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Retreats are intentionally small and relational by design, bringing together 8–12 participants in settings chosen for quiet, hospitality, and authentic connection. Through guided teaching, reflection, conversation, and practical application of DREAMS, participants begin cultivating a healthier and more sustainable approach to generosity leadership.
Hosted and underwritten by giving partners, these retreats create space for honest reflection, transformational learning, and meaningful connection, because sustainable generosity begins with healthy leadership and trust-centered relationships.
The model is simple: funders underwrite, leaders learn. A foundation, family foundation, or philanthropist sponsors the retreat and invites the leaders they most want to strengthen. Participants make a small contribution as a sign of commitment, and funders underwrite the rest.
When you underwrite this pathway, youʼre not just funding programs. Youʼre strengthening the people behind them. Youʼre building capacity, reducing burnout, and equipping leaders with tools they’ve never been offered before. This approach flexes to fit your vision, whether thatʼs sponsoring one leader, a group of grantees, or your entire network.
Something changes when leaders stop trying to perform generosity conversations and begin building real ones.
They leave with less pressure, more clarity, and a renewed belief that the support their mission needs is possible. Participants have said the retreat "removed the mystery and pressure" from their role and restored their motivation for the work. Every evaluation scored a ten or above. One person wrote in an eleven.
For giving partners and foundations, that matters. When leaders become more grounded and curious, the relationships around the mission become stronger too.
Whether you lead, serve, fund, or guide, there's a place for you here.
