Bio

Dominic Kalms is a 3X venture backed entrepreneur and philanthropist with an expertise in FinTech, nonprofits, and online charitable fundraising. He has raised over $120M in venture and philanthropic capital during his career and has been featured extensively in the press (e.g. NBC, Forbes, CBS, Axios, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, BBC, Yahoo, TheStreet, Seeking Alpha, American Banker, Nonprofit Times, etc) where he discusses philanthropy & tech. He was recently profiled on the front page of Entrepreneur.com and he recently 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. United Nations Summit, Nexus Summit, Global Citizen Forum, Money2020, Social Enterprise Summit, TechCrunch’s Ventures Summit, Capital One Impact, TEDx, Paradigm Talks, NIO Summit etc). Today, Dominic is CEO of a venture backed FinTech company B Generous, which is revolutionizing how people donate to nonprofits through the advent of the first ever philanthropic credit product. B Generous is backed by some of the top VCs, Banks, & institutional investors in the US and was just accepted into the highly selective Blackbaud Social Good Partnership Program. 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 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 & Val Kilmer's Foundation. 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 which has donated hundreds of thousands of masks/faceshields to hospitals, schools, & Native American reservations across the US. Dominic was born in Hong Kong, raised in London and now lives in LA/NYC. He holds a BA from NYU + MA from Columbia University.