GIVING CIRCLES
What is a Giving Circle
Over the last decade or so, giving circles have risen in popularity in Australia, creating a powerful grassroots philanthropic movement, driven largely by women. In essence, a giving circle is where like-minded people pool resources and democratically grant funds to causes that fit the ethos of the circle.
Watch ABC Lateline on Melbourne Women’s Fund and Giving Circles
What Giving Circles do
- Contribute to a pooled fund of money
- Democratically decide how funding will be granted
- Work together to raise awareness and engagement with the issues addressed by the charities they support
- Learn about philanthropic giving & the power of collective giving
- Seek greater knowledge of the issues facing society to become active rather than passive philanthropists
- Can donate time and skills to charitable causes