Giving Circles Organizing
Friday, October 1, 2010 | 2:00pm - 5:30pm
The concept of community philanthropy is providing a space for individuals at the institutional and community-based giving tables.
Collective giving models are a viable and effective way to help broaden the field of philanthropy. These groups are utilizing individual and collective giving strategies to address inequities in their communities.
Giving circles are one way for people to organize and leverage their time, talent and treasure and redirect these collective assets strategically to benefit their community. It is important to note that although giving circles are garnering most of the attention as a giving trend within the field of philanthropy, we see other forms of collective giving taking place in communities, fueling the demographic transition.
These collective giving models include hometown associations, mutual aid societies, fraternities and sororities, or organized giving through faith or religious practices. People have been organizing and transferring their resources collectively within plain sight of everyone, with or without recognition from organized philanthropy.
Please join Darryl Lester, founder of HindSight Consulting, and the Community Investment Network in a conversation about giving circles and other collective giving models that are engaged in strategic grantmaking in communities.
HindSight Consulting, Inc designs tools and educational programs that inspire individuals, organizations, and institutions to:
- Develop more strategic uses of time, talent, and treasure for community transformation.
- Celebrate human competencies and cultural traditions as assets and foster risk-taking and creativity in tackling community problems.
- Recognize that solutions to community problems often come from unexpected places and from people seldom included in community decision-making.
Darryl Lester has been engaged in organizing and researching giving circles since 2001. His mission has been to give credibility and visibility to community philanthropy while breaking down barriers for individuals and organizations to play active roles in the supply side of philanthropy.
