Resources

Giving Circle Building Blocks is a step-by-step conversation guide that covers the journey of a giving circle, from the very first "get to know you" to issuing grants. This guide will facilitate the giving process as circles start, shift priorities, and enrich members’ experiences.

Giving Circle Essentials is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the giving circle process, from articulating your vision to connecting with your grant recipients - and everything in between.

Become a certified Giving Circle in a box Facilitator through Amplifier—whether you facilitate for an organization, or a group of friends in a backyard!

Over the course of five meetings, you will be trained in leading a giving circle using our Giving Circle in a Box  (GCIAB) guide, as well as  general presentation, convening, and facilitation skills .

You’ll graduate with a certificate and will receive a $100 microgrant upon launching your first giving circle and responding to our follow-up surveys.

This program is for professionals, lay leaders, and general community conveners.

Cost:

·        $250 General fee for pros and lay leaders

·        No cost for Federation professionals as part of your Federation’s dues to JFNA

*If the cost is a barrier please be in touch.

Dates (all virtual, 2025):

·        Thursday, January 30th, 1-2pm ET 

·        Thursday, February 6th, 1-2pm ET 

·        Thursday, February 13th, 1-2pm ET 

·        Thursday, February 20th, 1-2pm ET

·        Thursday, February 27th,  1-2pm ET 

*You must be able to attend at least 4 of the 5 sessions to participate.

 Questions? Contact Dara Fersel, dara.fersel@jewishfederations.org

Simple worksheet to get your giving circle started

This article published in EJP on June 19, 2016, is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 17 – Engaging Millennials with Jewish Peoplehood What Does It Take? – published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] This article is also part of the Giving Circle in a Box curriculum, on page 19.

When people give together proactively and strategically — and deepen relationships

with each other along the way — they can maximize their impact and become

more involved with causes they care about for a lifetime. Members of giving

circles tend to give more generously and are more likely to tell other people about

the organizations they support. This creates a ripple effect beyond the circle itself.

Giving Panorama is a versatile, visual program. Invite participant to reflect, start conversations, and co-create a snapshot of the group's giving practices, using posters. There posters focus on issue areas specific to Jewish Federation work.

Giving Circles bringing people together to make an impact in the DC community.

The Giving Circle Facilitation Tool is here to help you become comfortable facilitating your giving circle meetings by providing you with fun icebreakers, structures to anchor your conversations, and strategies for closing the meeting. Bonus: includes easy-to-incorporate Jewish ideas and texts for each activity.

An overview of things to think about before starting or joining a giving circle

Have you wanted to start a giving circle but struggling to get it off the ground? Giving Circle in a Box is a step-by-step guide to starting and running a 4-session giving circle, including setting goals, recruitment, grant making tools, and full agendas and facilitation guides for each meeting. Running a Giving Circle using Giving Circle in a Box is a great tool to increase donor engagement with your organization, leadership development, building community, and sharing the important work your organization does. It can also be used for just a group of friends looking to run a giving circle together!

Amplifier's Giving Panorama is a versatile, visual program. Invite participant to reflect, start conversations, and co-create a snapshot of the group's giving practices. Giving Panorama works whether you have 15 minutes or 90 minutes, online or in-person, as a standalone program or in combination with existing programming.

Giving Panorama is a versatile, visual program. Invite participant to reflect, start conversations, and co-create a snapshot of the group's giving practices, using posters. These posters are general and meant for any organization.