Emily Rasmussen

Emily Rasmussen is the Founder & CEO of Grapevine, an online home for collective giving. Grapevine helps groups of people come together in giving circles to pool their donations and give back together. Emily was the founding Executive Director of NYU’s Center for Ballet and the Arts, launched the Lincoln Center at the Movies global media initiative, and developed innovative financing models for impact at Enterprise Solutions to Poverty. Emily has consulted on event cinema for Disney Theatrical Group, taught Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at SUNY Purchase, and spent two years developing microfinance and fair trade programs in India. She is a board member of the Harvard Business School Women’s Association, a member of the LISC Emerging Leaders Council, and on the steering committee of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy New York. Emily holds a B.A. from Occidental College in Diplomacy, World Affairs, and Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Collective giving. Democratizing and diversifying philanthropy. Social enterprise. Cultural entrepreneurship.

Gather people. Go good.

Ballet. Snowboarding.