We exist to democratize philanthropy so every worthy cause finds its champion.
Built by former funders and social impact leaders who've been in your shoes.
Meet the Founders
We've walked in your shoes as mission-driven leaders and sat across the table as funders making investment decisions. This dual perspective drives everything we build.
Karibu Nyaggah
President & Chief Product Officer
The Impact Builder: Co-founded Sinapis, scaling entrepreneurship programs across six countries in Africa and Latin America. Trained 7,000+ entrepreneurs, supported 130,000+ job creation, and facilitated $200M+ in revenue growth.
Global Impact Expertise: World Bank consultant, Chief of Staff at Alphabet's Loon project (global internet connectivity), currently Director at Meta leading AI efficiency initiatives.
Leads Kindora's product strategy and designed the front-end experience, bringing deep operational knowledge of what it takes to scale programs that change communities from the ground up.
Justin Steele
Chief Executive Officer
The Funder's Perspective: Led Google.org's philanthropy across the Americas, directing $698 million in strategic investments including a $100M outcomes-based loan fund and $75M AI Opportunity Fund for workforce development.
Social Impact Operations: Deputy Director at Year Up (workforce development), consultant at Bain & Company and The Bridgespan Group (social impact strategy consultancy founded by former Bain leaders).
Built Kindora's entire platform prototype using his engineering background and new AI capabilities, understanding both what funders need to see and what organizations need to succeed.
A Twenty-Year Partnership
Where It All Began
In 2003, Karibu and Justin met at Harvard Business School's Summer Ventures program, a week-long immersion designed to increase diversity in business leadership. Both had taken time off from summer internships before their senior year to explore careers in business while doing well and doing good.
Karibu shared Ed Silvoso's "Anointed for Business" with Justin, sparking conversations about finding higher purpose in professional success. At Harvard Business School, assigned to the same section, they sharpened each other's thinking while volunteering at Citizen Schools, teaching kids in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood about personal branding and leadership.
Harvard Business School Summer Ventures in Management Program, 2003 — where they first discovered their shared commitment to business as a force for good
Why They Built Kindora
After two decades working on opposite sides of philanthropy, Justin directing nearly $700 million at Google.org, Karibu scaling impact programs across six countries, they realized the funding ecosystem's biggest problem wasn't lack of money or good organizations.
It was the invisible barriers preventing worthy causes from finding their champions.
Kindora exists to tear down those barriers and create the equitable funding system they've always believed was possible. Today, they're raising their families together in the Bay Area, building the platform that embodies the values they discovered at Harvard over twenty years ago.
Teaching personal branding and leadership at Citizen Schools in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, 2009 — practicing the community-centered approach that drives Kindora today
Why Mission-Driven Leaders Choose Kindora
We don't just understand your challenges, we've lived them. And we don't just talk about solutions, we've deployed hundreds of millions in funding and built programs that create lasting change.
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Funder Insider Knowledge
We know what program officers look for, how funding decisions get made, and what separates fundable proposals from the rest. Because we've been the ones making those decisions.
jobs created through programs
Impact Operations
We've built organizations from scratch, managed program delivery across multiple countries, and felt the pressure of hitting impact targets with limited resources.
years in social impact
Proven Results
From Bain to Bridgespan, Google.org to World Bank, Sinapis to Meta—we consistently deliver outcomes that matter in the social sector.
Recognized and Supported By
Selected by leading accelerator programs for our mission-driven approach to democratizing grant funding.
Camelback Ventures
A fellowship investing in entrepreneurs of color building ventures that create a more just and equitable society.
AWS Social Entrepreneur Accelerator
Amazon Web Services program supporting social entrepreneurs using technology to drive positive social impact.
Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program
Blackbaud's program empowering early-stage companies building technology for the social good ecosystem.
Hear the Kindora Story
Our Commitment to You
As a Public Benefit Corporation, we're legally required to balance profit with purpose. Every algorithm we train, every feature we ship, every partnership we forge advances our mission of creating equitable access to funding.
Complete Transparency
You'll always understand why matches are made, how our algorithms work, and what data informs our recommendations.
True Equity
Equal access to funding opportunities regardless of your network, geography, or organizational pedigree.
Measurable Impact
We track what matters: time saved, funding secured, and communities better served because of more effective philanthropy.
Ready to Level the Playing Field?
Join the mission-driven leaders who are tired of funding systems that reward connections over impact. Let's build the equitable ecosystem our communities deserve.
Questions? Email us at hello@kindora.co