At Giving Together’s 2025 Spring fundraising event in May, GT announced the first recipients of the Jeanne Spivak Leadership Development Award. The purpose of the award is to enhance the leadership skills of Executive Directors of non-profit organizations that have previously been awarded GT Accelerator grants. The Accelerator grant category is dedicated to non-profits that are BIPOC led and BIPOC benefiting. GT’s Leadership Development Award is named for the late Jeanne Spi

May 1, 2025 Giving Together's annual Spring Event, held May 1, 2025, was a lively celebration of GT's community grantmaking and the generosity of GT's members and friends. Record attendance resulted in one of our most successful fundraising events ever, with proceeds going to GT's Emergency Fund for Individuals and Families in Crisis. During the course of the evening, special awards from the Emergency Fund were announced, including gifts to the Community Foundation