Keela

It was an evolution of ideas and experiences over decades of my life. I enrolled in law school at Osgoode Hall in Toronto. After a year, feeling restless, I took a year away from school to work with the United Nations, where I was posted to Belgrade, Serbia and Cairo, Egypt. This is where I experienced impact through a different lens and reaffirmed my understanding that, without civil society, we cannot build thriving democracies. My belief in the importance of nonprofits was strengthened and I returned to law school with an increased passion and a deepened interest in the nonprofit sector. It was during law school that Keela was truly born. I was working with a local Toronto nonprofit that struggled with technology and scaling. I realized that, while technology is transforming almost every aspect of our lives, small nonprofits (integral to so many communities) didn't have access to powerful, transformative tech. Did you know, according to McKinsey, more than $60-billion per year, in the US alone, is lost to administrative inefficiency and wasted opportunities. I viscerally felt this missed opportunity in the organizations that I worked with. Then, one day, I realized ... maybe technology can solve it. What started as a crazy idea quickly became an obsession. I began exploring what technology for nonprofit organizations could mean. To be clear, other tools existed, but I needed to approach the problem (and opportunity) differently, more accessibly. I needed to find a way to elevate every nonprofit, no matter their size, allowing them to further their impact, and strengthening civil society in a bold way. Today, Keela is on the cutting edge of innovation in the sector. Our tools are driven by Keela Intelligence-analytics, reporting, even AI, to help our customers work more effectively. At the time we were founded, I couldn't have imagined what we would become. Keela officially certified as a B-Corp, solidifying our legal commitment to impact. Today, we proudly remain a B-Corp, always prioritizing people over ...