
Rupa Laxmi Shah
Director, Global Philanthropy and Partnerships
Rupa is a seasoned non-profit executive with extensive experience in global fundraising and partnership development. She has played a pivotal role in raising more than $500 million and collaborating on projects exceeding $2.5 billion globally. Rupa specializes in scaling high-impact nonprofits. At Scratch, an MIT-incubated organization, she led a 400% expansion, increasing its operations from $7 million to $28 million in three years. She also helped scale the App Inventor Foundation, another MIT-incubated nonprofit, growing it from $200K to $3 million in just 18 months—a remarkable 1,400% growth. With deep expertise in fundraising, strategy, and capacity building, Rupa is dedicated to empowering small yet transformative initiatives to achieve sustainable global impact.