September 12, 2024

Philanos hosts a variety of virtual events throughout the year for you - our affiliates. Our monthly Webinars and Affinity Group gatherings provide opportunities to bring together women from Philanos Affiliates across the country to network, learn, share, and connect about topics that support your important work. Your Philanos membership includes these ongoing opportunities for you AND all members of your giving circle and we encourage you to forward this information regularly to your members so you can take full advantage of your Philanos membership. Thank you for being a part of our growing women's collective giving network - we truly are stronger together.

Register today and we'll see you soon!

• September 17 - AFFINITY GROUP: Membership Roundtable - Membership Data & Your Circle
• September 19 - AFFINITY GROUP: Staff Chat - Education Ideas
• September 24 - AFFINITY GROUP: Comms Club - Social Media & Your Circle
• October 8 - WEBINAR - Planning For Your Future: Creating and Communicating a Strategic Plan 
• October 17 - AFFINITY GROUP: Tech Talk - Artificial Intelligence & Giving Circles
• October 23 - AFFINITY GROUP: Grantmakers - Grant Applications

ICYMI Recently Recorded Events

• September Webinar - Evolving Membership Models 
• Tech Talk - Outgrowing Your Website Capabilities
• Comms Club - Tools for Managing Photos for Your Circle
• Membership Roundtable - Engaging New Members

And all of a sudden, Fall is aroundthe corner! 

An important Philanos commitment to all Philanos Affiliates is to seek out opportunities for innovation. This Fall, we are thrilled to begin our 2024-2025 Philanos Educational Webinar Series with some innovative membership ideas. Register today for our September 10 Webinar, "Evolving Membership Models: How Two Collective Giving Organizations are Moving Membership Forward" at 12 pm ET to learn from two Philanos Affiliates how they evolved their membership models to engage and expand their total membership.

Also during September, we are launching a 3-session Philanos Young Philanthropist Cohort. While applications for this cohort are now closed, we look forward to sharing highlights with each of you in October. Learn more here.

Our Philanos CircleUp Regional Events continue at an unbelievable pace. With successful events behind us for Denver and Las Vegas, we are eagerly looking ahead: Boise, ID (September 12), Reno, NV (September 26), Jackson, MS (October 2), Missoula, MT (October 21), Phoenix, AZ (October 29) and Nashville, TN (November 12). Details will be on the Philanos website as they become available and invitations are being sent out directly to local contacts. As part of our Fidelity Charitable Catalyst Fund Grant, we are very fortunate to be engaging through a  collaborative partnership with Philanthropy Together, Community Investment Network and Grapevine. Learn more here.

Finally, our two newest Affinity Groups launch this Fall! The Philanos Staff Chat Affinity Group will meet on September 19, and the Philanos Grantmaking Affinity Group will meet on October 23. These Affinity Groups join our successful Comms Club, Membership Roundtable and Tech Talk Affinity Groups. All Philanos Affinity Groups provide a wonderful way to engage members of your circle’s leadership team and committees who want new and innovative ideas. Each offers an interactive opportunity to Connect, Learn and Share and are open to all individual members of our Philanos Affiliates. Learn more here.

We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events - we truly are stronger together!

Sandy Cook, scook@philanos.org 
Clare O'Brien, cobrien@philanos.org
Ann Marie McGee, amcgee@philanos.org
Philanos Co-Chairs

Philanos August Wrap-up, Links to Last Month's Highlights

• Tech Talk Affinity Group Meeting
• Philoblog: Philanos Blog Posts 
• August 2024 eNews 

Have you watched any past webinars or PowerUP! Baltimore sessions this summer? 

Philanos to Promote Affiliates in Global Giving Circle Directory

Heads up to all Philanos Affiliate Leaders and Bundle Coordinators. Watch for an important email on July 8th.

Philanos and Grapevine are partnering to include all of our Philanos Affiliates in the Global Giving Circle Directory, a directory of 4000 giving circles. This Directory has a prominent placement on many popular philanthropy sites, including Grapevine, Philanthropy Together, Charity Navigator and Giving Compass.

Why is this important to you as a Philanos Affiliate?

Affiliates will enjoy greater visibility thereby increasing contacts with individuals who are interested in joining a giving circle. In addition, nonprofits seeking grants can find local giving circles.

Each affiliate’s listing will be consistent, and provide key information such as location, size, focus, website links and more. This data helps us accurately represent what Philanos Affiliates are doing!

Philanos will begin updating this information using data already collected from our annual update process, which will save Philanos Affiliates time and effort and most importantly, ensure full and accurate representation.

Thank you in advance for your support! Watch for the email. Questions? Email Mary Kwak

Affiliates Celebrating Anniversaries

20 Years:

• Impact San Antonio, TX
• Many Hands, DC
• Roanoke Women's Foundation, VA
• Women's Impact Fund, NC

15 Years:

• Giving Together, Inc. DC
• Impact100 Philadelphia, PA
• Impact100 Sonoma, CA
• Impact Giving, CA
• Women's Giving Circle of Cumberland County, NC

10 Years:

• Allinbklyn, NY
• Impact100 Westchester, NY

5 Years:

• Project W 

Email us and let us know if your circle is celebrating an anniversary!

Meet the Philanos 2024-2025 Board of Directors

View Bios Here

• Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz, Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County, MD
• Susan Benford, The Philanthropy Connection, MA
• Nina Cohen, Impact100 South Jersey, NJ
• Amy Conard, Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, MO
• Sandy Cook, Impact100 Metro Denver, CO & Women’s Giving Alliance of Northeast Florida
• Stephanie Cook, San Diego Women’s Foundation, CA
• Alisa Evans Debnam, Women’s Giving Circle of Cumberland County, NC
• Maggie Glasgow, Greenville Women Giving, SC
• Renee Gordon, Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle, MD
• Michelle Hynes, ninety-nine girlfriends, OR
• Heather Jauregui, Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation, ID
• Mary Kwak, Many Hands, DC
• Ann Marie McGee, Impact 100 Redwood Circle, CA
• Clare O’Brien, Impact 100 Cincinnati, OH
• Maureen Romito, Impact Las Vegas, NV
• Renuka Sastri, 100 Women Strong at Central Florida Foundation, FL
• Kirsten Stanley, Impact 100 Palm Beach County, FL
• Barb Van Winkle, Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County, MD
• Tyeshia “Ty” Wilson, HERitage Giving Fund, TX
• Sarah F Wimberley, Impact100 Philadelphia, PA

Philanos Governance Committee:

• Maureen Romito, Impact Las Vegas, NV
• Renuka Sastri, 100 Women Strong at Central Florida Foundation, FL
• Nina Cohen, Impact100 South Jersey, NJ
• Celeste Campos, Impact 100 Garden State, NJ
• Margo Greenfield, Impact 100 Essex, NJ
• Kimberly Kirn, Impact100 Philadelphia, PA