About Us
Skilled Accounting Professional with 25 Years' Experience
Hello, I am Barbra Castillo
I am here to offer support to you! I have more than 20 years of accounting experience and I specialize in non-profit, corporate, fiduciary and public accounting. I have an extensive experience working as an accountant and has held several managerial positions in various industries. I have the drive and enthusiasm to continually enhance, modernize, and measure the finance and accounting environment and ensure that I continue to be an exceptionally strong mission-driven, and responsible in directing and overseeing your organization's financial goals and objectives.
email: barbzensolutions@gmail.com
email: rjc270@nyu.edu
Skilled Non-Profit Fund Development Specialist with 15 Years' Experience
A humanitarian at heart, I've spent the last 15+ years working with a number of nonprofit organizations, from large universities to small start-ups.
Fast forward a few years, I'm back at the drawing board again. I still am the Grants Administrator for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles (working remotely from upstate NY), but am about to launch my own nonprofit: Star Route, an alternative education option for parents. Star Route will offer eclectic youth development programming for homeschooled students, with a focus on individualism, innovation, gratitude and prosperity. We will also be offering adult workshops on homesteading, holistic healing, and homeopathy. Our first semester of homeschooling programs, events, activities and novel experiences will roll out this fall. Stay tuned for our website, social media channels and more info - coming soon (we file tomorrow for our EIN/501 c 3 status)!!!
My specific philanthropic skills in fund development include: grant-writing & management, donor cultivation & solicitation, capital campaigns, budgets, program development, fiscal sustainability, community engagement, etc.
My personal goals are to always to go above and beyond, remain humble and carry on.
Special Talents & Areas of Concentration:
Philanthropic Projects & Results
Writing, Grant Writing
Nonprofit Renovations and Innovations
Prospect Research, Capital Campaigns
Media/Marketing/Community Outreach
"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give." ~Sir Winston Churchill