Philanos

Philanos is a network of over 90 giving circles whose 20,000+ members have cumulatively granted $207 million in their local communities. Although these circles vary by the size of their grants, funding areas, structure, and number of members, they function and are challenged similarly. Philanos’ role is to share best practices that help these giving circle affiliates with all aspects of building, running, and growing their organizations and incorporating new practices.
With over 20,000 women philanthropists in Philanos, they have awarded grants in their communities in support of culture, climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, justice, Black led, gender equality, and racial justice, among other community needs.

Our educational programming to support this mission includes:
■ 6-8 webinars annually with topics such as:

+ Communicating Impact in a Trust-Based World + Funding Women and Girls + Succession Planning

■ Virtual affinity group meetings about:

+ Communications in our Comms Club; + All things technology in Tech Talks; and + Strategies and challenges of leading a giving circle in "A Table for Chairs" exclusively for the President or Chair of a circle.

This programming is available to an unlimited number of an affiliate’s members, with the exception of “A Table for Chairs”,

We also offer opportunities to network and connect with other giving circles through our private Affiliate Portal. It contains:

+ the Philanos Resource Library, with information on numerous issue areas important to women's giving circles; + a member-to-member forum where women can pose questions to the community (i.e. “Do you pay honoraria to speakers and if so, how much?”); and + 5 years of recorded past webinars.

Every 18 months, Philanos hosts an in-person Conference for women in and supporters of collective giving. We will gather November 5-7, 2023 in Baltimore, MD to learn from nationally recognized keynote and plenary speakers and in 20 breakout sessions from network leaders and other outside experts. Learn more: https://philanos.org/PowerUP!-Conference

Philanos serves to catalyze the women’s collective giving movement through connecting, learning and sharing.