Resources

Jewish Values worksheet created as part of a presentation for the Prizmah conference.

Looking for a budget to share with your grant applicants or grantees? Use this sample as a starting point and feel free to update it for your giving circle's needs.

This collection of documents from the Natan Fund includes an evaluation rubric, a sample grant agreement, and grantee report form. Feel free to reference and customize these documents for your own giving circle.

Use this document as a starting point for your RFP process.

The Case for a Federation Giving Circle provides insight into how giving circles at Federations are used as an engagement and fundraising tool for a wide variety of audiences. In this guide, you’ll find insights on how this unique model operates as well as several case studies of how day schools have successfully incorporated this model of hands-on philanthropy into their communities.

How has the field of collective giving shifted in response to recent world events? What is the impact of being in a collective giving group? Who is part of this movement?

Watch as lead researchers Dr. Adriana Loson-Ceballos and Dr. Michael D. Layton, along with Sara Lomelin and Isis Krause of Philanthropy Together, discuss exciting key findings from the report.

This guide will give you the tools and resources for giving to ensure every Jew can feel at home in Israel, express themselves Jewishly and discusses the movement to grow and expand religious diversity. Created in partnership with The Israel Religious Expressions Platform (IREP).

Use this document as a starting point for your own conflict of interest form.

Want to invite others to join your giving circle but not sure what to say? Check out this sample recruitment letter and make it your own.

Amplifier’s incubator helps support the creation of new giving circles at Jewish nonprofits, making the process more accessible and successful for organizations that might already have limited staff capacity. Incubator highlights include: 

• Facilitation training and consulting from Amplifier.

• Micro grant from Amplifier to each participating organization for their Giving Circle.

• Online convenings to learn, strategize, troubleshoot, and build lasting professional connections.

• A robust toolkit with everything you need to run your giving circle.

  
  

Program Overview:

The program brings together multiple organizations that will individually run their local giving circle with support from Amplifier. You will select your own local giving circle members and giving level, based on your organizational goals and priorities, and set your own meeting dates. 

The professional running your giving circle will participate in train-the-trainer workshops prior to each local meeting with fellow incubator participants where we will go through the meeting agenda step by step and answer any questions.

Incubator Dates:

• Feb/March:  Confirm your participants and collect funds (Includes a planning and recruitment support call with Amplifier).

• Thurs, March 27th, 1-2pm ET| Staff Virtual Train the Trainer for Meeting 1

• Wed., April 9th, 1-2pm ET| Staff Virtual Train the Trainer for Meeting 2

• Thurs., April 24th, 1-2pm ET | Staff Virtual Train the Trainer for Meeting 3

• Tues., May 6th, 1-2pm ET | Staff Virtual Train the Trainer for Meeting 4

• Wed., May 21st, 1-2pm ET| Debrief

Amplifier teamed up with OneTable to bring you a guide to connecting about giving over your Shabbat dinner table. Invite some friends, put out some challah, and use this resource to ask questions, learn, and connect.

Watch this video in partnership with the Giving Circle in a Box booklet to learn more about how to use the guide to run your 4-session giving circle.