“Collective giving democratizes who and what gets funding. Many donors who participate in giving circles are giving with and for their own community—something we don’t normally see in more traditional philanthropic practices.”
Source: Ms. Magazine
Photo: HERitage Giving Fund
“It’s a break away from the norm to have a good time with other working moms who understand the struggle. We can honestly only do so much.”
Source: Tulsa World
Photo: Boss Mom Crew
Photo Credit: Pretty Pixelz
“Gradually, the men who would establish Lifeline found one another inside the prison. They shared a sense of justice and a desire to mentor their peers and encourage them to expand their idea of who an incarcerated person could be and how he could contribute.”
Source: The Seattle Times
LatinasGive! and Latinos Impacting our Future Together (L.I.F.T.) are respectively the first Latina-led and all-male Latino-led giving circles in Colorado. Read about how their partnership has strengthened the Denver community.
“It wasn’t until I had the opportunity to give alongside other women in both of these giving circles that I began to shift my perspective on what it meant to give as a woman of color.”
Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy
“The equity grant started as a pilot program last year and has become a regular part of Impact Austin’s grants. ‘The need in the community is deep,’ said Christina Gorczynski, executive director of Impact Austin.”
Source: Austin American-Statesman
Photo: Grant Recipient Con Mi Madre
Photo Credit: Perla Arellano
“Since its inception, nextgen has already made and donated sandwiches to homeless shelters, organized a street clean-up, collected ties for an all-boys school for boys from underserved communities and planted daffodils for the 9/11 memorial.”
Source: QNS
Photo: Impact100 nextgen
Denver’s first Latina giving circle is LatinasGive! — a group of Latinas giving their time, talent, treasure and testimony collectively year-round.
“Philanthropy literally means “the love of people” in Latin, and giving circles can offer everyday people a powerful way to exhibit love for one another.”
Source: CircleAround
“Inspired by HB1210, the Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County has invested in helping to create a pipeline of women of color leaders through a new funding partnership with The 3rd and The Highland Project.”
Source: Maryland Matters
