Spring After Winter

SPRING AFtER WINTER

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Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.
— Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

SPRING AFTER WINTER CONSULTING

The consultancy specializes in providing administrative and operational expertise to advance social and environmental justice issues in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. In philanthropy, services include research, grant portfolio management, grants management, evaluation, virtual and participatory event coordination, marketing and communications, operations, and transition support. For nonprofits, Spring After Winter provides foundation relations and grant writing support, Salesforce CRM development and administration, and operational start-up support including transition to fiscal sponsorship.

 
 
 
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Our MISSION

 

SPRING AFTER WINTER is interested in the complexity of challenges facing our society and seeks to direct critical attention to solutions that consider equity, ecosystem health, and economic justice. As a field we must nimbly respond to critical issues as they evolve over time. To adapt quickly we need strong coalitions within sectors, established cross-issue partnerships, and sustained public education. By supporting strategic campaign coordination across key issues and goals, we commit to building a society strong enough to weather the changes to come.

In order to achieve intersectional goals, campaign and policy solutions must be grounded in an understanding of priorities across sectors and an openness to the needs and lived experiences of diverse communities. Asking for essential feedback from experts, advocates, and community members builds better policies and practices like participatory research and decision-making, inclusive evaluation, and grassroots engagement strengthen our work. Wise leaders consider how strategic policy and campaign solutions improve the lives and health of people and ecosystems beyond their intended scale and scope. By seeking the wisdom of communities and promoting communication between policy makers, advocates across issues, and the general public, we fight for a safe and healthy future together.

 
No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced.
— David Attenborough
 
 
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People

 

Andrea FRITSCH

Andrea has over 15 years of experience in the philanthropic and non-profit sectors. She approaches funding and advocacy work with the lenses of equity, economic justice, and ecosystem health.

After working in the nonprofit housing sector for five years, Andrea sought an M.S. in Cultural Anthropology to document and directly connect the lived experiences of real people with the social and economic policies that shape their lives. Andrea combines her policy, funding, and research expertise in her work with Spring After Winter.

Recently, Andrea led operations and grants management during the launch of Mosaic—a pooled-fund grant making nonprofit designed to amplify the power of the environmental field by strengthening movement infrastructure. She prepared the Mosaic project for a transition to fiscal sponsorship and developed a Salesforce CRM to support inclusive and equitable outreach. She administered an initial fundraising round to support Mosaic’s first three years of programming and organized participatory virtual events with volunteers, grantees, and funders.

Andrea also served as Operations Manager and Program Assistant at the Pisces Foundation. In that role, Andrea oversaw Foundation Operations and served as a key interface with grantees and others, undertaking research and other grant-related projects during the start-up phase of the Foundation. During her tenure the Pisces Foundation grew from 2 to 10 employees, completed a strategic plan, and established strategic grantmaking portfolios in three program areas.   

Before joining the Foundation, Andrea held a number of positions in the non-profit sector and in secondary and higher education. As Program Manager at Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago, Andrea organized free home repairs for low-income families and seniors, recruited and organized volunteers from companies, community groups, and labor unions, and the led promotion of material reuse, weatherization, and sustainable building practices.

Andrea earned a B.A. from Oberlin College and a M.S. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she studied effective local and regional collaboration in watershed restoration and urban river corridor redevelopment planning.

 
 

 

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CONTACT

Get in touch by emailing andrea@springafterwinter.com