What is a Flow Fund Circle?
Philanthropy requires a certain thought process that includes strategy and due-diligence. With Flow Funding, we can move outside the normal structure and framework of proposals and evaluations, into a place of gift giving. This is a very different approach and mindset in which the giving of funds becomes an adventure as opposed to a duty or a burden. A Flow Fund Circle is created when a non-profit organization, instead of donating funds through the usual, more traditional channels, invites a group of individuals to allocate these funds to the charities and organizations of their choice. Flow Funders are chosen because of their professional life experience, openheartedness, visionary qualities, and the ability to discern good opportunities for funding. One of the benefits of Flow Funding is that the projects that receive funding reflect the unique spirit and fields of interest of each Flow Funder. Flow Funding creates a form of philanthropy that is proactive (not passive), intuitive, ef