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Stephanie Koopmann

CEOThe Light Foundation

Biography

Stephanie serves as founding director of The Light Foundation since its inception in 2019. The Light Foundation targets the most vulnerable children and families facing extreme poverty.

With multiyear grants the foundation focuses on highly effective programs, supports the mission of outstanding non-profit partners who have a proven success record.
Opportunities to mitigate climate change and protect the natural environment at program sites provide a compass for the Foundation’s geographic engagements. The foundation builds on local knowhow, resources & procurement practces, with the goal of leaving children and their families happier and more empowered after philanthropy ends.

For 25 years Stephanie has been working side by side with global leaders and funders from Education, Health-Care, Nature Conservation, Child Welfare, Basic Research, Gender Equality, Culture, Arts, Religion, International Development, Policies, Integration, Human Rights and Social Entrepreneurship.