The Generosity Expert

Sharon Lapinski founded Change Gangs: Virtual Giving Circles because she wanted to help people who like to give money to causes they care about but don’t have time to research the charity, don’t feel their donation is big enough to make a difference, and end up wondering what happens to their donation after they make it. In a giving circle, small donations are pooled, leveraging your time and intellectual resources so that you can feel like you’re giving to the right place, that’s it’s going to be used in the right way, and it’s going to make a big difference.



She is a generosity expert known as the Donation Defender and a nationwide expert on Giving Circles and has created the largest electronic repository of information documenting the tools, strategies, and accomplishments of some of America’s 800 giving circles.