New Report on Giving Circles

Giving circles are groups of people who combine their donations to fund projects in their communities. The Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers has been carefully tracking the emerging trend and has released "More Giving Together: The Growth and Impact of Giving Circles and Shared Giving." The Forum has identified more than 400 giving circles and has gathered in-depth information on 160 of them.

This second report from the Forum updates basic giving circle data from the original 2004 study, describes how giving circles sustain themselves, and encourages the formation of more giving circles. The full-text of the study is available at the Forum's web site. For more information on starting or joining a giving circle, be sure to visit the Forum's Giving Circle Knowledge Center.