About

I'm Kelly Baker.

I’m a nonprofit consultant with over a decade of fundraising, facilitation, and nonprofit management experience. I specialize in supporting small teams and grassroots organizations to be more effective, sustainable, and values-aligned. 

Before launching my consulting practice, I was the Co-Director of the New Economy Coalition, working alongside a team of brilliant colleagues to support the solidarity economy movement in the United States. At NEC, I led efforts to transition to a 4 day work week, implemented a sabbatical policy, and supported the shift from a top-down leadership model to collective governance. I bring the lessons from these experiences (both the wins and the mistakes!) to my consulting practice.

I live in my hometown of Boston, but my clients are located all over the U.S. The common thread between my clients is that they are committed to building strong, inclusive movements and to building healthy, people-centered work cultures.

 
 
 

Kelly Baker Consulting LLC is located in Boston, Massachusetts: the ancestral territory of the Massachusett People. Learn more about land acknowledgements here.

 

Experience

Professional Experience

  • Co-Founder, Streamline Consulting, 2023-Present

  • Independent Consultant, Kelly Baker Consulting, 2021-Present

  • Resource Mobilization Director, U.S. Department of Arts & Culture, 2021-Present

  • Co-Director, New Economy Coalition, 2018-2021

  • Development Director, Science Club for Girls, 2018

  • Development Director, ZUMIX, 2015-2017

Community Involvement

  • Board President, Somerville Community Land Trust, 2023-Present

  • Board President, Anti-Racism Collaborative, 2018-2022

  • Co-Founder, New England Grassroots Fundraising Circle, 2020-2022

  • Funding Panel Member, Haymarket People’s Fund, 2015-2019

  • Mentor, Silver Lining Mentoring, 2012-2021

Facilitation

  • Facilitator and Curriculum Design Lead, Resource Organizing Project, 2021-Present

  • Grassroots Fundraising workshop series, re:power, 2022

  • Grassroots Fundraising Circle, 2020-2022

  • Social Innovation Forum’s Fundraising Learning Cohort, 2021

  • SURJ Boston Base Group, 2020

  • New Leader’s Council Boston Institute, 2015

Education

  • Skidmore College
    B.A. in Political Science, Minor in Gender Studies

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Freelancers Union

  • Member, Nonprofit Democracy Network