Compensating grant applicants. Celebrating Juneteenth. Trending on CONNECT. Weekly Reads.

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** Honoring Time: Grantseeker compensation
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When the Walter & Elise Haas Fund discovered how much time nonprofits invested in the grant application process, they implemented a compensation framework to better align their practices with their values. Former PEAK board member Suki O’Kane shares their story.
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** Celebrating Juneteenth
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In honor of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, PEAK’s offices will be closed on Monday, June 19. We encourage you to learn more about the history and traditions of this day ([link removed]) . If your organization will also be closed, consider getting involved in your community. “By recognizing Juneteenth with a day of volunteering,” Taproot Foundation writes, “we can both invest in our communities and boost the voices of key nonprofits.” If you have the availability to serve as a skilled volunteer, check out their website ([link removed]) for a list of current opportunities.

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Join this week’s trending conversations:
* Providing a grant in lieu of honorarium ([link removed])
* Requiring audit reports from grant seekers ([link removed])
* Still trending: Calculating indirect costs for research grants ([link removed])



Help a colleague! Do you have advice to share on the following topics?
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* Funding gay-straight alliances in schools ([link removed])
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June 21
CHAPTER MEETING
Chapter Chat (PEAK Northeast) ([link removed])

June 28
PEER GROUP MEETING
What Would Philanthropy Look Like if it Loved Black People? (PEAK Black Caucus) ([link removed])

June 29
SPONSORED WEBINAR
AI for Good: Revolutionizing Philanthropy with Innovative Solutions (Fluxx) ([link removed])

July 12
MEMBER WEBINAR
PEAK Summer Volunteer Fair ([link removed])

July 18
CHAPTER MEETING
New Member Coffee Chat with Mighty Midwest (PEAK Midwest) ([link removed])
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** Weekly Reads
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LGBTQ+ causes and individuals have become more visible in recent years, but nonprofits serving the LGBTQ+ community have existed for decades and can be found across the traditional nonprofit subsectors. This report from the IUPUI Lilly Family School of Philanthropy builds on existing studies that have estimated giving by institutional funders and giving to certain types of organizations, hoping to create a new baseline for the philanthropic landscape of LGBTQ+ nonprofits. [more] ([link removed])

“Leaders who are truly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace must ask themselves these two critical questions: What are the individual, interpersonal, and organizational costs of neglecting how psychological safety is different for Black women? And how might a tailored approach to psychological safety boost well-being and work outcomes of Black women in the workforce?” [more] ([link removed])
Agatha Agbanobi, Cornell University, and T. Viva Asmelash, Liberation Labs, for Harvard Business Review

“How do we build a thriving world for all? For us, the solution is radical generosity. Radical generosity is a generosity so plentiful and instinctual it becomes a muscle memory across individuals and institutions, across norms and cultures. Radical generosity redefines the entire concept of giving from one of charity between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ to one of investment in people and communities. It is evergreen and circular, a co-owned community effort with two-way benefits.” [more] ([link removed])
Asha Curran, GivingTuesday and Asim I. Khwaja, Harvard Kennedy School, for Alliance Magazine

“The initial movement [for nonprofit social responsibility] was animated by the push for external oversight and standardization, in the form of certifications, accreditations, watchdogs, and codes of conduct. By contrast, the contemporary movement is driven by nonprofits taking proactive steps to incorporate an expanding array of social issues into their core values. It goes beyond a narrow conception of the nonprofit mission and beyond the baseline responsibilities of being lawful and ethical to stress responsibility to a wide array of stakeholders, including the sector as a whole, and practicing leadership on emergent social issues.” [more] ([link removed])
Shawn Pope, EMLV Business School, and Patricia Bromley, Stanford University, for Stanford Social Innovation Review

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