Build Community.

We are a start-up whose structure is evolving. Help us continue the conversation.

Your donation will support socio-economic, spiritual, and community empowerment through workshops, lectures, and other resources. Here are a few ways you can support Gemstones in the Sun. To download a donation form, click here.

IN-KIND GIFTS 

  • Leverage Influence. Name drop us to friends, colleagues, family members, faith members; push our message on your  social media accounts, add us to your syllabi, circulate our job posts, re-publish GIST interviews, distribute GITS materials 

  • Go Public. Sign up to write GITS blog, join our Freedom Circles, speak on GITS panels, lead GITS workshops, or  facilitate GITS round-tables 

  • Fundraise. Introduce us to philanthropists of color, major donors, private industry connections, Foundation reps, or host a  gathering for us.   

  • Forward Data. Share your lists and contact info when suggesting attendees for the next GITS “exclusive event” guest list. a Join the GITS Volunteer Corps. We look forward to working shoulder-to-shoulder with you. Bring a friend! a Do Private Practice. Personal “beliefs shifting values and resources” discernment. Pray for/with us.

For more information about in-kind gifts contact Diane at gemstones@gemstonesinthesun.com

CROWDFUND GIFTS

Venmo (@Diane-FordDessables) and Paypal.

MAJOR DONOR GIFTS

  • Gift of Hope - $1000 annually for 5 years. This gift will grant you 2 ads placed on the GITS blog, each for a ten-day  span over the course of five years in return. 

  • Gift of Solidarity - $10,000 annually for 5 years will cover the costs of four GIST Freedom Circles. This gift will grant  you 25 ads placed on the GITS blog, each for a ten-day span over the course of 5 years. 

  • Gift of Vision - $25,000 annually for 5 years will cover the costs of ten GITS Freedom Circles. This gift will grant you 50 ads placed on the GITS blog, each for a span of ten days over the course of five years.