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title: What is Grapevine and how does it work?
description: Grapevine is a free platform for Giving Circles, helping individuals, nonprofits, and organizations pool donations, build community, and support causes they care about through collaborative giving.
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# What is Grapevine and how does it work?
Grapevine is a platform dedicated to Giving Circles, empowering people to connect, pool donations, and collectively decide which nonprofits and causes to support. It’s more than just a site for collecting donations; it’s a community space for collaborative philanthropy.
### Who uses the Grapevine Platform?
Grapevine is used by individuals, small groups, foundations, companies, and nonprofits looking to engage in collaborative giving.
### How is Grapevine different from other platforms?
Unlike crowdfunding platforms like GoFundMe and Classy, Grapevine focuses on supporting thriving communities of recurring donors, enabling more consistent and impactful philanthropy. This is crowdgranting.
### Is it free to join Grapevine?
Yes, it’s completely free to create an account and start a Giving Circle.
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