Grapevine Journal

Today marks a win for the giving circle movement with Sara Lomelin’s TED talk about giving circles. Check out 5 of the most inspiring moments from her impactful TED talk here!

Our founder Emily Rasmussen had the opportunity to attend the 2022 TED Conference to see friend and collaborator Sara Lomelin speak about giving circles. Read all about her experience at the conference and this exciting moment for the giving circle movement!

Meet Ashton Kao who began his quest to help others at the ripe age of six years old! Learn how a childhood movie led him to eventually found the Asian American Youth Giving Circle.

Last week we launched our new Speaker Series featuring leading thinkers, practitioners, and industry experts. Our first guest was Joy Webb, the founder of Circle of Joy Giving Circle and member of the Atlanta Inequality in Philanthropy Advisory Group!

A new group in our Grapevine Giving Circle Network, Women in Tech for Gender Equality just had their first quarterly meeting, where they decided to donate their pooled funds to Bank$Works. Learn all about this giving circle and their first donation recipient!

Learn more about local giving, creating community, and amplifying your impact. In our new monthly speaker series, our Founding Members get the chance to hear from leading thinkers & practitioners in the giving circle movement, as well as philanthropists, industry experts & more.

A local group in our new Grapevine Giving Circle Network, Reno Women for Good just launched in July. Learn all about the giving circle, their kickoff meeting, the group leaders, and how to join this group of inspiring women!

While many people are familiar with crowdfunding, Grapevine is paving the way as the first crowdgranting platform. Learn about the 4 C’s of crowdgranting and how it differs from crowdfunding.

Today we’re highlighting the Pop Culture Collaborative, a philanthropic resource and funder learning community working to transform the narrative landscape in America around people of color, immigrants, refugees, Muslims, and Indigenous peoples.

Women are stepping up and paving the way for collective giving. Read about the ways that women are becoming increasingly involved in philanthropic endeavors and giving more together.

Claire Axelrad explains how you can use Giving Circles to make sure that when you look at your revenue pie chart, no slice is significantly larger than the rest. Haven't heard of the concept? Learn more from Claire.

Meet the members of Geau Girls! Learn more about how this giving circle got started, the group’s mission, how they have impacted their community, and what the future will look like for the group.

Our team here at Grapevine is working every day to bring you a better experience! Check out our most recent updates including a new way to request nonprofit nominations from members of your giving circle.

Meet the members of the Ohana Homefront Foundation! Learn more about how this giving circle got started, the group’s mission, how they have impacted their community, and what the future will look like for the group.

Grapevine giving circles are making a difference! Check out some of the impactful charities that our giving circles supported last month and the inspiring groups that made it happen!

Meet the members of Project W! Learn more about how this giving circle got started, the group’s mission, how they have impacted their community, and what the future will look like for the group.

Our team here at Grapevine is working every day to bring you a better experience! Check out our most recent updates including a new “Group Milestones” post type and the ability to add YouTube and Vimeo videos to your posts.

Meet the members of the Women's Debate Institute! Learn more about how this giving circle got started, the group’s mission, how they have impacted their community, and what the future will look like for the group.