The Giving Circle of Alexandria

Giving Circle of Alexandria logo The Giving Circle is a diverse group of women who are invested and engaged in their community. They believe that confronting the City’s high priority issues collectively and strategically is the best means to inspire social change. With an annual matching grant of $25,000, ACT has helped The Giving Circle increase their membership and impact around early childhood education. In 2009, ACT and The Giving Circle co-invested in a city-wide playgroup initiative to expand a collaborative playgroup model around the City.

Learn how you can support this program...

Setting Up a Fund

It is easy to establish a named grantmaking fund and the task can be often completed in less than a day.

First, decide what type of contribution you would like to use to establish the fund.
Select a name for the fund. You can use your own name, the name of a family member or one you invent.
Designate current fund advisors such as you, your spouse, and successor advisors such as children.
Complete and sign a simple governing document that we will provide.

Once a grantmaking fund is established, you may:

Add to the fund at any time in any dollar amount.
Specify how grant disbursements are to be acknowledged: in the name of the fund or anonymously.
If a donor advised fund has been established, the donor may recommend distributions from their fund to charities, locally or throughout the United States.