NPC Staff

Matthew van Poortvliet

 

Senior Consultant

 

mvanpoortvliet@philanthropycapital.org

Matthew provides research and analysis on social issues and charities. He has written research reports for NPC on the mental health of children, youth crime, and knowledge-sharing between funders, and leads NPC’s research on young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs). He recently published a cost-benefit analysis of how sports projects can be used to tackle crime.

Matthew has worked on a number of projects to advise funders, including the Stone Family Foundation, providing detailed analysis of charities’ activities, finances, results and management. Most recently, he has been working on a project for Barclays Wealth to assess how charitable funds can be allocated to improve economic well-being.

Matthew is also a trustee of The London Playing Fields Foundation, a charity committed to widening participation in grassroots sport. Prior to joining NPC in September 2007, Matthew worked as an English language teacher in Ecuador and Cambridge, and completed degrees at Oxford and LSE.

Publications

Teenage Kicks: The value of sport in tackling youth crime (2011)
Foundations for knowledge: Sharing knowledge to increase impact: A guide for charitable funders (2011)
Trial and error: Children and young people in trouble with the law: A guide for charities and funders (2010)
Targeting support: Needs of groups helped by the Bankers Benevolent Fund (2009)
Heads up: Children and young people’s mental health: A guide for charities and funders (2008)

 

Read Matthew's posts on NPC's blog.