The Giving Square

06/16/2026

📚 TGS Selects will be at the Savage Farmers Market TOMORROW, June 17th from 4-7pm!

📖 We will be offering a FREE book review activity where kids and families review expert-selected children's books focused on civics, kindness, and helping others!

06/14/2026

Happy ! 🌟 Today we celebrate children, their compassion for what others are going through and their innate desire to help is the reason why they are such great philanthropists!

06/11/2026

🎉 We just finished our favorite time of the year: our 2026 Kids for Kids Fund Celebration Tour! 8 locations, 3 states, and over $40,000 in grants given to 30 nonprofits!

💚 These Celebrations are an opportunity to hear kids' ideas about helping others, the issues they care about, and which kid-serving non-profit they chose to receive $1,000!

🔜 Over the next few weeks we will continue to share the amazing moments from these celebrations and the communities that have made these events possible!

06/11/2026

06/10/2026

06/05/2026

📖 TGS Selects is on! Kids have started reviewing books for this year's national book award!!

We had an amazing time at Turning the Page ’s Learning Festival at Lincoln Park and will continue to engage kids throughout the summer. A huge thank you to Turning the Page for hosting us, and to the kids and families that stopped by!

📚 Interested in getting involved or reviewing a book? Stay tuned to see where we’ll be next! Interested in hosting a pop up? Let us know.

05/08/2026

At the recent Kids for Kids Fund Celebration, students at Burtonsville Elementary School selected CaringMatters as a grant recipient — awarding $1,000 to support grieving children and families in our community. Gilly Cannon, CaringMatters Senior Director of Children's Bereavement Services, was on hand to accept the grant on our behalf.

What makes this recognition especially meaningful is that these students put their hearts and minds into the decision-making process. They took the responsibility seriously, learning about community needs, listening to ideas, and thoughtfully choosing organizations they believed could make a difference.

This grant will help support students grieving the loss of a loved one, while also helping spread awareness about the importance of grief support for children and families.

Thank you to the students of Burtonsville Elementary School and The Giving Square, organizers of the Kids for Kids Fund Celebration, for believing in our mission and showing that young people can make a powerful impact in their communities.

The Giving Square

05/08/2026

🌱✨ Red Wiggler was honored to participate in the Kids for Kids Fund Celebration and witness the care and intentionality that youth brought to this important process.

The Kids for Kids Fund Celebration creates space for kids to think deeply about the issues they care about and the ways they can help strengthen their communities. Through thoughtful discussion and decision-making, they award a local kid-serving nonprofit with $1,000 in support of their work. ✨🌟

Kids are philanthropists too — and we saw that in action.

We are grateful of the philanthropy and support that these young leaders have shown in support of our work!✨💚

05/07/2026

Last month, Ayuda received a grant at the Kids for Kids Fund Celebration. Thank you to The Giving Square and the incredible young philanthropists who put their hearts and minds into making thoughtful decisions about how to support their communities. 💙

We were deeply moved by the empathy, care, and intentionality the kids brought to the grantmaking process by learning about community needs, listening closely, and thoughtfully deciding where their support could make the greatest impact.

Thank you for believing in Ayuda's work. ✨

04/17/2026