A short walk through the Giving Compass — what it does, how to use it, and what to do with your read-out once it's built.
The Giving Compass is an interactive tool that helps you understand what moves you to give. You answer a handful of questions about the problems you want to help solve and the excellence you want to make possible, set your giving intentions, and the tool builds a personal read-out with an action plan.
Fundraisers use it to understand donors. Donors use it to understand themselves. Boards use it to have a richer conversation about why anyone gives at all.
A one-page read-out of your giving motivations, your intentions at each level, and a concrete action plan. There's also an optional AI prompt — copy it into ChatGPT or Claude to keep thinking it through, with everything you just answered carried along.
The Compass is free and yours to share. Send the link to a colleague, a board member, or a donor who has never quite put words to why they give.
Talk through a fundraising question with Anne. She’ll help you make sense of the situation and decide what to do next. You get clear next steps, the replay, and a follow-up playbook.
Individual donors can use it to reflect on their philanthropy. Fundraisers and boards can also use it to support a discussion about giving interests and participation.
Review the gift types and adjust the giving-motivation sliders. Record your interests and intentions, choose how you would like to be involved, and generate your plan.
Yes. The Giving Compass is a free, shareable resource. Invite donors to reflect on the questions and decide what they want to discuss with you.
