Giving Circle

Amplify your Impact:
The Giving Circle

Make a greater impact through the power of community. Join the Giving Circle and direct essential resources to communities most needing them.

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Connecting You to the Impact of Giving

GiveNKind’s Giving Circle brings donors together to pool their contributions, creating larger, more transformative support for Chicagoland nonprofits. Thanks to GiveNKind’s multiplying impact, where every $1 helps place $25 worth of essential products, each gift goes significantly further, delivering meaningful, amplified results for the communities we serve. Members:

  • Contribute $100 quarterly ($400 per year)
  • Attend meetings on the first Tuesday of the quarter, 12-1 p.m. at the GiveNKind Center, or participate online
  • Receive quarterly updates on the impact of your gifts

Benefits of a Giving Circle

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Learn about pressing local social issues and actively participate in GiveNKind's program.

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Build Community

Connect with others who share your values and commitment to supporting Chicagoland nonprofits.

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Direct Your Giving

Participate in the decision-making process to choose which nonprofits receive gifts of essential products.

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Giving Circle Gifts in Action

Sue’s Pantry has been serving families in need for 12 years, first from founder Sue Gandhi’s home and now from their location in Arlington Heights. Sue’s mission was simple: Make a difference in the lives of single moms. That mission has grown to helping anyone in need as she works to provide cleaning supplies, school supplies, toiletries, clothing, food, and more with the goal of freeing up money for families to afford rent, utilities, and medical bills. Sue’s Pantry was awarded a $2500 GiveNKind gift card to expand her impact in the communities she serves.

Reach Rescue and Reading Power each received $750 gift cards for program supplies. 

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At the first meeting of 2026, the Giving Circle awarded a $2,500 GiveNKind Gift Card to Luggage for Freedom (LFF), a program of The National Council for Jewish Women, Chicago North Shore Section. The program provides suitcases and backpacks with essential items for women and children who are staying at and transitioning out of domestic violence and homeless shelters.

In 2025, LFF provided 430 suitcases and 400 backpacks filled with new bedding, towels, toiletries, books, stuffed animals, and more to help families start anew. With help from the Giving Circle and GiveNKind’s program, LFF will be able to expand its impact and ease difficult transitions faced by too many families in our community.

Little Brother’s Friends of the Elderly and Mother’s Trust Foundation also received $750 gift cards to access essential products for their clients.

At the October meeting, the Giving Circle awarded a $2,500 GiveNKind Gift Card to Love and Protect Wisdom (LPW). The organization was founded in 2023 by Lone Williams, following the loss of her mother to domestic violence—LPW is named in her mother’s honor.

LPW supports families affected by domestic violence and the surviving children who are often placed unexpectedly with relatives after a tragedy.

“Many of the families who take in children left behind by violence don’t have the extra resources to support them,” shared Ms. Williams. “LPW helps these families buy essentials like food and clothing to ease the transition.” This GiveNKind Gift Card will help LPW provide even more families with the support they need during these difficult times.

Bounce Children’s Foundation and Fill a Heart for Kids also received gift cards to support their missions.

At the July 8 meeting, the Giving Circle selected Refugee One to receive a $2,400 GiveNKind Gift Card to support its work with asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants. With funding for refugee resettlement decreasing, this gift enabled Refugee One to provide essential items such as diapers, socks, hats, gloves, and medical walkers to the families it serves as they rebuild their lives in the U.S.

“We are grateful for this support, which will go a long way in meeting our clients’ basic needs,” said Kelli Wendt of Refugee One.

This Giving Circle was especially impactful this quarter thanks to an anonymous match, which increased the total gift to $3,400. This quarter’s two additional nominees, Iempower and Roberti Community House, each received $500 gift cards to support resources for their Round Lake Beach and Waukegan/North Chicago communities.

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At the inaugural meeting of the Giving Circle, Help from USA to BIH was selected from three nominated organizations to receive the group’s collective support. Founded in 2014 by a group of refugees committed to giving back, the organization rapidly expanded during the pandemic to serve seniors, asylum seekers, survivors of domestic violence, and anyone in need who crossed their path. Entirely funded through community contributions, Help from USA to BIH used the Giving Circle’s support to access essential items such as shoes, clothing, and food to serve communities in Niles and Chicago.

The Grace Network and Iempower also received GiveNKind gift cards to support their programs.