A game that takes generosity seriously.
The Generosity Roundtable is a card-based educational gaming system for nonprofit teams, and a growing network of the people who play it. One box gives a host everything they need to run a session. Half an hour of play, conversations that last a lot longer.
Launch Week was a success, and the founding cohort of Hosts is in. We're spending August with them, running sessions and building out the learning network. We open boxes back up September 15–19. Until then, sign up for free updates and learning resources — you do not need a box to start learning with us.
Free to join. Learning resources roll out to everyone on the list, box or no box.
Countdown to the September window
Everything a host needs to start a table: the engraved wooden box, the Host Manual, and character tools. Canvas bag included as a thank you gift to all new Hosts!
What people say after one game.
Truly visionary. It makes scenario planning fun while building empathy and the ability to see things from different perspectives. Camaraderie and professional development in one exercise.
This is so needed in a world of the same professional development webinars and courses recycled over and over again.
Playing the game helps bring clarity and focus to specific issues our team faces. A fun and refreshing way to guide strategic conversations.
One box,
infinite possibilities
The full gaming system
Playable at a table of three or three hundred tables in about half an hour. Built to align teams, set boundaries, and turn any conversation into clear next actions.
The Board Game
Your first scenario set, ready out of the box as a launch title. Two follow-up titles mailed to you at no extra cost. Every game booklet is handcrafted by us.
Guest Guides + Host Manual
Get into a game in just a few minutes or explore your whole strategy over multiple sessions.
Lifelong learning license
Hosts-only access to the full catalog of gameplay sessions, host evolutions, and experiments shared across the network. Yours for as long as the game exists.
The public wiki + tools
A free, open gameplay rules wiki plus quizzes and tools anyone can use. Everyone benefits, though it lands deeper once you've actually played.
Guardians of the Game Monthly Sessions
Learn directly from Guardians across the nonprofit sector. The trusted network of people who believe generosity, identity, and community building are deeply intertwined.
Ten benefits. Ten archetypes. Pick the one that lands.
Every benefit below comes from one of the ten Generosity Archetypes at the center of the game. Choose the one that sounds most like your organization and we will tell you which archetype you are.
Think outside of the box when it comes to professional development
Guest Pass & free learning resources.
Not every table needs the full box right away. The $50 Guest Pass — just the Generosity Archetype cards and the character creation booklets — stays open year-round, so you can explore the ideas long before a box window opens.
Starting this August we're also rolling out learning resources to everyone on our list, whether or not you own a box: the free rules wiki, gameplay videos, guided practices, and a monthly digest from the network.
Archetype cards + booklets
The same cards and character sheets used at every table, in a standalone set. Available all year.
Rules, videos + updates
The complete rules are published free, and new resources land on the list first. Sign up and follow along.
Launch Week worked. Now we build the network.
The July 28 – August 1 window is closed and the founding cohort of Hosts is in. August belongs to them: onboarding, monthly sessions, and the first learning resources going out to everyone else too. We open boxes back up September 15 through September 19.
National Harbor · Launch WeekFirst table of the week — cards, bricks and character sheets in play at National Harbor.
- NetworkAll August · Virtual
Monthly sessions with the Host Network
Hosts + Guardians
We're spending the month with the people who just joined: onboarding new Hosts, running sessions, and turning what we learn at those tables into better materials.
- Open to allAll August · Free
Learning resources for everyone
No box required
Guided practices, gameplay videos, and the free rules wiki start rolling out to everyone on the update list, whether you own a box or are just curious.
- Coming upSept 15 – 19 · Next window
Boxes open back up
The September window
The next chance to become a Host. Same $500 Pilot Edition, same lifetime Library access, from the remaining boxes in the run of 500. Get on the list and you'll hear first.
- Available nowYear-round · Anytime
Guest Pass + free rules
$50, or free
Want in before September? The $50 Guest Pass is always open, and the complete rules of the game are published online for free.
Launch Week is done. The fun keeps going.
Only 500 educational gaming systems are being produced in 2026, and the founding cohort claimed their seats during Launch Week — but the community we're building is just getting warmed up. Here's what's ahead:
- Monthly sessions all AugustVirtual gameplay, open to every Host, every month.
- September 15–19: the next windowBoxes open back up for a second window, with a November encore timed to the Nonprofit Social Media Summit, culminating in a National Game Night on November 18.
- On the road all yearCatch us at Bridge, Independent Sector Summit, and a growing lineup of conferences and community events.
- Guardians unlock new experiencesWe'll coordinate with our Guardians of the Game to develop special applications, workshops, and rituals of the game.
- Player-driven community supportWe'll roll out programming and offerings based on what our Players actually ask for.
- 150 Hosts → next iterationOnce we hit 150 Hosts, we start developing the next edition of the rules — driven entirely by community feedback.
- 500 Hosts → what's next togetherWhen we reach 500 Hosts, we open the conversation about what the future of the Roundtable looks like — together.
That's Maggie. She's the reason the horizon matters. This is where we start building the next generation of leaders — grounded in generosity, identity, and the trust that comes from an honest conversation around a table.
You are buying the box.
You are joining a community.
Everything you just read is live the day your box arrives. The rest grows with the network. Our public Toolkit is a free home for guided practices, a book recommendation tool, reading flights, and the resources Hosts and players reach for between sessions. You do not pay again to grow into any of it. Being early is the whole point.
You get to learn alongside some pretty smart people.
Over twenty Guardians have signed on so far: fundraisers, facilitators, community builders, technologists, and advocates with decades of lived experience across the sector. As the table grows, so does what we can learn together.
We're still recruiting Guardians to cover every topic in the Library of Generosity, alongside the nonprofits and foundations already part of the work.
You will know a Guardian by the box they carry.
Each Guardian's box is unlike any other. This was our very first test print, and every box in the run is personally wood-branded by Tim Sarrantonio, Chief Designer of the Generosity Roundtable. The one in the photo is his.
A CSR program that actually feels generous.
Gift a box, and a seat in the learning network, to a nonprofit. Pick one you already partner with, or let us play matchmaker with an overlooked or overbooked organization whose mission lines up with your team's values.
Want more than one? We can co-design a game together — custom prompts, your values threaded through, and a facilitated session that gets your people and theirs on the same table.
A nonprofit you already work with.
We know which organizations are under-resourced and ready for this.
Causes that fit your team's interests, not a generic logo list.
Same Pilot Edition. Same Library access. Bulk gifting available.
Facilitated under our fiscal sponsorship with The Connect Center in Cohoes, NY. Your gift is tax-deductible.
Launch Week is done.
The table stays set.
The founding cohort of Hosts is in, and August is for them — sessions, onboarding, and building everything the network unlocks. We open boxes again September 15 through 19. Get on the list and you'll hear first, plus the free learning resources we're rolling out to everyone, box or no box. Take generosity seriously.
Questions we get a lot.
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What's in the box
Getting a box
Community & what's next
About the game
Tim Sarrantonio
Founder, The Generosity Spectrum · Creator, The Generosity Roundtable
Connect on LinkedInTim has spent over twenty years at the intersection of generosity, technology, and nonprofit practice, supporting tens of thousands of nonprofits through accessible peer learning spaces. He created The Generosity Roundtable as the sector's first educational gaming system for nonprofit decision-making, chairs the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, and serves as a workgroup member for the Aspen Institute's Alliance for Social Trust. He lives in Niskayuna, New York with his wife and three daughters.