Meet Kavitha Sreeharsha

For eight years, I led Emerson Collective's Immigrant Justice Philanthropy, transforming it into one of the nation's leading funders in this space. I made strategic grants, built deep partnerships across the immigrant rights ecosystem, and gained insider knowledge of the transformative work of nonprofits. That's why I founded Ginkgo Solutions—to leverage my expertise, relationships, and major institutional philanthropy strategic insight, to expand the ability of individual and institutional donors to resource the immigrant justice ecosystem, and to support nonprofit leaders through healing based coaching.

As a nonprofit immigration attorney for over a decade, I witnessed immigrants navigating a broken system. I crafted local, state, and federal policies that expanded protections for immigrants. I built technical assistance programs to expand the capacity of organizations to better support immigrants. As a federal government attorney, I investigated and litigated national origin discrimination cases. My diverse experiences reinforce my belief that true change requires a diverse and strong ecosystem of immigrant justice organizations.

As a philanthropy professional at Emerson Collective and Sobrato Family Foundation, I provided bespoke support to build organizational capacity and strategy. I developed a deep understanding of the resources needed for organizations to grow and thrive.

Throughout my time in institutional philanthropy, I repeatedly recognized the deep healing needs of leaders across many nonprofit sectors. My International Coaching Federation (ICF)-certified coaching allows me to support non-profit executive and emerging leaders across different issue areas to grow their power.