Beyond the Spreadsheet: How AidKit is Rewiring the Infrastructure of Help
About this episode
Brittany Christenson discusses how AidKit is transforming the infrastructure of direct cash assistance programs.
A direct cash assistance program used to take months to launch. My guest today turned one on earlier this year in about four hours. The hard part of helping people was never writing the check. It was the system the check had to travel through, a system that for too many people was built to keep them out. Brittany Christenson is the CEO of AidKit , the infrastructure beneath some of the nation’s most effective aid programs. Here is how she describes the work.
People in this episode
Host: The Business of Giving
Guest: Brittany Christenson
Topics covered
- direct cash assistance
- aid programs
- infrastructure
- nonprofit innovation
- systemic change
Keywords
- cash assistance
- AidKit
- Brittany Christenson
- nonprofit
- aid infrastructure
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: AidKit
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