INSIGHT
What Does It Mean to Be a Responsive Steward?
PEAK’s Lita Pardi reflects on her experiences in philanthropy and the action steps funders can take to become responsive—as opposed to responsible—stewards of their assets, operationalize more equitable grantmaking practices, and unlock the potential to achieve long-term and sustainable community impact.
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ICYMI
Our New Collection of Steward Responsively Resources
Through our Steward Responsively Principle, PEAK Grantmaking calls on funders to reframe risk and to recalibrate their vetting process to make it more transparent, more trust-based, more nonprofit- and community-centered, and less burdensome. Being a change agent for responsive stewardship begins with three actions. Start with our action planner—Strategies to Steward Responsively—for guidance on how to reframe risk and rightsize your vetting process, recalibrate how you assess financials, and use technology to elevate equity and efficiency. Then, dive into our collection of how-to guides, exclusive to PEAK’s Organization and Consultant Members.
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Last Call to Attend PEAK2023 Online
Virtual registration closes this Friday, April 28. Don't miss the opportunity to live stream three keynotes and participate in a selection of 18 breakouts across five concurrent session blocks via the PEAK2023 app. Plus, you’ll have on-demand access to all of our streamed programs through the app during and following the convening.
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BOARD ELECTION
Announcing the Nominees for PEAK’s Board of Directors
Tomorrow, every PEAK member will receive their ballot for our 2023 board election. Cast your vote to affirm who will help lead PEAK over the next three years. Get to know our seven board candidates today by reading their bios.
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ANNUAL MEETING
Attend PEAK’s Annual Meeting, Live or Online
We welcome every member of the PEAK community to participate in this important yearly opportunity to hear from PEAK’s board and staff about our progress over the past year. Note, if you’re registered to attend PEAK2023 in person or online, you are already registered to attend the annual meeting.
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Welcome, New Organization Members
American Association of University
Women
Anschutz Family Foundation
Bezos Earth Fund
Cherry Strategies
Florida Philanthropic Network
Grantmakers in the Arts
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Wagner Foundation
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Our Gratitude
Thank you to partners who have committed to supporting PEAK2023: Amalgamated Bank, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Blackbaud, Digital Science, Fluxx, Health Forward Foundation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation, and Streamlife Consulting. See all of our PEAK2023 supporters here.
We also thank Jina Song Freiberg (Katz Amsterdam Foundation) for the individual contribution!
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PEAK Peer Network Spotlight
PEAK offers members diverse peer spaces for learning, sharing, and evolving in our thriving chapters and peer groups, which include caucuses, affinity groups, communities of practice, and working groups. Each month, we’ll showcase the meaningful programming and networking taking place in these volunteer-led spaces.
Members of the PEAK Northeast chapter (seen above) gathered in-person last month for the first time since 2019. About 70 people registered to attend the new member breakfast event graciously hosted at the Ford Foundation. During the breakfast, attendees got to know one another through fun icebreakers. They also learned about upcoming Northeast Chapter programming and the benefits of being a PEAK chapter volunteer.
In mid-March, members of PEAK’s Small Foundations Affinity Group gathered virtually to discuss some of their recent challenges and methods for improving their grantmaking practices. It was a peer learning opportunity where attendees were able to ask questions and get answers from their small foundations colleagues.
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PEAK In Community
Here’s the latest on how PEAK is actively engaging with the philanthropic sector and leading the way in advancing equitable, effective grantmaking practices.
PEAK has joined with more than 22 foundations and philanthropy-supporting organizations in signing on to Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ We Will Only Move Forward Together: An Open Call to Philanthropy, a statement of solidarity that calls philanthropy to “act to resource our transgender and gender-nonconforming community in this moment of crisis in this most crucial moment. The situation is dire and we know philanthropy can and must do more.”
Last month, Satonya Fair and Vu Le copresented at Stanford Social Innovation Review's 2023 Frontiers of Social Innovation virtual conference. In their spirited, frank conversation about Democratizing Philanthropy, Satonya and Vu delved into how philanthropy can become more responsive to the people, organizations, and communities it seeks to serve.
Partnerships Director C. Davis Parchment joined the monthly meeting of the Nonprofit Infrastructure Investment Advocacy Group (NIIAG), a coalition chaired by Independent Sector and KABOOM! to identify and advocate for the essential federal investments needed to rebuild the nation in the wake of the pandemic, economic crisis, and the ongoing racial injustice reckoning. PEAK has joined the NIIAG coalition, and we look forward to contributing to the group's efforts to prioritize investments in (and through) nonprofits that strengthen civic bonds, put people back to work rebuilding our communities, and provide at a national scale the critical resources and services nonprofits need to accomplish their missions.
PEAK Chief Operating Officer Dolores Estrada and Programs and Knowledge Director Lita Pardi engaged with PEAK’s Rocky Mountain and Northern California chapters in a workshop focusing on oral and alternative grant reporting. Two members, Libra Foundation’s Jenny Herrera and Grove Foundations’s Blanch Vance, shared their organizations' journeys in shifting their reporting practices.
As a Council on Foundations Career Pathways graduate, Satonya has stayed engaged with program leadership and participants. She recently joined the current cohort to share her leadership journey and how her leadership style has been shaped over the years. This month, Satonya also joined PEAK staffers Nichia McFarlane, Kyle Reynolds, and Dionne Thompson at ABFE’s annual Harambee conference.
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CAREER SUPPORT
The Latest on PEAK’s Job Board
Explore career opportunities from across our member community. Searching for a new team member? PEAK members are invited to add job postings at no cost. Simply log in, complete a brief form, and your post will be added shortly.
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Here are a few current opportunities:
- Grants Manager | Zellerbach Family Foundation, San Francisco, CA
- Program and Grants Associate | Stranahan Foundation, Remote
- Program Assistant | Center for Science in the Public Interest, Remote
- Racial Equity Consultant | Katz Amsterdam Foundation, Remote
- Program Associate | Baszucki Group, San Mateo, CA
- Senior Consultant, Integrated Initiatives | TCC Group, New York, NY
- US Racial Justice Director | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA
- Grants & Contract Associate | Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Washington, DC
- Program Lead | Foundation for Community Health, Sharon, CT
- Director, Research Programs | American Diabetes Association, Remote
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