Voting

We welcome and encourage all donations to SAGC. Donations are vital to the core of the giving circle. They enable SAGC to make grants to deserving local philanthropic organizations.

Donating is easy!

You can quickly donate online here. Or if you prefer to mail us your donation, please download our donation form and submit it by mail with a check or credit card information!

The benefits of donating are many.

Not only are you supporting great community organizations, but you also:

1. Get to vote and help decide which organizations will receive grants from the money we raise

2. Leverage your dollars by up to 2 times, since SAGC will get a dollar-for-dollar match from AAPIP of up to $25,000 for the funds we raise

No donation is too small. Donations over $10 are eligible for voting in SAGC's grant making process.

How does voting work?

To accommodate a full range of potential donations, we are adopting a tiered voting structure that is capped at 5 votes. More details are available in our by laws.

Official ballots will be distributed in September with a shortlist of organizations that have applied for grants from SAGC. Every individual who has made a donation to SAGC will be mailed a ballot and asked to vote on these organizations. These votes will be used to determine which organizations SAGC ultimately gives grants to. More details on our voting process are also provided in our by laws.