About the Giving Circle

Making a Difference in the Lives of Women and Children in Our Community!

Founded in 2016, The Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia Giving Circle is dedicated to improving the life circumstances of low-income women and children in Philadelphia by awarding grants to the non-profits that serve them.

The awardee of our 2025 $50,000 grant to alleviate housing insecurity was HopePHL. In 2024, this organization helped 440+ adults and youth receive safe housing, provided $250,000 in rental assistance, sheltered 140+children in crisis care nurseries and so much more to support those in our region in need of short-term shelter and housing support.

In 2023 and 2024 we awarded grants totaling $90,000 to YEAH Philly (Youth Empowered for Advancement Hangout) a Black-led, community-based nonprofit that works with teens and young adults in west and southwest Philadelphia who have been impacted by gun violence.

About Us:

We are a group of members of the Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia who pool our financial resources, decide on an area of focus (e.g. homelessness, childhood literacy, immigration), and select a non-profit organization to receive a grant for that year.

The Giving Circle has established a donor-advised fund with the Philadelphia Foundation. All gifts are made directly to the Foundation and are tax-free charitable donations.

Our Goals:

Address the issues of poverty and inequality
Increase our understanding of these issues
Generate greater impact from our giving by pooling our funds
Increase the control we have on where our collective dollars are going
Build a community of Cosmopolitan Club members interested in philanthropy
Strengthen the bonds of our membership as we work together for the common good

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"The Giving Circle grant helped us open a second elementary school library in Fairhill, North Philadelphia. When children have a choice of exciting books to take home, they want to read, they read more, and their skill increases. We are very grateful."

Jean Warrington
Historic Fair Hill, North Philadelphia
2018 Grant Recipient