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Below is a list that GCN has researched and compiled,
totaling more than 236
Giving Circles based in the United States that give largely to local
communities (see location below), but also some of which give to communities
overseas. We initially established a basic list from our own
Giving Circles Advisory Panel
and
subsequently expanded it by scanning the media and internet (see our
News section). We have since
been sent leads and updates from new Giving Circles themselves and researchers
in the field.
Lastly, there is also a new site for Giving Circles Meetup groups and the Giving
Circles Meetup Alliance where Giving Circles can be found (see below). Note that many Giving Circles do not have websites and can be quite informal, so
not all have website links available. As Giving Circles are changing and being created daily, we recommend that
you conduct your own searches and obtain referrals from the following Giving
Circles regarding additional ones in your area. If you have any Giving
Circles to recommend or any changes to this list, please
contact us.*
United States
Giving Circle Chapters
located in the U.S.
Global Giving Circles
Online or Virtual Circles (based in
the US)
Giving Circle Meetup
Groups 
and the Giving
Circles Alliance
Giving Circles located in the
U.S.
Nationwide Circles:
"Hijas Americanas": Call for a New Nationwide Giving Circle Supporting
Latina Teens via educational grants (for scholarships).
By Regions:
Pacific
By States:
Alabama /
Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas
/
California /
Colorado /
Connecticut / Delaware /
District of Columbia (Wash., DC)
/ Florida / Georgia /
Hawaii / Idaho /
Indiana /
Illinois / Iowa /
Kansas / Kentucky / Louisiana
/
Maine / Maryland /
Massachusetts /
Michigan / Minnesota
/
Mississippi /
Missouri /
Montana /
Nebraska /
Nevada /
New
Hampshire
/
New Jersey
/ New Mexico /
New York / North Carolina /
North Dakota / Ohio /
Oklahoma /
Oregon /
Pennsylvania /
Rhode Island
/ South
Carolina /
South Dakota /
Tennessee / Utah / Virginia / Vermont /
Washington /
Wisconsin / Wyoming
/ Texas
Giving Circle Chapters
throughout the U.S.
(multiple locations)
- Asian Americans/Pacific
Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) (8 Chapters)
- Bread for the Journey
(18 Chapters)
- Dining for
Women (51 Chapters)
-
"Impact" organizations (6 Organizations)
- Social Venture Partners or
Social Venture Partners International
- Womenade (38
Chapters)
- Chicks with Checks
(New/licenses available to start chapters):
Founded in Charleston, SC in 2006, Chicks with Checks combines
networking and giving in a social setting. Each monthly Party with a
Purpose benefits a different low-profile, high-impact community-based
non-profit. Instead of the business speaker typical of networking
events, Chicks with Checks invites representatives from the featured
charity to mingle and chat with those present and then provide a brief
presentation on what the charity does, whom it serves, what gap it
fills, and what Chicks with Checks can do to help. As a membership
organization, 25% percent of each membership (more for corporate
memberships) and 100% each event's proceeds is donated to the featured
charity. Men may join and attend parties, but there is a catch - come
with a woman on each arm or put on a skirt and party with the Chicks!
Contact 843-352-8978.
US-Northeast
& Mid-Atlantic:
Connecticut / Delaware /
Maine / Maryland /
Massachusetts / New
Hampshire /
New Jersey / New York /
Pennsylvania / Rhode Island
/ Virginia / West Virginia
/ Vermont /
Washington, DC Metro Area
Connecticut
-
Catalyst Fund (New Britain, CT)
-
Dining for Women
(Canaan, Fairfield & Weston, CT)
-
Progreso Latino Fund (New Haven, CT) via the Community Foundation
for Greater New Haven
Resources in CT:
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy
Delaware
There are no known Giving Circles in Delaware. If you
are aware of or have started one, please
contact us.
Resources in DE:
Delaware
Valley Grantmakers
Maine
- Portland Giving Circle
(Portland, ME)
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Maryland
- Apple Harvest Giving Circle
(Baltimore, MD) Contact: Kris
Appel
- Anne Arundel Women Giving
Together at the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (Anne Arundel County, MD)
- B'MORE Fund at The Baltimore
Community Foundation (Baltimore, MD)
- Baltimore Women's Giving Circle
at the Baltimore Community Foundation
(Baltimore, MD)
- Change Fund at Associated
Black Charities of Maryland (Baltimore, MD)
- Jewish Women's Giving
Foundation of THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
(Baltimore, MD)
- Many Hands Giving Circle (Bethesda, MD)
- Quality of Life Giving Circle at the
Baltimore Community Foundation (Baltimore, MD)
- The Women's
Leadership Council at United Way of Central Maryland (Baltimore, MD)
- Weinberg
Fellows Giving Circle at the Baltimore Community Foundation
(Baltimore, MD)
- Women and Girls Fund of the
Mid-Shore at the Mid-Shore Community Foundation (Easton, MD)
- Women's Fund of Washington
County at the Washington County Community Foundation (Hagerstown,
MD)
- Women's Giving Circle at
Associated Black Charities of Maryland (Baltimore, MD)
- Women's Giving Circle of
Frederick County at the Frederick County Community Foundation
(Frederick County, MD)
-
Women's Giving Circle of Howard County at the Columbia Foundation
(Howard County, MD)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Annapolis, MD
Chevy Chase,
MD
Rockville,
MD
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Massachusetts
- African-American Federation of Greater Boston (Boston, MA)
- Arts
and Social Change Funding Circle (Arlington, MA)
Initiative
of the Zing and Threshold Foundations
- Boston
Jewish Community Women's Fund - BJCWF (Boston, MA)
- Daily Muses Fund (Boston, MA)
- Saffron Giving Circle
(Boston, MA)
- Social Venture Partners -
Boston (Boston, MA)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Andover, MA
Boston,
MA
New Bedford,
MA
Plymouth,
MA
New Hampshire
- Seacoast Women’s Giving
Circle (Portsmouth, NH)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Durham, NH
Exeter, NH
Hampton, NH
Stratham, NH
Portsmouth, NH
New Jersey
- Party with Purpose
(Hoboken, NJ)
- Women United in
Philanthropy (Bergen County, NJ)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Mountain Lakes, NJ
New York
- AsiaNextGen Giving Circle
(New York, NY)
-
Asian Women Giving Circle of New York City (New York, NY)
- Black Women for Girls (New York,
NY)
- NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund
(New York, NY)
- Natan (New York, NY)
- The Women's Giving Circle,
The American Red Cross/Finger Lakes Chapter (Seneca Falls,
NY)
- The Women's Giving Circle,
The American Red Cross/Yates County Chapter (Penn
Yan, NY)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Rochester, NY
Pennsylvania
- INFINITY
(Kittanning, PA)
-
Sankofa Fund of Southwest Pennyslvania (Pittsburgh, PA)
- The Ladies' Half of
Cumberland County at the Foundation for Enhancing Communities of
Harrisburg, PA (Harrisburg, PA)
- Women's Giving Circle at
the York, PA Community Foundation (York, PA)
Rhode Island
- Social Venture Partners of Rhode
Island
Virginia
- AOL Giving Tree Circle
(Leesburg, VA)
- Capital Seed (Arlington VA)
- Giving Circle of Arlington,
VA (Arlington VA)
-
Giving Circle of Hope
(Reston, VA)
- Global
Sojourns (Arlington, VA) See also
Global Giving Circles
-
New Mountain Climbers (Christianburg, Montgomery County, VA)
-
Women for Wise Giving of Alexandria (WWGA) (Alexandria, VA)
- Women in the Giving Spirit or "W.I.N.G.S." (
- Women's Giving Circle
of Alexandria at the Alexandria, VA Community Trust (Alexandria, VA)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Alexandria, VA
Charlottesville, VA
West Virginia
There are no known Giving Circles in
West Virginia. If you are
aware of or have started one, please
contact
us.
Resources in WV:
Give to West Virginia; and
Southern Partners Fund.
Vermont
There are no known Giving Circles in Vermont. If you are
aware of or have started one, please
contact
us.
Washington, DC Metropolitan Area:
-
African American Women's Giving Circle at the Washington Area Women's
Foundation (Washington, DC)
-
Gather and Give at the Washington Area Women's Foundation
(Washington, DC)
-
Rainmakers Giving Circle at the Washington Area Women's Foundation
(Washington, DC)
- Washington Womenade
(Washington, DC)
- Young People's Progressive Giving Circle - Food
(Washington, DC)
(See also Virginia and Maryland)
US-Southeast & South Central:
Alabama / Arkansas /
Florida / Georgia /
Kentucky / Mississippi /
North Carolina / South
Carolina / Tennessee
Alabama
- Birmingham Change
Fund (Birmingham, AL)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Birmingham, AL
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Arkansas
- University of
Arkansas Women's Giving Circle (Fayetteville, AR)
Florida
- Funding Arts Network
“FAN” (Miami-Dade County, FL)
- Impact 100
(Pensacola Bay, FL)
-
Smart Women with Spare Change (Key Biscayne, FL)
- Women's
Fund of Miami-Dade County
-
Women Supporting the Arts
(Martin County, FL)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Sebastian, FL
Palm Beach, FL
Jacksonville, FL
Tampa, FL
Georgia
-
Brendan
Lillis Words Giving Circle (Alpharetta, GA) *Global
Giving Circle - See Summary
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Atlanta, GA
Kentucky
- Impact 100
Owensboro (Owensboro, KY)
Louisiana
-
Zawadi of New Orleans Giving Circle (New Orleans, LA)
Mississippi
There are no known Giving Circles in
Mississippi. If you are
aware of or have started one, please
contact
us.
North Carolina
-
A LOT "A Legacy of Tradition"
(Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC)
- The Beehive
Collective (Raleigh, NC)
- Fondue Fund
(Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Highpoint NC - Piedmont Triad)
-
Heritage Quilters Circle (Warrenton,
NC)
-
New Generation of African American
Philanthropists Fund (Charlotte, NC)
-
Way Out (Wake County, NC)
-
Women's Fund of
Winston-Salem (Winston-Salem, NC)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Apex, North Carolina (Womenade
"Sisters of Servanthood" or SOS)
Faith Based
Winston Salem, North
Carolina
Chapel Hill, North
Carolina
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
South Carolina
- Women Making A
Difference (Charleston, SC)
-
Dining for Women
(Greenville, SC)
- Chicks with Checks (Charleston,
SC)
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Tennessee
- Chattanooga
Youth Giving Circle (Chattanooga, TN) via the Community
Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Inc.
US-Midwest:
Colorado / Indiana /
Illinois / Iowa /
Kansas / Michigan / Minnesota
/ Missouri / Nebraska /
North Dakota / Ohio /
Oklahoma / South Dakota /
Wisconsin
Colorado
- Social Venture Partners
/ Boulder County (CO)
- Warren Village Giving
Circle (Denver, CO)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
La Plata, CO
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Indiana
- Impact 100 -
Indianapolis (Indianapolis , IN)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Gary, IN
Linton, IN
Danville, IN
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Illinois
- Asian Women's
Giving Circle (Chicago, IL) hosted by the Chicago Community Trust
- Latino Giving Circle
(Chicago, IL) hosted by the Chicago Community Trust
- Nuestro Futuro
(Chicago, IL) hosted by the Chicago Community Trust
- Sistuh
Circle or
Sistuhs on the Move (Chicago, IL)
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Iowa
- Mercy Alliance for Women's Health (Sioux City, IA)
- Women's Philanthropy Healthcare Fund (Sioux City, IA)
Kansas
- 360o
of Giving – Learn, Share & Grow Through Philanthropy (Kansas
City, KS)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Wyandotte, KS
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Michigan
- Three Generations
Circle of Women Givers (Traverse City, MI)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Detroit, MI
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Minnesota
- Community Capital
Alliance (Twin Cities) &
Their Story
-
Hmong Women’s Giving Circle of Minnesota (HWGC)
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Missouri
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Hannibal, MO
Nebraska
- Women's Fund of
Greater Omaha (Omaha, NE)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Lincoln, NE
Omaha, NE
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
North Dakota
- Womenade - Red River Valley (Fargo, ND)
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Ohio
- Cleveland Colectivo (Cleveland, OH)
- Impact 100, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Springfield, OH
Oklahoma
- Impact Oklahoma
(Oklahoma City, OK)
South Dakota
-
Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Wisconsin
- African American Women's Fund Project, hosted by the
Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee
(Milwaukee, WI)
- Belles, Books and Candor (Found via the
Oshkosh Area Community
Foundation) (Oshkosh, WI)
- Children's Giving Circle (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)
- Dining For Women Chapters (Go to
Dining for Women, look
under "Get Involved" and find chapters in this State):
Burlington, WI
Fort Atkinson, WI
Milwaukee, WI
- Eddie's Book Club (Milwaukee, WI)
- Everyday
Philanthropists of Greater Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)
- Giving Empowers my Sisters or "G.E.M.S." (Acorn Giving Circle Fund
set up under the Women's Fund umbrella via the
Oshkosh Area Community
Foundation - Go to "Funds" and click on "Giving Circles") (Oshkosh, WI)
- Giving Circle of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)
- Latinas en Acción, hosted by the
Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee
(Milwaukee, WI)
- Lesbian Fund Project, hosted by the
Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee
(Milwaukee, WI)
- M3 Fund (under the "Acorn Fund" of the
Oshkosh Area Community
Foundation - Go to "Funds" and click on "Giving Circles")
(Oshkosh, WI)
- Women in Medicine Fund - The Women in Medicine Fund is a Giving
Circle under the Women's Fund of the
Oshkosh Area Community
Foundation - Go to "Funds" and click on "Giving Circles",
supporting women's and girls' issues in Winnebago County. (Winnebago
County, WI)
- Wine Ladies Fund (under the "Women's Fund" of the
Oshkosh Area Community
Foundation - Go to "Funds" and click on "Giving Circles") (Oshkosh, WI)
- Women and
Girls Fund of Waukesha County (Waukesha County, WI)
- Women's Fund of
Madison (Madison, WI)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Dousman, WI
Madison, WI
Milwaukee, WI
Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha, WI
- Young N.U.T.S (Never Underestimate the Sisterhood)- (Acorn Giving0
Circle Fund of the Oshkosh Area
Community Foundation; Go to "Funds" and click on "Giving
Circles") (Oshkosh, WI)
- Check Also for:
Other Giving Circle Chapters in this
State
US-Southwest
Arizona /
California / New Mexico /
Nevada / Texas
Arizona
- Adams
Giving Circle YIP
(Safford, AZ)
- Arizona Social Change Fund (Phoenix, AZ)
- Social Venture Partners - Arizona
(Phoenix, AZ)
- Tapestry Fund (Phoenix, AZ)
- 4 Arts Circle (Scottsdale, AZ)
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
California
-
The Clarence Foundation (Oakland, CA)
-
Palo Alto Giving Circle (Palo Alta, CA)
- San Diego Women's
Foundation (SDWF) (San Diego, CA)
- San Diego Social
Venture Partners (San Diego, CA)
- Caritad Partners
(San Francisco, CA)
- The Full Circle Fund
(San Francisco, CA)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Los Angeles, California
San Francisco, California
New Mexico
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Cedar Crest, New
Mexico
Sandia Park, New
Mexico
Nevada
-
Nevada Women's Philanthropy (Las Vegas, NV)
Texas
- Impact Austin (Austin,
TX)
- Impact San Antonio
(San Antonio, TX)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Cedar Park, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas
US-Northwest &
Mountain
Idaho /
Montana / Oregon / Utah /
Washington / Wyoming
Idaho
- Idaho
Women's Charitable Foundation (Boise, ID)
- Womenade of Greater Omaha
Resources in Idaho:
Women's Fund of Greater Omaha
Montana
There are no verifiable giving circles in Montana. If you
are aware of one or have started one, please
contact
us.
Oregon
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Portland, Oregon
Utah
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Salt Lake, Utah
Washington
- One by One
(Seattle, WA)
- Washington Women's
Foundation (Seattle, WA)
- Social Venture Partners
(Seattle, WA)
- Womenade
Chapters in:
Bellevue, Washington
Wyoming
- Rainbow
Giving Circle of Wyoming (Wyoming)
- Check Also: Giving
Circle Chapters in this State
Pacific
Alaska
There are no known Giving Circles in
Alaska. If you are
aware of or have started one, please
contact
us.
Hawaii
There are no known Giving Circles in
Hawaii. If you are
aware of or have started one, please
contact
us.
Resources:
Envision Hawaii
Global Giving Circles
Global Giving Circles are globally focused Giving Circles of persons
who actually meet in person (usually on a short-term philanthropic trip)
and who give their money and/or time to address issues in a specific
country and/or specific subject of mutual concern, such as AIDS in
Kenya, etc. These Global Giving Circles are therefore not considered
virtual or online Circles.
- The Clarence
Foundation's Global Giving Circle Program:
The Clarence Foundation is
an international grantmaking organization that serves as a host for
globally focused Giving Circles around the country. The foundation
offers its own short-term Giving Circle programs, which invite a diverse
group of donors to address a particular global challenge or region of
the world. The foundation also serves as a host for individuals and
groups who wish to start their own globally focused Giving Circle.
-
Global
Sojourns (Arlington, VA): This is a new global Giving Circle working in
cooperation with the Clarence Foundation. While Global Sojourns
offers itself as a resource for extraordinary and "off-the-beaten-track"
travel, it has more recently created a Giving Circle as a means to
complement their activities and provide their travellers with a means to
give back after their sojourns. In addition to becoming more
actively and constructively engaged in giving, this Giving Circle also
seeks to educate individuals about global giving.
- Palo
Alto Giving Circle (Palo Alta, CA): San Francisco Bay Area
based global giving circle, which allotted $57,750 among six different
organizations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, including for vulnerable
youth, recycling and and girl's health and education.
- Grantmakers Without Borders (Gw/oB)
is a "...network of
trustees and staff of public and private foundations as well as
individual donors who practice global social change philanthropy."
-
Brendan
Lillis Words Giving Circle (Alpharetta, GA):
BLWGC is sponsored by the
Brendan Lillis
Words Foundation, Inc. and presently focuses the circle on educational tools for
(providing internet access to) 580 school children from three
communities in South Africa. These tools seek to supplement
the educational
support already being given to the Blair Atholl schools, which are
funded in large part from the interest on
an endowment from the Gary
Player Foundation.
Online or Virtual Circles
Online Circles are geographically dispersed individuals who come
together online via a BLOG site or other creative online space to pool
funds for charitable purposes. As of this writing, we are aware of
only the following:
- Web Women Giving Circle,
organized out of Arizona
..."is a group of professionals [in the real estate industry] dedicated to
leveraging and pooling their individual talents and resources to make a
positive impact worldwide" and they are "...raising donations for CARE,
a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty." (Source: Joeann Fossland, Publisher) This Circle's approach to generating
funding for charity is to use the proceeds from the August 2006 sales of
two real estate books (via an eCommerce donation platform in an online
bookstore) to the
Giving
Circle CARE Challenge.
* GCN provides this list as an informational service only and does not in any
way advocate or endorse any one Giving Circle by its presence on this list, nor
does it make any claims about any one Giving Circle. GCN relays
information that is publicly available or otherwise provided to GCN about
Giving Circles and related forms of shared giving, whether such organizations
are formal or informal in nature. It is the responsibility of each
Giving Circle to ensure their legal and financial status as may apply or be
required by law -- the federal government and/or their respective states or
counties.
If your Circle is on this list and wishes to be removed or to have the link or
any other information updated, please
contact us.
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