Building Nonprofits That Survive Funding Shocks: Christina Sass, President & CEO, International Y...

Most nonprofits are one lost funder away from a crisis. Christina Sass (  / christina-sass  ) , President and CEO of the International Youth Foundation (https://iyfglobal.org/) , joins the Charity Charge Show (https://www.charitycharge.com/charity...) to talk about how her 36-year-old organization absorbed steep USAID funding cuts without losing its core programs, and what she learned building Andela, a venture-backed tech talent company, before moving into nonprofit leadership. In this episode: • Why diversified funding matters more than the size of your mission What a "small but mighty" endowment actually buys a nonprofit in a crisis • How IYF pitches corporate partners on solving a hiring problem, not a charity ask • Building an internal AI chatbot to scale labor market data instead of headcount • Measuring nonprofit impact through employment outcomes, not certificates • Lessons from Christina's father's career and what it taught her about opportunity --------------------------- About Charity Charge Charity Charge is a financial technology company serving the nonprofit sector. From the Charity Charge Nonprofit Credit Card to bookkeeping, gift card disbursements, and state compliance, we help mission-driven organizations streamline operations and stay financially strong. Learn more at charitycharge.com (https://www.charitycharge.com/) .