GFIR — the Global Fund for Innovation and Resilience — is a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit built on the belief that families displaced by climate-driven natural disasters deserve a faster, more direct kind of help. We focus on emergency response and alerts: getting immediate cash assistance to those affected, and keeping the world informed when disaster strikes.
These are the rules we hold ourselves to — and the ones our partners and recipients can hold us to in public.
When a disaster strikes a community we serve, we move quickly — but we never trade speed for the dignity of the families on the other end.
We send digital cash transfers straight to families as soon as we can. They know what they need first — rent, food, medicine, transport — better than we do.
Every dollar moves through secure digital channels and local mobile money networks already trusted in the region.
The point of every dollar you give us is to reach a family who needs it. We'll publish exactly how we use what comes in.
We share our work, our numbers, and our mistakes in public, so donors, partners, and the families we serve can hold us to account.
We help families recover after the disaster strikes. Our longer-term ambition is to add early warning, so help arrives before the storm does.
Our founders, board, and team bring experience across sustainable finance, international development, law, engineering, and technology — the people behind the alerts, the cash transfers, and the partnerships on the ground.
If you'd like to be part of the team, the contact page is the best place to start.
Go brings 20+ years in sustainable finance and policy, including roles at the World Bank, leading global partnerships and resource mobilization. At GFIR, he applies that experience to building the partnerships and funding pathways that make mobile-based climate resilience possible for vulnerable communities — starting in South Asia, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Taewook is an engineering leader with 10+ U.S. patents, building and scaling technology across fintech, defense, medtech, and philanthropy. As Partner and CTO at LCS7, he leads technical due diligence and engineering strategy for a global portfolio. At GFIR, he guides the technical architecture behind our mobile alerts and digital cash systems — making sure they're secure, verifiable, and built to scale across regions.
Larry is a technology executive with 15 years of experience building scalable, AI-driven systems across full-stack development and cloud infrastructure. As CTO of GFIR, he leads the design of the mobile-first platform — the early warning alerts, biometric registration, and digital cash infrastructure that put protection in the palm of a family's hand.
Myanna serves as a Board member and very active idea contributor for GFIR.
An award-winning lawyer and Fulbright Scholar, Myanna Dellinger, M.Sc., J.D., PhD, graduated at the top of her law school class in 2008 with a specialty in Natural Resources Law. She was a tenured law professor teaching private and public international law as well as climate change law and policy for more than a decade. She was also a research attorney for state- and federal-level trial and appellate court judges and now serves as judge pro tem (part-time volunteer) for the Superior Court of California. Before becoming an attorney, Myanna enjoyed a successful career in international communications. Originally from Denmark, Myanna has lived and worked in four countries on three continents. She speaks three languages fluently.
Diana is a strategy, fundraising, and impact leader with 25 years of international development experience at the World Bank and as an independent consultant working with multilateral and bilateral donors, the private sector, and communities. A Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) with an MBA in International Management, she also serves on the board of Margaret McNamara Education Grants. At GFIR, she leads the partnerships and donor relationships that fund our alerts and cash transfers, bringing global experience to local solutions.
