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Measuring Love

The Measuring Love Cohort explores how the value of love applies to philanthropy — its ability to reach community through relationships, trust, resources and funding. This cohort supports leaders in philanthropy to return to themselves — aligning hearts, intuition, minds and bodies to actualize our highest and best selves. This cohort is facilitated in deep partnership with Audrey Jordan, PhD and Shiree Teng, based on core concepts presented in the self-published brown paper, Burning Love: An Invitation to Transformative Action, the third of the Measuring Love series.

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About the Community

With two in-person and two virtual sessions, this cohort supports leaders in philanthropy to return to themselves — aligning hearts, intuition, minds and bodies to actualize our highest and best selves. We’re living through a time of moral crisis in our society and immense change in our sector. The answer isn’t retrenchment. It’s more love.  It begins by looking inside, investing real time and energy to grow our individual and collective leadership and light. That is what paves the way for a future that is free.

Measuring Love is for grantmakers and consultants in the field of philanthropy who have or aspire to a community-driven philanthropy approach, with the aim to influence funding decisions in the philanthropic sector.

Cohort members:

  • are knowledge managers, program officers, trainers, consultants or others committed to transforming self, others and their circumstances
  • want to live into love practices and be in a learning and accountability cohort for mutual support and healing
  • are seeking to develop ways for intermediaries to heal, be resilient and create a different set of processes and structures
  • are interested in exploring practical and powerful ways to co-create a present and future that supports you, your respective organizations and the communities you serve to thrive

The cohort is open to GEO members and non-members.

Please use your foundation’s grantmaking range (e.g., grants, discretionary, FOI, etc.) to determine your participation fee for the Measuring Love cohort. Consultants should determine their fee based on their organization’s staff size. In addition to the participation fee, all participants are responsible for travel and lodging expenses associated with each retreat.

Grantmakers with annual grantmaking budgets below $25 million:

  • GEO member – $5,000
  • Non member – $6,000

Grantmakers with annual grantmaking budgets between $25-$50 million:

  • GEO member – $8,000
  • Non member – $9,000

Grantmakers with annual grantmaking budgets above $50 million:

  • GEO member – $10,000
  • Non member – $11,00

Individual Consultant:

  • GEO member – $2,500
  • Non member – $5,000

Consultant – Small firm of 2-10 staff:

  • GEO member – $3,500
  • Non member – $6,000

Consultant – Mid-size firm of 11-24 staff:

  • GEO member – $5,000
  • Non member – $7,000

Consultant – Large firm of 25+ staff:

  • GEO member – $6,500
  • Non member – $8,000

Applications for the 2026 Measuring Love Cohort are now open. Submit your application.

Activities will include a mix of virtual and in-person sessions and will run from June – October 2026. Participants will practice core concepts presented in the self-published brown paper Burning Love: An Invitation to Transformative Action, and engage in small and large group praxis for real time application. Additionally, participants should expect to be co-creators of adaptive tools as sessions progress, rooted in being a community of practice.

We invite you to attend the informational webinar on March 16 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET to learn more about Measuring Love. Register for the informational webinar.

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Applications are now open through March 31, 2026 at 11:59 pm PT.

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