Giving Circles

Giving circles build community by connecting participants who decide together how the collective funds should be distributed.

The HICF is proud to strengthen local efforts by holding their funds, providing administrator support, building capacity, cultivating connections, and helping amplify their collective impact.

The HICF hosts the Moultrie County Impact Giving Circle and the She Gave Women's Giving Circle. And we are excited to announce the Piatt County Women's Giving Circle is launching in February 2026.

Giving circle members meet in welcoming ways and places to learn about the issue and opportunities affecting people 'in their own backyards' and beyond their neighborhoods. These gatherings are all about connection, learning and collective action.

Giving circle members describe the satisfaction, the joy, the fun - and the greater sense of community - gained from making new social relationships and from the knowledge that they are helping right where they live, work, play and call home. This joyfulness naturally carries into the celebrations that mark the culmination of each giving cycle.

The HICF applauds the generosity, energy, and open hearts and hands of all giving circle members!