Dominic Kalms

Dominic Kalms is a 3X venture backed entrepreneur and philanthropist with an expertise in FinTech, nonprofits, and online charitable fundraising. He has raised over $180M in venture, credit, & philanthropic capital during his career and has been featured extensively in the national press (e.g. Washington Post, AP, NBC, Forbes, CBS, Axios, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, BBC, Yahoo, TheStreet, American Banker, Nonprofit Times etc) where he discusses philanthropy & tech. He was recently profiled on the front page of Entrepreneur.com, and guest lectured a class on Philanthropy at MIT. His latest piece on corporate giving can be found on Forbes.com Dominic is also a well known public speaker and has spoken at many global forums on Philanthropy & FinTech (e.g. Greenwich Economic Forum, Money20/20, United Nations Summit, Nexus Summit, Global Citizen Forum, Social Enterprise Summit, TechCrunch’s Ventures Summit, Capital One Impact, TEDx etc). Today, Dominic is CEO of a venture backed FinTech company B Generous, which is revolutionizing how nonprofits manage their liquidity. B Generous is backed by some of the top VCs, Banks, & investors in the US, Europe, and Asia, and was included in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas List for 2023. B Generous also won the “PayTech for Good” Award by FinTech Futures. Previously Dominic was CEO of GVNG which Forbes called "One of the most revolutionary platforms in the social impact space." GVNG is a venture backed tech company that facilitates the creation of digital charitable giving accounts. Many of the world’s leading public figures & corporations use GVNG to run their philanthropic projects. Before GVNG, Dominic managed Foundations at Global Philanthropy Group, a private strategy consultancy which advises high net worth individuals, celebrities, & corporations on impact work. At GPG Dominic advised the foundations for many of the world’s top philanthropists. GPG was acquired by Charity Network in 2017. Dominic is also on the Fundraising Board of Forest Whitaker's Foundation, and is on the Board of Val Kilmer’s Foundation, and is on the Board of Milken. Dominic is also member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council, NEXUS, SUMMIT Impact, and is an Ambassador for the Global Citizen Forum. He is also a contributing writer for Forbes.com and a Mentor at the Global Good Fund. In 2020 Dominic started EndCovid-19.org which has donated tens of thousands of N95 masks & PPE to hospitals and schools across the US. Dominic was born in Hong Kong, raised in London and now lives in LA. He holds a BA from NYU + MA from Columbia University.