Comparison · 10 material differences
Solidaire Network vs The ImPact
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Verified September 2026
Philanthropic network
Verified September 2026 Solidaire Network
Individual wealth holders able to move $50,000 or more a year in giving, and professional staff and trustees at grantmaking foundations, who want to direct money toward…
Family-office network
The ImPact
Family principals and the senior staff of their family offices and foundations who want to align family capital with their values
What the records say
- Geographic restriction: Solidaire Network: United States; The ImPact: No published geographic restriction.
- Annual dues: Solidaire Network: Not publicly disclosed: the membership page states the criteria but routes fee details into separate individual and institutional membership documents hosted off-site, and no figure appears on the site itself.; The ImPact: Not publicly disclosed. The organisation states it is funded through members' contributions and grants or donations from philanthropists, but publishes no figures..
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| Solidaire Network | The ImPact | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Philanthropic network | Family-office network |
| Founded | 2012 (Sources differ. Wikipedia's article on co-founder Leah Hunt-Hendrix dates the network's founding to 2012; Solidaire's own site says it has been embedded in justice movements "for a decade" and its published timeline begins in 2015. Solidaire Network Inc received its own IRS tax exemption only in May 2020, having previously operated under fiscal sponsorship, so the incorporation date and the founding date are different things.) | 2014 (Co-founded by Josh Cohen, Justin Rockefeller and Liesel Pritzker Simmons.) |
| Headquarters | Oakland, United States | United States |
| Geographic footprint | United States, organised through regional hubs rather than formal chapters; the 2024 network gathering was held in Atlanta | Members in 23 countries across five continents; staff based in New York, London, Singapore, Santiago, São Paulo, Paris and elsewhere with no single office |
| Members | Not publicly disclosed: Solidaire publishes no member count. It does state that about 40 per cent of members work as professionals at foundations. | 90as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | Solidaire has regional hubs rather than chapters, and does not publish how many. | No chapters; the network runs regional convenings rather than standing local branches |
| Primary audience | Individual wealth holders able to move $50,000 or more a year in giving, and professional staff and trustees at grantmaking foundations, who want to direct money toward left-of-centre social justice organising | Family principals and the senior staff of their family offices and foundations who want to align family capital with their values |
| Typical member | Individual members are people with wealth who can generally move $50,000 or more in annual giving, whether personally or through a family foundation, donor-advised fund or family office, and who are aligned with Solidaire's stated values. Institutional members are foundation professionals: Solidaire says about 40 per cent of its membership works at foundations of all sizes. The joining form also names donor advisors, money coaches, current and prospective foundation trustees and philanthropy-serving organisation staff as relevant categories. | Members are families rather than individuals. Membership covers family principals and their senior family office and foundation staff. The organisation states that members collectively invest billions of dollars in line with their values. |
| Qualification | ||
| Geographic restriction | United StatesOrganised through regional hubs; the annual network gathering is held in person in a US city.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published geographic restriction |
| Invitation required | No | Not documented |
| Sponsor required | Not documented | Not documented |
| Application process | Prospective members complete an interest form on the membership page, indicating which categories apply to them and how they heard about Solidaire. The donor organising and philanthropic transformation teams then follow up. Separate individual and institutional membership documents are linked from the page. New members receive an orientation packet. Solidarity Circles are joined by separate application. | There is no public application form. Prospective member families contact the team by email or through a general inquiry form to arrange an introductory call with a community manager, who explains membership. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed: no acceptance rate or review process is published. The effective filters are the $50,000 giving-capacity expectation and alignment with Solidaire's stated political principles. | Not publicly disclosed |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed: the membership page states the criteria but routes fee details into separate individual and institutional membership documents hosted off-site, and no figure appears on the site itself.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | Not publicly disclosed. The organisation states it is funded through members' contributions and grants or donations from philanthropists, but publishes no figures.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Event costs | Not publicly disclosed: the annual network gathering's cost is not published.verified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed. |
| Membership term | Not documented | Not documented |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Biweekly virtual member meetings (Beloved Fridays), Solidarity Circles meeting on their own schedules, regional hub gatherings in person and online, drop-in philanthropic transformation caucuses, and one in-person network gathering a year | Annual Strategy Summit and Leaders Forum, regional convenings, thematic events, immersive field trips, working groups and a Next Gen retreat |
| Peer forums | Solidarity Circles (member-driven groups formed around a topic, meeting on their own schedule for a duration the group sets) plus regional hubs and identity- or role-based philanthropic transformation caucuses. Members also run a rapid-response giving listserv for member-led resource mobilisations. | Working groups on themes; regional convenings; curated one-to-one peer introductions; a Next Gen retreat for younger family members |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed. Community principles describe open and honest sharing among members and courageous conversations creating mutual accountability. |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Event-focused, Virtual, Chapter-based, Forum-based | Virtual, Event-focused, Forum-based |
| Confidential peer forums | Yes | Yes |
| Local chapters | Yes | No |
| Virtual membership | Yes | Yes |
| Online community | Yes | Yes |
| Member directory | Partial | Not documented |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Yes |
| Leadership development | Yes | Partial |
| Retreats | Yes | Yes |
| Travel | No | Yes |
| Family programming | Partial | Yes |
| Spouse and partner programming | Not documented | Not documented |
| Next-generation programming | Partial | Yes |
| Investment discussions | Partial | Yes |
| Investment opportunities | No | Partial |
| Philanthropic component | Yes | Yes |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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