Kian Alavi
Modern Financial Infrastructure for Nonprofits | Co-founder & CEO @ Mazlo
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Mazlo
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kian Alavi
Two decades in nonprofit work taught me this: the organizations saving lives are drowning in 1990s financial infrastructure. Brilliant leaders fighting poverty, homelessness, and injustice—stuck in spreadsheets, email chains, and systems that actively work against them. It\'s not just broken. It\'s immoral. That\'s why we built Mazlo: financial infrastructure designed for nonprofits from day one. Not a bunch of tools that \"kinda talk\" to each other. Purpose-built for mission-driven work. The future of nonprofit finance isn\'t working harder with broken tools. It\'s working with systems designed for the work you actually do. Running a nonprofit? Tired of spreadsheet warfare? Book a demo (link in profile) and see what nonprofit financial infrastructure should look like.
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Jan 2023 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Mazlo exists to expand the capacity of trust in the nonprofit economy.We’re building the financial infrastructure that lets purpose-driven teams focus on their mission, not their spreadsheets. By integrating banking, payments, and accounting, Mazlo transforms the nonprofit back office from a burden into a strength, eliminating data chaos, reducing risk, helping you sail through audits, and unlocking real-time visibility.Our system eliminates up to 90% of the manual reconciliation work, clarifies fund restrictions, and delivers real-time financial visibility, helping nonprofit teams operate with confidence and focus on what matters. Mazlo has already processed tens of millions in funding volume and is trusted by leading nonprofits, fiscal sponsors, donors, and national funders across the country.Learn more at Mazlo.com
Education
UCSB
Business Economics
1999 — 2002
Skills
- Program Development
- Event Management
- Event Planning
- Team Building
- Nonprofits
- Program Evaluation
- Design Thinking for Non-Profits
- Public Speaking
- Organizational Development
- Volunteer Management
- Change Management
- Strategic Planning
- Community Outreach
- Teaching
- Leadership Development
- Community Engagement
- Fundraising
- Coaching
- Social Media Marketing
- Community Development
- Grants
- Research
- Project Management
- Social Media
- Editing
- Community Organizing
- Grant Writing
- New Business Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Youth Development
- Non-Profits
- Operations Management
Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn
Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.
Free plan included · No credit card required
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.