WHERE BRANDS, CAUSES, AND CULTURE BECOME LEGACY.

STRATEGIC LEGACY PLANNING

Building a legacy is the noblest of designs: where accomplishments endure, purpose transcends generations, and life finds its reason for having been lived.

Ricardo Blay Levisky

Career

Ricardo Blay Levisky

Founder of Levisky Legado

Ricardo Blay Levisky is the founding partner of Levisky Legado and has a background of over two decades serving as a senior strategic advisor. He supports shareholders, CEOs, and C-level leaders in defining institutional positioning, reputation, financial sustainability, and legacy building. His career blends consistent work with nonprofit organizations and cultural institutions with extensive corporate engagement, especially among high-net-worth individuals and UHNWI circles, both in Brazil and internationally.

He has held high-level executive positions, including Director of Sala São Paulo and the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (Osesp) and Superintendent of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (OSB). In these roles, he worked closely with boards, sponsors, major donors, brands, and the public sector, leading financial sustainability, fundraising, governance, and institutional positioning initiatives in highly visible and complex environments.

Levisky holds a degree in Music Education from the University of São Paulo (USP), specializing in opera (baritone), and a degree in Advertising from FAAP. He furthered his education with courses in International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and Fundraising with the League of American Orchestras, developing strategic insights into institutional branding, cultural diplomacy, philanthropy, and sustainable funding models.

What is Levisky Legado

Levisky Legado is the institutional expression of Ricardo Blay Levisky's unique role as a senior advisor in the orchestration and development of legacies.

Career & Background

One approach - multiple fronts.

Ricardo Blay Levisky engages across art, culture, philanthropy, diplomacy, business, and social impact, fostering connections among people, leaders, resources, brands, and global institutions.

Track Record of Impact

Decades of impact across multiple fronts

Art & Culture Education Health Environment and Social Philanthropy Cultural Diplomacy Diversity Corporate Foundations

Art & Culture

Led sustainability strategies for institutions such as OSESP, OSB, Minas Gerais Philharmonic, São Paulo Jewish Museum, Museum of Art of Rio, Teatro Amazonas and the Brazilian Museums Fund. Designed hi…

Education

Contributed to the structuring of the University of São Paulo Endowment Fund, as well as supporting organizations such as Junior Achievement, Instituto Principia and the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Foun…

Health

Worked on the strategic structuring of philanthropy at Hospital Albert Einstein, Hospital de Amor (Barretos), The Medulloblastoma Initiative (Washington) and Instituto Ronald McDonald.…

Environment and Social

Advisory for organizations such as Fundação Amazônia Sustentável (FAS), Climate Ventures, UNHCR and Kianda Foundation (Kenya), as well as corporate foundations such as Siemens and Swarovski. Developme…

Philanthropy

Conceived and curated the International Endowment Forum, an initiative that structured the Brazilian endowment fund market and contributed to the approval of Law No. 13.800/19. Works with IDIS, Phila……

Cultural Diplomacy

Member of the Brazil-UK Chamber of Commerce (London), where he founded and curates the Art and Culture Committee, using cultural diplomacy as a tool for institutional relationship between countries. I…

Diversity

Founded Hineni, the first LGBTQIAPN+ group in the Brazilian Jewish community, and became Director of the Jewish Federation of the State of São Paulo, incorporating the diversity agenda at the institut…

Corporate Foundations

Strategic advisory for corporate foundations and institutes. Planning, governance and project curation that maximize the social impact of organizations and strengthen their institutional reputation.…

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Impact Capital Raising & Deal Origination | Placement Agent

Focused on Impact Investment, Naming Rights, and Heritage Asset Restoration

Ricardo Blay Levisky sources and brokers impactful core initiatives that require capital, strategic partners, and institutional setup. His role includes scouting opportunities, connecting investors with companies, and facilitating the commercial relationships needed to make investments feasible.

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Corporate Practice

How can Ricardo Blay Levisky be a Senior Advisor and Ambassador for your brand | company?

Ricardo Blay Levisky serves as a senior advisor and institutional ambassador, supporting shareholders and leadership in making strategic decisions regarding positioning, reputation, and legacy. He leverages a board-level perspective and his extensive connections across business, cultural, philanthropic, and international ecosystems — including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals — to directly impact institutional value, foster long-term trust, and ensure sustainable positioning with key stakeholders.

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Nonprofit & Culture

How does Ricardo Blay Levisky work alongside cultural organizations and the nonprofit sector on financial sustainability, fundraising, and endowments?

Ricardo Blay Levisky supports nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions, foundations, and institutes as a senior advisor and consultant. He guides leadership and boards on financial sustainability, fundraising, and endowments through strategic direction, executive mentorship, and high-level engagement event curation and relationship management.

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Strategic Partnership

How We Can Work Together

Business Development

Origination and Business Development

Origination and business intermediation to set up initiatives that require capital, strategic partners and institutional structure.

Corporate Practice

Senior Advisor and Institutional Ambassador

Supporting strategic decisions on positioning, reputation and legacy, with qualified access to UHNWI circles, philanthropists and international networks.

Nonprofit & Culture

Strategic Planning and Sustainability

Strategic planning for financial sustainability, advisory for institutional leadership, fundraising, endowment structuring and curation of philanthropic engagement events.

Signature Projects

In-house Projects

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Casa Levisky

Proprietary platform for high-level relationship and engagement, integrated into the Levisky Legado ecosystem. A space that brings together investors,...

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International Endowment Forum

A reference platform for training and maturing the endowment fund market in Brazil. Responsible for producing specialized guides and publications, wit...

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