| Marta has ten years of experience in the fundraising profession, both as a practising fundraiser and as a consultant. She began her career as a major donor fundraiser at the World Resources Institute, an environmental think-tank in Washington D.C., where she was responsible for expanding the high-level individual donor programme and coordinating a US$30 million appeal. In London, Marta worked as a Senior Major Donor Fundraiser for Shelter, a housing campaigning charity, where she managed a group of major individual donors and worked closely with trustees and volunteer leaders.
At Richmond Associates, Marta worked with a large number of leading organisations in the heritage, higher education and charity sectors to evaluate their fundraising needs and advise on building fundraising teams. She also guided executive teams and trustees on fundraising leadership and recruitment, as well as on retention of fundraisers, performance evaluations and target setting. Some of the UK organisations that Marta has recently worked with include the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, School of Oriental and African Studies, London Business School, King’s College London, University of Aberdeen, University of Reading, INSEAD, Tate, Royal Society, and the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Marta has also worked with global organisations such as UNICEF, OXFAM, and the Open Society Institute.
These experiences, together with her various consulting projects in the non-profit sector in the US, UK and Eastern Europe, have given Marta opportunities to develop strategies for major gift fundraising, annual funds and campaigns, and to manage strong relationships with high-level donors and trustees. As a result, she has an excellent understanding of fundraising goals, what organisations need from their fundraisers, and how development fits within their overall strategic plans.
Marta has a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in Canada and a Master of Science degree from the Central European University in Hungary. She has undertaken extensive professional training in fundraising, business and management, and has also practised as a trainee accountant with the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. As an active alumna of the Central European University, Marta co-founded the first US alumni chapter and helped to set up the first CEU Alumni Scholarship Fund.
To contact Marta Lejkowski, please email her at:
m.l@globalphilanthropic.com
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