Emerging Topics in Philanthropy Webinar Series: Collective Giving
This video was recorded during a live webinar held on March 26, 2025.
Collective giving, where donors pool their money to make grants together, has grown significantly in recent years. This webinar features a panel discussion on how the tools of collective giving and giving circles can increase your impact while growing community connections and grantmaking knowledge.
Resources for collective giving
- Bridgespan provides a comprehensive database of philanthropic collaborations to help donors and organizations join forces to address complex social issues.
- Gates Foundation offers a platform for collective giving, bringing together donors and organizations to tackle global challenges including poverty, health, and education
- GlobalGiving hosts a collection of crisis-related funds that enable donors to collectively support communities impacted by disasters
- Grapevine is a collective giving platform that helps giving circles with collecting donations, making grants, and managing administrative tasks
- Philanos, a women’s giving circle network with 90+ giving circles across the U.S., the U.K., and Australia, offers education and collaboration to promote women’s philanthropy
- Philanthropy Together strengthens and expands collective giving by supporting giving circles globally with training, resources, and community building
- SeaChange: An Opt-In Approach to Program Related Investment, a case study about a pooled fund for program-related investments
About the speakers
Carmen Davis is the Senior Director of the Office of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy for the City of Chattanooga, where she leads initiatives that support the creative sector and foster cultural equity. With nearly 30 years in arts, culture, and entertainment, she has produced festivals, concert series, and exhibitions that celebrate diverse voices and build community.
Carmen’s commitment to philanthropy spans corporate, nonprofit, and grassroots giving. Before joining the City, she spent seven years in corporate philanthropy at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, overseeing funding for community initiatives. She is a founding member of the Sankofa Fund for Civic Engagement, a collective giving circle supporting Black-led and Black-serving organizations.
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She has served as a commissioner with the Chattanooga Human Rights Commission and Humanities Tennessee, and has held board positions with ArtsBuild, the Tivoli Foundation, RISE Chattanooga, and Sculpture Fields. A dedicated advocate for equitable funding, she has reviewed grants for the National Endowment for the Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission, Humanities Tennessee, United Way, and the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga. She also co-founded We Over Me Chattanooga, reinforcing her lifelong dedication to community-driven impact.
Anu Gupta is the Executive Director of the Raphael Family Foundation. She’s also the President of Power for Good Foundation where she designs initiatives that place philanthropy in the hands of employees of Power Home Remodeling. Through giving circles, voting, and nominations, every employee has “voice and choice” to shape 100% of the company’s contributions to local communities. Since launching in 2023, 76% of employees have participated in at least one program to shape $5M in giving.
Previously, Anu was the Executive Director of McKinsey.org, a philanthropic initiative that helps nonprofits be their best at doing good by strengthening the talent within their organization to amplify their impact. Anu has also held roles with The Rippel Foundation, where she is currently a Board Trustee, and within the social responsibility group at Johnson & Johnson. A physician by training, Anu lives with her family in New Jersey, where you will find her raising teenagers, attempting mindfulness, and playing with her puppy.
Katherina ‘Kat’ M. Rosqueta is the founding executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy, faculty co-director of High Impact Philanthropy Academy, adjunct faculty in the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), and a senior fellow at the Wharton Center on Leadership & Change Management. Founded as a collaboration between SP2 and alumni of the Wharton School, the Center for High Impact Philanthropy is the premier source of knowledge and education on how philanthropy can do more good.
Before accepting her appointment to launch the Center, Kat was a consultant with McKinsey & Company; a consultant to the founding team of New Schools Venture Fund; founding director of Board Match Plus, a San Francisco program dedicated to strengthening nonprofit boards; and program manager of Wells Fargo’s Corporate Community Development Group.
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Kat serves on the national board of Greenlight Fund, a venture philanthropy fund dedicated to addressing urgent social needs in cities around the United States, and co-chairs Greenlight Fund Philadelphia. She is a member of the Capitalization Committee of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), Philadelphia’s public-private economic development corporation. She is the former chair of the board of Candid (merger of Foundation Center and Guidestar), the world’s largest source of information on nonprofits and foundations. Her past civic leadership positions include board president of La Casa de las Madres (San Francisco’s oldest and largest shelter for battered women and their children), chair of the United Way’s Bay Area Week of Caring, and co-founder and executive committee member of the Women’s MBA Network.
Her work and comments have been cited in numerous publications including the New York Times, Slate, Money Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. She speaks frequently on social impact management and philanthropy and has lectured at the Wharton Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of California Haas School of Business, and the University of San Francisco’s Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management.
Kat received her a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She was the 2012 recipient of the Wharton Women in Business Kathleen McDonald Distinguished Alumna Award, a 2011 recipient of the Brava! Women Business Achievement Award, the 2020 recipient of the Margaret Bailey Speer Award, and named one of Unboxed Philanthropy’s Philanthropy 100, a list of people, organizations and companies making a positive difference in our world.
Teo Valdés, Ed.D., is a philanthropy professional and educator, co-managing the Lemon Street Fund with his wife, Emily. He is committed to aligning his giving practices with his core values and actively collaborates with peers across the philanthropy sector to drive strategic change with an emphasis on impact.
Teo is a member of leading philanthropic organizations, including Hispanics in Philanthropy, the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and the Donors of Color Network. His involvement in these networks reflects his dedication to advancing diversity, equity, and social justice within the sector.
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He actively engages in reflection, dialogue, and the continuous improvement of his philanthropic practice. His doctoral research at American University, completed in 2023, focused on the connection between reflection, dialogue, and practice. In 2024, he completed the High Impact Philanthropy Academy at the University of Pennsylvania and frequently participates in philanthropy-related conferences and workshops.
Teo has lived in Philadelphia since 2023 with Emily and their two young children. He enjoys spending time outdoors, playing Go, and cooking for his family. For him, home is wherever his family is, and they are the heart of his work and life.
Tyeshia “Ty” Wilson is Senior Director of Community at Philanthropy Together, where she leads a national and global engagement strategy to scale and strengthen the movement of collective giving and advance equitable grantmaking practices. A proven fundraiser, organizer and builder of
strategic partnerships, Ty has helped launch many giving circles around the world and trained thousands of individuals and organizations how to start collective giving groups through Philanthropy Together’s flagship giving circle training programs.
Prior to joining Philanthropy Together, Tyeshia worked as the Assistant to the City Manager and Chief of Staff at the City of Dallas where she worked closely with city council members and senior leadership on various community engagement and strategic planning priorities. Tyeshia holds a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Texas at Arlington and a M.S. in Public Leadership with a concentration in Nonprofit and Community Leadership from the University of North Texas at Dallas. In 2022, Tyeshia was an honoree on the annual Black Women Give Back List presented by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute, Black Philanthropy Month and The WISE Fund.