Full Circle Fund

We're looking to grow our Board of Directors. Check out the role and email Samantha R. Carpenter, our Executive Director, with interest.

🤝 Help our young alums cross the finish line! 🤝 2024 Our generous alums are reviving grants to Bay Area social justice organizations. 💵 ✖ 2️⃣ ➡ 💵 💵 Make your gift count 2x as much. We have a few days left to unlock a $10,000 match and are over 60% of the way to meeting our goal - all led by our under-40 crew. It's incredible to bring back this grant - 100% of donations to the Impact Fund are given to Bay Area social justice orgs during the end of year member-led giving circle. #givingcircle #bayarea #socialjustice #youngleaders #youngphilanthropists https://lnkd.in/geXWnctz

Support Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) one of our spring project partners at their first R.O.C.K.-a-Thon.

🌉 Do you look at major social issues in the Bay Area and wonder how *you* can play a part in alleviating them? This spring you can join a Social Issue Circle and take a cut at one of four social issue areas: Climate Change and Justice, Economic Inequity, Education, and Housing. Over four months you explore the challenges and systems involved in perpetrating these issues and identify ways to help make positive change within them. Our Spring Circles will be led by Simon Yamawaki Shachter, Jess Blackshaw, Miki L. Yamamoto, and Rima Vora. More information on circles can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gV3uJKaM. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gffxBnYd

You can make a difference this spring - jump in on one of our projects (and bring a friend or coworker) with two incredible nonprofits Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) and SPOKELAND. Our members are committed to philanthropy and to using their resources for good - we make sure the process is easy to plug into, educational, and fun! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gffxBnYd.

We're excited to announce we have brought on a new Executive Director/CEO - Samantha R. Carpenter (Sam). Sam joins us from the social sector and brings a personal connection having spent several years with YCore with which we recently merged. We're already enjoying working with Sam and we know you will too. Welcome aboard, Sam! We're happy to have you on the team. Sienna Rogers, Board Co-Chair Rob Trice, Board Co-Chair Jess Blackshaw Eva Camp Simon Yamawaki Shachter Andrew Truong Peter Werner

Rather than lamenting the problems in the Bay Area, participate in creating change! There's no better way to do that than by joining Full Circle Fund. But don't just take our word for it. Look at what our members and nonprofit partners have to say! Apply now: https://lnkd.in/g7JeR5PB

You might think that you can’t make a difference…but we promise you can. If you follow the news on any given day, chances are you learn about a lot of doom and gloom. FCF members flip the script. Our programs engage in the social sector and focus on education, positive impact, and mitigating harm by sharing our talent and treasure. Attend our Info Session to learn more about becoming a member! Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/g9rvw-XS

Happy Giving Tuesday! We had a tremendous event last month, so many great folks came out to celebrate the merger of Full Circle Fund and YCore, as well as our work to accelerate change-making and build bridges!  Today is about amplifying good and necessary work. We hope you’ll be investing in the Bay Area by supporting us here at FCF. Today’s also a day to help us think about generosity! We are so grateful to you for your support of Full Circle Fund. Did you know that at Full Circle Fund, our roots are in giving circle models which bring together people who pool funds and time to support organizations? Our members contribute funds and are highly-skilled volunteers who support organizations in capacity-building projects —  from developing graduate programming strategies with La Cocina - Nonprofit Kitchen Incubator to helping reimagine a key role with https://genesysworks.org/, from doing a data dive with Eat Real Certified to helping BAYCAT connect diverse media creators to jobs in the field. At Full Circle fund we are designing projects that bring people together to share money, time, and skills to help nonprofits succeed. We love to form bridges between skills-based volunteers and creative Bay Area organizations. Jump onto our website and learn more about how to get involved and donate! www.fullcirclefund.org

We are thrilled to share that UNITE 2023 is just around the corner! Join Full Circle Fund for an incredible evening on Thursday, October 26th from 6-9pm in SF! Enjoy food, live music, a meaningful program, and opportunities to connect with friends new and old. This is a time when our entire dynamic network gathers together: nonprofits, donors, cross-sector Bay Area professionals and local change-makers.  We will celebrate the merger of YCore and Full Circle Fund and honor our recent grantees and nonprofit projects.  The theme for Unite this year is "Many Voices, One Future."  We are bringing together the YCore and Full Circle Fund communities to champion a more just, equitable and sustainable Bay Area.  Let’s keep supporting a thriving Bay Area together!  Grab your tickets now! RSVP: bit.ly/FCF-UNITE2023