In this episode, Chaula Gupta, Vice President and Chief Program Officer at Digital Promise, joins Greg Sobiech to explain how nonprofits can move beyond short-term projects toward sustainable, scalable impact.

Chaula explores alternative models like fee-for-service, non-profit/corporate partnerships, and venture-style investing, and explains how AI can shift from incremental efficiency gains to truly transformative learning experiences.

Chaula and Greg discuss:

- Why project-based funding fails to deliver systems change

- How nonprofits can balance big, ambitious ideas with long-term execution

- The case for fee-for-service and venture models inside nonprofits

- Why adoption matters more than innovation in education technology

- How AI can deepen learning, not just save time