Fundraising expert Lara Sepanski Pimentel, founder of OSA Philanthropy and former Peace Corps volunteer, joins me to unpack what makes a nonprofit—and any mission-driven venture—truly resilient. Drawing on field lessons from community-development work in rural Central America and a decade inside U.S. nonprofits, Lara explains why “capacity” — the people, processes, and systems behind the programs — must come before the next big grant push.

In this conversation you’ll learn:

Peace Corps principles in practice – how asset-based thinking, local ownership, and radical resourcefulness translate into stronger donor relationships and staff culture.
The “capacity first, cash second” framework – diagnostic steps to spot operational gaps before chasing new money.
Fast vs. slow money – a pragmatic playbook for raising six figures quickly through warm individual donors while laying groundwork for longer-cycle institutional funding.
Reframing the ask – shifting from “begging for help” to “offering investment” so donors see themselves as partners, not patrons.
Running a location-independent consultancy – Lara’s approach to managing global contractors, Zoom-first client work, and family life across continents.
Nonprofit earthquake preparedness – why diversified revenue and data-driven dashboards are the new insurance policy in a volatile funding landscape.

A Sustainable Fundraising Playbook for Non-Profits with Lara Sepanski Pimentel (Osa Philanthropy)

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In this episode, I sit down with Noa Simons, founder and CEO of Good Bread, a new kind of small business lender working to reinvent how entrepreneurs access capital. If you’ve ever tried to raise money—through banks, credit unions, investors, or anywhere in between—you know it’s never one-size-fits-all. Even in communities with great lending institutions, many founders still fall through the cracks.

Noa’s on a mission to fix that.

Good Bread is a startup blending technology, psychology, and trust to create a more human, accessible path to capital. One of the most fascinating pieces of their approach is the Boss Index—a behavioral data tool her team uses to understand creditworthiness far beyond a traditional credit score.

In this conversation, Noa and I dig into:

Why access to capital is so difficult for so many entrepreneurs

How her co-founder relationships were built and how she's raising her own investment dollars

How behavioral data can create more equitable lending

What a “human-centered” underwriting model actually looks like

The role trust plays in entrepreneurship and local economies

Why overlooked regions (like ours) are full of untapped possibility

If you’re interested in startups, money, trust, or building meaningful businesses in emerging regions, this episode is for you.

Learn more about Noa and Good Bread at www.goodbread.net

Good Bread, Good Data, Better Lending: Reimagining Access to Capital

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