Sarah Sassoon
VP of Operations at Chariot
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
VP of Operations
2024 - Current
Chariot is the payments company dedicated to Donor Advised Fund (DAF) giving. DAFpay, Chariot’s 3-click DAF payment option, allows donors to give with their DAF anywhere they are inspired to give online. This enables donors to use their DAF in more places, more often, and unlocks more DAF gifts with better information for nonprofits. Chariot powers direct DAF payments for many of the largest nonprofits in the country, such as the American Cancer Society, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
A payments infrastructure and financial services for non profits.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from Maveron.
Senior Associate, Venture Lab
2023 - 2024
Associate, Venture Lab
2020 - 2023
Summer Associate, Venture Lab
2020 - 2020
Graduate Intern, Venture Lab
2020 - 2020
Consultant, SME Finance Forum
2019 - 2020
IFC's Venture Capital group invests in ventures and growth stage companies.
Graduate Summer Intern, Digital Financial Services Team
2019 - 2019
Partnerships Specialist
2017 - 2018
Business Development Coordinator
2015 - 2016
The Dodo is a digital media company devoted to animals.
Raised $18,178,569.00 from Berggruen Holdings, Lerer Hippeau, SoftBank, SoftBank Capital, David Stern and Greycroft.
Research Intern, "The Evening News with Scott Pelley"
2014 - 2014
CBS News is the news and information division of CBS Corporation.