Learning by Giving Foundation

To the thousands of students who learned philanthropy through her Learning by Giving Foundation, she was known as Doris Buffett. To her family, she was known as Dodo.

On Tuesday August 4, a tireless advocate for those in need passed peacefully in her favorite vacation spot in Maine surrounded by family and friends.

To read more and send a note or share a memory, visit www.dorisbuffettlegacy.com

Our student alumni, Chris Russi and Michelle P**n, wrote about their experience in helping us select this year's Learn.Lead.Give. scholar:

"Albeit only a semester, the experience was enormously influential in shaping and challenging our outlook on social giving, inspiring us to continue to remain active and thoughtful contributors in the nonprofit sector to this day.

As former LxG students ourselves, we were even more pleased when we discovered that the organization was planning on actively backing this next-generation as they continued their pursuit of giving in the form of a full scholarship to attend a local university that teaches LxG."

Backing a New Generation of Emerging Philanthropists In 2019, Doris Buffett launched the Learn.Lead.Give. Scholarship, in partnership with the Learning by Giving Foundation. This scholarship aims to cultivate a new generation of philanthropists who are not only leaders inside the classroom, but leaders in their community as well. Each year, this schol...

Congratulations Vibha Tantry, Learning by Giving’s 2020 Learn.Lead.Give. Scholarship recipient! Click below to learn more about Vibha.

The Learn.Lead.Give. Scholarship Committee was tasked with selecting a student with a demonstrated passion for civic engagement and leadership and its intersection with . The committee was composed of individuals whose passions and devotions were rooted in our work and reflected our mission to giving back.

Thank you:

Dr. John York, Co-Chairman of the San Francisco 49ers;

Sam Kennedy, President and CEO of the Boston Red Sox;

Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Founder and President of the Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Foundation and Learning by Giving faculty at Stanford University;

David Shapiro, CEO of MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership;

Erika Walker, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Programs at the
Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley;

Chris Russi, Founder & CIO of Point-Slope Capital and Learning by Giving alumnus at UC Berkeley; and,

Michelle P**n, MBA student at the Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley and Learning by Giving alumna

Meet our new Learn.Lead.Give. Scholar! In 2019, Doris Buffett launched the Learn.Lead.Give. Scholarship, in partnership with the Learning by Giving Foundation. This scholarship aims to cultivate a new generation of philanthropists who are not only leaders inside the classroom, but leaders in their community as well. Each year, this schol...

Revolutionary times are a call to action. How can an individual make a difference? Where do you start?

Join us on July 15th for "Making a Difference in Revolutionary Times", where Learning by Giving faculty will discuss ways to contribute to our changing times in a way that supports community, moves beyond traditional philanthropy and grantmaking, and provides us with concrete next steps.

Making a Difference In Revolutionary Times Event Summary: Revolutionary times are a call to action. How can an individual make a difference? Where do you start?Join us on July 15th for "Making a Difference in Revolutionary Times", where Learning by Giving faculty will discuss ways to contribute to our changing times in a way that supports co...

A few weeks ago, we shared our public statement against racism and injustice. We committed to using our platform to amplify the voices of our students of color who are driving social change by addressing racial justice and inequality.

Today, we share the first in a series of blog posts written by one of our student alumni. Steven Swann recently completed our course at Georgetown University and also served as the Racial Equity Manager at Bread for the City in Washington, DC.

Please click on the link below to read Steven’s insightful piece on how organizations can help drive racial equity.

Strategies for Racial Equity in Organizations Learning by Giving (LxG) helps to launch young, social-change-makers on their paths to exploring injustice and provides a framework to understanding how philanthropy and the nonprofit sector can support more equitable communities. In short, there has never been a more important time for Learning by....

Want to help distribute real grant funds to supporting the COVID-19 crisis in Greater ?

Join us for LearnGive for COVID-19 Relief, our online experiential course that concludes with collective giving. Participate in self-paced, weekly online learning during the month of July.

By providing philanthropy education while practicing democratic grantmaking, we ensure nonprofits receive real grant money by a collective group of trained philanthropists.

Register by this Friday!

LearnGive for COVID-19 Relief: Registration & Donation Page LearnGive for COVID-19 Relief: We invite you to join us for LearnGive for COVID-19 Relief, one of the Learning by Giving (LxG) community responses to the public health crisis. LxG is committed to mobilizing additional resources during this critical time. By providing philanthropy education while pra...