Karen Houghton

Karen Houghton is the bestselling author of Funding Your Mission - The Modern Guide to Nonprofit Finance and the CEO of Infinite Giving, a financial technology and Registered Investment Advisory firm serving nonprofits nationwide. As a fiduciary investment advisor, she partners with executive leaders, CFOs, and boards to design disciplined financial strategies that strengthen reserves, guide endowment growth, and align investment policy with mission objectives.

A former nonprofit executive and active board member, Karen brings firsthand operational experience to advising mission-driven leaders on reserves, governance, and strategic growth. She now advises organizations on asset allocation, liquidity planning, risk management, donor asset strategy, and investment policy development, bringing institutional-grade financial oversight to the nonprofit sector in a way that is practical and mission-aligned.

Under her leadership, Infinite Giving has been recognized by Fast Company for World Changing Software and by the State of Georgia as one of its Top 40 Most Innovative Companies. Karen has received the Women in Technology Woman of the Year Award, the Atlanta Technology Professionals Impact Award, and Berry College’s Distinguished Alumni Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, and was named one of Salesforce’s 10 Business Women Who Inspire.

A national speaker and trusted advisor, Karen challenges nonprofit leaders to treat finance as a core leadership function, building governance frameworks and long-term asset strategies that protect mission, strengthen balance sheets, and sustain impact for generations.