About Our Training Curriculum
You won’t see a full curriculum posted here because each year, our curriculum evolves to make sense of what’s happening in our society in real-time and to respond to the needs of that cohort.
In each iteration, we consistently teach participants how to look past the urgent headlines and start to understand the real structural causes of inequity, and to learn how to fund solutions that address those root causes. We believe that donors who approach giving this way tend to support long-term community-led change and tend to feel more confident, connected, and grounded in their giving.
Examples of topics we’ve covered previously include:
What is community organizing?
How to be an effective funder of community organizing
Root causes of the economic crisis
How wealth and poverty are created
Introduction to Reparations
Introduction to Just Transition framework
Getting to know ourselves as donors
What participants say:
"I learned an incredible amount, and my giving has reflected that. It encouraged me to learn more about my financial situation, which enabled me to trust that my financial security would not be affected by my giving, even giving boldly."
"Every meeting felt like important groundwork that will allow me to maintain a sustainable relationship with giving practices."
"I don't think i would be where I am if it wasn't for CIRCLe [now DIGG]. I have enjoyed getting to know the others in the peer group and also see different people's minds and notions shifting, facing difficult conversation, and feeling secure enough to be vulnerable with each other."
"The curriculum was exactly what I was hoping for, learning why poverty is accentuated by wealth and how the cycle of poverty was created and continues to exist, and how we can help abolish it. The group and education has broken down a lot of my fear of digging because I am afraid of what I might find."
"I feel I can take the knowledge I gained to adjust how my foundation is structured in years to come."
"I feel like I have concrete ways to think about giving, and giving in large amounts (and why to give in large amounts in moments of crisis) whereas before, I might have been overwhelmed or paralyzed by choice."
"It was great to be around others in a similar situation financially and similar values, yet not feel judged for the point in the journey that I came in at or feel shame for having the money that my family has."