These interviews have been edited for length:HOUSTON — A longtime resident of Houston, Monica Fulton, 51, prioritizes giving to organizations serving the city’s residents.
That changed in 2018 when she helped organize a group of donors who pool their funds to support small organizations serving women and girls on Chicago’s South Side.
The giving circle makes relatively small grants to organizations that have budgets of less than $500,000, where those grants can make a big difference.
During the height of the pandemic, they took an online training through the organization Philanthropy Together about how to run a giving circle.
“They trust that the group is doing the vetting and that their money’s going to a good cause.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Associated Press, Houston Food Bank, Fulton, ”, Chicago Foundation for Women, ATLANTA, American, Atlanta Beltline, Big Brothers, Sisters, America, of Georgia, Ezekiel Taylor Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP
Locations:
Houston, Panama, Chicagoland, Atlanta, ___ LAFAYETTE, Lafayette, Boulder , Colorado