NPC Staff

 

Lena Baumgartner

 

Head of Funder Effectiveness

lbaumgartner@philanthropycapital.org

 

Lena provides strategic consulting advice on effective charitable giving. She has delivered and managed consulting projects for foundations, businesses, private client advisors, individuals and families.

Lena’s particular expertise lies in advising individuals and families on their domestic and international giving, and she manages the giving of the Stone Family Foundation on an ongoing basis. Lena runs impact workshops for donors as well as NPC’s public and in-house training providing an introduction to philanthropy for private wealth advisors. Her experience of working with foundations and businesses includes strategy development, employee engagement and reviewing of funding practices.

Past projects include running start-up workshops and working with a couple at the beginning of their philanthropic journey to help them develop a focus and strategy for their trust, and advising them on the mechanics of good grant-making. Her work with foundations has included reviewing the grant-making practices of a long-established charitable foundation, and advising its trustees on how to increase the impact of their grant-making.

Lena is available for interview on subjects including giving by wealthy individuals, family philanthropy and the role of wealth advisors, and has been widely quoted in the media, including in the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Times.

Prior to joining NPC, Lena worked as an analyst for a strategic risk consultancy in London.

Publications

Corporate giving: NPC's practical guide for corporate funders (2011)
Looking ahead: Reviewing the strategy of an occupational benevolent fund (2009)
Targeting support: Needs of groups helped by the Bankers Benevolent Fund (2009)

Read Lena's posts on NPC's blog