Rooted in Community: The Infrastructure Powering Collective Giving
How do we sustain the momentum of a thriving collective giving movement?
Collective giving is on the rise. The 2024 In Abundance research report painted a clear picture of this movement’s growth: Between 2017 and 2023, 4,000 giving circles across the U.S. mobilized 370,000 individuals to give away $3.1 billion. With giving circles on track to double in the next five years, how do we sustain this momentum?
The sustainability and vitality of this movement rely on infrastructure and its ability to transform local generosity into a durable, equitable movement. Rooted in Community: The Infrastructure Powering Collective Giving is the latest report from Johnson Center and Colmena Consulting, which maps the ecosystem of organizations, relationships, and systems that make the collective giving movement more connected and accessible.
During this webinar, you’ll hear from lead researchers Adriana Loson-Ceballos and Michael Layton, along with key players in the collective giving infrastructure ecosystem, who will share insights illustrating how infrastructure is fundamental to this movement’s success.
Price: Free
Format: Virtual
Panelists
Representing field catalysts: Isis Krause, chief strategy officer of Philanthropy Together, who has helped connect and catalyze a movement of people giving together through research, trainings, advocacy, convenings, and storytelling that has reached global audiences more than 2 billion times.
Representing platforms: Emily Rasmussen of Grapevine, whose community giving platform enables more than 100,000 giving circle members to pool funds, communicate with one another, and manage transparent grantmaking in one place.
Representing networks: Ciara Garcia, CEO of Social Venture Partners International, whose network of 30 affiliates and 2,100+ donors brings together global partners to invest in systems-level change.
Representing hosts: Aden Ramirez, development advisor at the Arizona Community Foundation, who is leading efforts to expand giving circle participation and funding for local nonprofits across the state, including ACF’s 10 giving circles.
Representing researchers: Adriana Loson-Ceballos, Ph.D., of Colmena Consulting, and co-author of In Abundance: An Analysis of the Thriving Landscape of Collective Giving in the U.S., whose participatory approach to evaluation and research was the foundation for the latest national landscape study of giving circles across the U.S.
Moderator
Michael D. Layton, Ph.D., is the W.K. Kellogg Community Philanthropy Chair at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and co-author of the report, Rooted in Community: The Infrastructure Powering Collective Giving.
Please note: This webinar will be recorded and shared publicly online after the live session.
Questions about this event or your registration?
Call 616-331-7585 or email jcp@gvsu.edu.