(in progress: examples from other countries/languages to be added)

Online Resources

• Black Benefactors
• Black Gives Back
• Common Change – provides a how to set up a giving circle
• Community Investment Network (U.S.) – provides information, support, interchange between those involved with Giving Circles
• ELLAS project (Argentina):
  • About us;
  • Projects;
  • ELLAS handbook on women’s giving circles (in Spanish) and ICOM’s post

• Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers (U.S.) A Handbook for Giving Circles Hosts
• National Giving Circle Network (by AAPIP)
• NGAAP Charlotte
•        Philanthropy Together
• The Funding Network

Additional resources

• Andris, Mary Kate. Motivation through circles: An analysis of women’s giving circles on philanthropy in higher education. Widener University, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2011.
• Barclay, Akira (interview with). Q+A with Akira Barclay:  The value of Black giving circles in the evolution of community philanthropy. Collective Influence, January 10, 2013.
• Barclay, Akira, Halima Leak-Francis, Chantal Bonitto.  The Power of Giving Circles. Webinar. New York University School of Professional Studies, n.d.
• Eikenberry, Angela M.
  • Giving Circles: Self-Help/ Mutual Aid, Community Philanthropy, or Both? [pdf]
  • Giving Circles and Fundraising in the New Philanthropy Environment. Association of Fundraising Professionals. February 2007  [pdf]
  • [Google Books] Giving Circles: Philanthropy, Voluntary Association, and Democracy
  • and Breeze, Beth (2015) Growing philanthropy through collaboration: The landscape of giving circles in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Voluntary Sector Review, 6 (1). pp. 41-59. ISSN 2040-8056.
  • and Bearman, Jessica; Han, Hao; Brown, Melissa; and Jensen, Courtney, “The Impact of Giving Together: Giving Circles’ Influence on Members’ Philanthropic and Civic Behaviors, Knowledge and Attitudes” (2009). Public Administration Faculty Publications. 42.
• Grant Craft. Together We Give (Case study featuring Sankofa Fund of Southwestern Pennsylvania)
• New York Women’s Foundation. “30 Years of Radical Generosity” chronicles the organization’s evolution.
• Ho, Andrew T. Asian American Giving Circles: Building Bridges between Philanthropy and Our Communities. Council on Foundations. Presented at the 37th Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Conference, November 20, 2008, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [pdf]
• Lee, Hali.  The Big We:  How Giving Circles Unlock Generosity, Strengthen Community, and Make Change. Zando Penguin Audio. 2025
•        Lomelin, Sara.  Your invitation to disrupt philanthropy. Ted Talk. 2022.
• Pisankaneva, Monika. Giving Circles: Unlocking Generosity by Bringing Donors Face-to-Face with Beneficiaries. European Community Foundation Initiative (ECFI), 2017.
• Ray, Lesley Ann. The emergence of giving circles and their relationships with nonprofit organisations: A case study
• Rutnik, Tracey A. and Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz. Growing Philanthropy Through Giving Circles: Lessons Learned from Start-Up to Grantmaking. Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers. 2003.
• Samuels, Shaun. South African Giving Circle Inspires Community, Builds Philanthropy [August 30, 2013] (URL currently unavailable)
• Shaw-Hardy, Sondra. Women’s Giving Circles: Reflections from the Founders. Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. August 2009

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