program development, meeting and retreat facilitation.

Barbara A. Taveras

Consultant

Our Team

Barbara is a seasoned grant maker with more than twenty years of experience in social change philanthropy in the areas of K-12 education and youth development. During her twelve-year tenure as president of the Edward W. Hazen Foundation, Barbara developed and implemented a highly effective funding strategy that established the Hazen Foundation as a leader among education and youth development funders.

Barbara A. Taveras

Consultant

Our Team

Luis is a distinguished information technology expert, developing information technology systems and processes in the healthcare industry and the private sector. Dr. Taveras currently serves as Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at Barnabas Health, Inc. Prior to joining Barnabas, Dr. Taveras served as Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Hartford HealthCare Corporation, and earlier as the Program Manager for the creation of an internal information technology organization for the Hospital of Central Connecticut, where he guided an institutional transition from a fully outsourced environment to an in-house model.

In addition to developing administrative systems, processes and procedures to strengthen Hazen’s operations, Barbara supported two successive board chairs in the development of policies, procedures, and learning opportunities that enhanced board effectiveness. Most recently, as consultant and Special Projects Officer at The New York Community Trust, Barbara developed the funding strategy for the Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education, a five-year, 40-million dollar fund established by the New York Attorney General. She was also instrumental in the creation of the Trust’s South Bronx Healthy and Livable Neighborhoods Program, and the Leadership Fellows Program for mid-level managers at Baruch College. In the broader field of philanthropy, Barbara played a central role in the creation of a number of celebrated funding collaboratives, including the Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing, and the Funders Collaborative for Strong Latino Communities. Over the past ten years, as Affiliate Consultant with the Support Center for Nonprofit Management and as an independent consultant, Barbara has supported nonprofit and philanthropic organizations with strategic planning, program development, meeting and retreat facilitation.

Luis E. Taveras, Ph. D.

Advisor

Our Team

Luis is a distinguished information technology expert, developing information technology systems and processes in the healthcare industry and the private sector. Dr. Taveras currently serves as Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at Barnabas Health, Inc. Prior to joining Barnabas, Dr. Taveras served as Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Hartford HealthCare Corporation, and earlier as the Program Manager for the creation of an internal information technology organization for the Hospital of Central Connecticut, where he guided an institutional transition from a fully outsourced environment to an in-house model.

Luis E. Taveras, Ph. D.

Advisor

Our Clients

Taveras3 partners with many funders and nonprofits to advance social justice and achieve maximum results. Below is a partial client list.

“Ms. Tavares is an amazingly strategic and supportive partner... Her knowledge, experience and passion about the intersection of philanthropy and nonprofit work to improve our social condition make her uniquely qualified to help both sectors achieve high performance in furtherance of societal good.”

Jo-Ann Wallace
National Legal Aid & Defender Association
★★★★★

“Luisa Taveras is one of the most knowledgeable, competent and energetic people I know. She’s a fantastic facilitator and a source of sage wisdom about justice issues. In addition, she’s a true expert on all aspects of non-profit governance, fundraising, and finances. I highly recommend her.”

Eli Lehrer
The R Street Institute
★★★★★

“Knowing and working with Luisa Taveras for the last six years has been a professional and personal blessing. Her friendship, coaching, and sound advice have been critical to my success and I highly recommend her.”

Ana Yáñez-Correa, Ph.D.
Public Welfare Foundation
★★★★★

“Luisa was the single most important mentor, navigator, and guide who helped us take an idea and grow it into a sustainable and impactful model for change to transform justice in America... It was like having a future-teller in our camp.”

Raj Jayadev
Silicon Valley
★★★★★

“Luisa is fiercely dedicated to both the people she serves and getting the work done... She is not afraid to engage stakeholders with varied perspectives in order to find common ground, gain traction, and move organizations forward.”

Marc Krupanski
Open Society Foundations
★★★★★

“Luisa has an incredible ability to listen, assess, and chime in with both insightful questions and probing insights. She looks through the haze and sees connections, challenges, and opportunities, and brings clarity to confusion.”

Kirsten Levingston
Ford Foundation
★★★★★

“Luisa is a creative, strategic thinker who won’t stop until she gets results... Simply put, she’s someone you’ll want on your team.”

Katayoon Majd, Esq.
Public Welfare Foundation
★★★★★

“Her intelligence, commitment to excellence, and her passion for social justice have impressed me from day one. She is one of the most disciplined and diligent people I have ever observed.”

Gloria Medina
Open Society Foundations
★★★★★

“Luisa Taveras is hands down the best strategic planner I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. She is a brilliant and creative architect of ideas who will take your work to advanced levels you didn’t know were possible.”

Nicole Pittman, Esq.
Impact Justice
★★★★★

“Luisa brings rigor and integrity to the work she does. She has provided an excellent example of how to transition advocacy skills into philanthropy... Luisa will provide a critical eye and helpful direction for you to be the best grant maker possible.”

Patricia Jerido
Leadership Matters Consulting
★★★★★

“Luisa truly listened to my input, and challenged me to rise to my potential by modeling behavior and strategic thinking skills... Perhaps most importantly, Luisa has a unique ability to instill confidence and see latent talent in individuals that others may miss.”

Sarah Baker
Open Society Foundations
★★★★★

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