(from Philanthropy Journal, by Julia Vail)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- When the Way Out Giving Circle awarded its first round of grants in May, its members could not foresee the tremendous changes their gifts would set in motion.
The first gift was a $500 donation to Hayes Place, a shelter in Raleigh for homeless women and their children. The second was a $1,000 gift to People Helping People South East, a Wake County-based organization that helps low-income families and single mothers repair their homes.
The circle's biggest gift, however, was putting these two organizations in touch with each other, requesting that People Helping People use its donation to benefit Hayes Place.
