We’re excited to announce that Circles USA is now a business partner of the True Charity Network.
Circles strives to foster intentional relationships with mission-aligned people and organizations. In recent years, we’ve reported on new collaborations with groups including Bread for the World, Ideos Institute, Leap Fund, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, The Workers Circle, and Scott C Miller Consulting—all partners whose tools and practices have deepened our thinking and expanded our approach to poverty alleviation.
The True Charity Network, our latest collaborator, is a national coalition of churches and nonprofits that serve people in poverty. True Charity helps guide these organizations along the path to effective charity by equipping them with hyper-practical resources to make their programs more powerful. No matter where charities and faith programs are in their journey, True Charity helps them find the next step to amplify their impact—moving beyond perpetual crisis relief to long-term development.
The organization is voluntarily funded, building bonds between the giver and the recipient that are beneficial for both: a foundational CUSA dynamic for thriving Circle Leader/Ally relationships. True Charity is challenge oriented, encouraging participants to confront aspects of adversity in order to grow people’s self-sufficiency. Crucially, True Charity’s model is also outcome driven, operating from evidence and measuring organizational impact (rather than just the quantity of things they give away). They offer step-by-step guides for innovative models, toolkits for best practices in program resourcing and implementation, and connections to a dynamic community of peers. And, much like Circles, True Charity supports partner organizations with templates and action steps to advocate for larger-scale systemic change.
In order to offer their network some models that are already in use, data-driven, and time-tested, True Charity acts as a clearinghouse for some of the best pre-existing models in the field. Circles USA, as an endorsed partner organization, is thrilled to offer our members access to True Charity’s programming. We also celebrate the reciprocal exchange of skills and core values that CUSA participants will bring to the coalition, enriching True Charity’s toolkits with our own quarter-century-tested body of best practices for poverty alleviation.
You can learn more about the True Charity Network and tools here: truecharity.us/join
NOTE: Thanks to our partnership, Circles USA chapter members can claim a 20% rebate on your first year of True Charity membership in their network. To claim, just mention Circles USA in the “how did you hear about us” box in your application.