Name
Scaling Global Impact Without Scaling Complexity
Date & Time
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Kristen Berlacher Aylin Oncel Samantha Figueroa
Description

Corporate giving programs are expanding fast: more employees, more countries, more communities to serve. That's the good news. The challenge is that operational complexity scales right alongside them. New currencies, unfamiliar nonprofit regulations, cross-border payments, and fragmented approvals. What starts as momentum can quietly become a bottleneck.

In this panel discussion, leaders from Goodstack and Airbnb will share how they've scaled global giving programs without losing the governance, compliance, and operational discipline that make those programs worth running. From nonprofit verification to stakeholder coordination to the infrastructure holding it all together, this conversation gets into the real machinery behind programs that grow well.

You'll leave with practical strategies to:

  • Recognize the hidden cost of growth: Understand why operational complexity is often the biggest barrier to scaling impact, and how to get ahead of it before it stalls you
  • Replace manual coordination with scalable systems: Learn how small teams are managing programs across dozens of countries by trading spreadsheets and email chains for the right technology and operational partnerships
  • Design for scale from the start: Explore the program principles that let companies grow participation without proportionally growing their administrative burden or compliance risk
Session Type
Breakout