Sara Lomelin
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Sara Lomelin is a connector of people and ideas, a relationship builder, and a firm believer that everyone can be a philanthropist. As founding CEO of Philanthropy Together, she is working to diversify and democratize philanthropy by creating the infrastructure needed for the giving circle model to flourish in ALL communities. Sara’s work provides a platform for different perspectives in the collective giving field—a unique giving model that has given away nearly 1.3 billion dollars in the past two decades and exploded in popularity among diverse audiences in the past five years.
Sara has traveled the world speaking about the power of collective giving, the correlation between civic engagement and generosity, and collaborated with advocacy organizations globally. Her work has been featured at TED, Netroots Nation, Unity Summit, as well as in Forbes, Associated Press, Chronicle of Philanthropy and many more.
Prior to Philanthropy Together, Sara served as Senior Director of Leadership Philanthropy at Opportunity Fund, now Accion Opportunity Fund, the largest nonprofit small business lender in the US. Previously at the Latino Community Foundation, Sara served as VP of Philanthropy for eight years and created the Latino Giving Circle Network—the largest network of Latinx philanthropists in the US with 22 circles and 500 members.
She currently serves on the National Council of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, the Universidad Iberoameriacana’s Consejo Directivo del Patronato IBERO and the Board of Directors of GivingTuesday and Battery Powered.
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