Collective Giving Participants Survey 2025 |
Invitation to help shape the future of Collective Giving in Australia
Philanthropy Australia and a group of collective giving advocates are conducting a study of the current landscape of collective giving in Australia and invite you to share your experiences through this survey.
Collective Giving is a dynamic, powerful philanthropic movement gaining momentum internationally. It involves individuals pooling their resources, knowledge, and networks to support a cause (or causes) collectively chosen by the group. It typically includes shared or democratic decision-making, community connections, learning, and engagement, all aimed at achieving amplified impact and empowering communities. Central to all such giving models is the practice of collective action and the cultivation of trust, where communities unite to effect change using various resources and forms of support. A distinctive aspect of collective giving is that for many groups philanthropy implies mobilizing all 5Ts: Treasure (money), Time (volunteering), Talent (expertise), Ties (relationships), and Testimony (spreading the word).
Your input will help establish a national benchmark and provide the insights needed to grow and strengthen this powerful approach to philanthropy.
Key terms in the research are defined in the following way:
Collective Giving is a dynamic, powerful philanthropic movement gaining momentum internationally. It involves individuals pooling their resources, knowledge, and networks to support a cause (or causes) collectively chosen by the group. It typically includes shared or democratic decision-making, community connections, learning, and engagement, all aimed at achieving amplified impact and empowering communities. Central to all such giving models is the practice of collective action and the cultivation of trust, where communities unite to effect change using various resources and forms of support. A distinctive aspect of collective giving is that for many groups philanthropy implies mobilizing all 5Ts: Treasure (money), Time (volunteering), Talent (expertise), Ties (relationships), and Testimony (spreading the word).
Your input will help establish a national benchmark and provide the insights needed to grow and strengthen this powerful approach to philanthropy.
Key terms in the research are defined in the following way:
- Collective Giving Groups: Made up of participants with a shared philanthropic purpose who pool together their ‘resources’ and jointly decide on where to give their ‘gift’. Groups are sometimes referred to as networks, chapters, giving circles and donor groups
- Participants: Participate in a collective giving group by contributing their resources, regardless of amount or frequency
- Resources: The forms that donations or giving take can a variety of forms including 1) volunteering your Time 2) donating your money - Treasure 3) sharing Ties, sharing relationships, 4) providing your expert Talent, and 5) and spreading the word through your Testimony
- Gifts: Philanthropic in nature and are also called donations or grants.
Please participate in this survey if you are or were part of a group that pools philanthropic resources with others and collectively decides how to give them away.
Time to complete the survey is estimated to be 10 - 15 minutes. The * indicates a mandatory question and other questions are optional. You may save the survey and come back later.
Ethics, Privacy and Data Storage
We are committed to handling your information with care, integrity, and respect in accordance with Australian privacy and research ethics standards. All data will be:
Time to complete the survey is estimated to be 10 - 15 minutes. The * indicates a mandatory question and other questions are optional. You may save the survey and come back later.
Ethics, Privacy and Data Storage
We are committed to handling your information with care, integrity, and respect in accordance with Australian privacy and research ethics standards. All data will be:
- Kept confidential, unless you give your consent to share the details publicly
- De-identified, unless you choose to profile it
- Stored securely on password-protected servers and systems accessible only to researchers
- Retained for five years after publication or project completion, in line with National Health and Medical Research Centre (NHMRC) guidelines
- Permanently deleted or securely destroyed after the retention period.
Thank you for your participation.