Pre-Conference Session
Giving Circles 101: From Concept to Creation
Friday, October 3, 2008, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Are you thinking about creating a giving circle among your friends or colleagues? Throughout history, passionate individuals have joined together to make life better in their communities. Today, thousands of “concerned citizens” have pooled their time, talent, and treasure to create giving circles and these circles have been gaining visibility across the country.
This session will provide you with some of the roadmaps and tools on how to organize a giving circle. We will also look at the present trend of giving circles by fitting it into the context of today’s philanthropic landscape and how circles build on the history of pooling intellectual as well as financial capital. The session is designed to engender discussion on the emergence of community philanthropy as a measure and practice that recreates a public dynamic that engages and affirms the assets of local people to become civically engaged beyond mere words. Through the process of collective philanthropy equity is fostered in an environment where risks and rewards are shared between institutional philanthropists and community philanthropists. Participants will take a look at various models for giving circles.
Presenters:
Darryl LesterPresident, HindSight Consulting, Inc.
NGAAP Giving Circle
Athan LindsayNational Rural Funders Collaborative
NGAAP Giving Circle