About the Community
With two in-person and two virtual sessions, this cohort will support 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 those who have or aspire to a community-driven philanthropy approach, with the aim to influence funding decisions in the philanthropic sector. Cohort members will be knowledge managers, program officers, trainers, consultants or others with the commitment to transform self, others and their circumstances.
Together, we will:
- live into love practices and be in a learning and accountability cohort for mutual support and healing
- develop ways for intermediaries to heal, be resilient, create a different set of processes and structures
- explore practical and powerful ways to co-create a present and future that supports them, their respective organizations and the communities they serve – all to thrive
The cohort is open to GEO members and non-members, including grantmakers and consultants in the field of philanthropy.
Please use your foundation’s grantmaking giving range (e.g., grants, discretionary, FOI, etc.) to determine your fee for participation in the Measuring Love cohort. In addition to the fee, participants will be responsible for travel and lodging fees associated with each retreat.
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
Grantmakers with annual grantmaking budgets above $50 million:
- GEO member – $10,000
- Non member – $11,00
Grantmakers with annual grantmaking budgets between $25-$50 million:
- GEO member – $8,000
- Non member – $9,000
Grantmakers with annual grantmaking budgets below $25 million:
- GEO member – $5,000
- Non member – $6,000
Applications for the 2026 Measuring Love Cohort will open on March 2, 2026.
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 here.
Complete this interest form to be notified when the applications open.