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** INSIGHT
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** How JustFund Is Using Trust and Technology to Reimagine Philanthropy
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Iara Peng shares how, by creating an innovative common grant application platform that funders can easily search, JustFund has helped to move millions to historically marginalized nonprofits doing impactful work.
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** MEMBER OPPORTUNITY
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** Apply Now for the PEAK and BDO Service-Learning Pilot Program
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We are now accepting member applications for this virtual learning opportunity where participants will develop their abilities in utilizing financial documents in order to foster more collaborative and equitable funder-nonprofit relationships. During the three-month program, 20 PEAK members will receive coaching on how to review and analyze IRS filings and then be matched with Baltimore-based nonprofits to engage in open and respectful conversations about financial documents.

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your application by August 18. Space is limited, and we expect this program to fill up quickly.
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** JOURNAL
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** Contribute to Our Next Journal
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Coming this fall, the next Journal will take a deep dive into our Learn, Share, Evolve Principle ([link removed]) . We are looking for short stories from the field that lift up how the PEAK community is leading the way in the evolution of philanthropy. Cocreate this edition with us by sharing
* how your organization listens to and learns from your nonprofit partners and shares that knowledge;
* ways you have supported people working in nonprofits; or
* how insights from grantee reports inspired action.

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Join this week’s trending conversations:
* Selecting grants vs. contracts ([link removed])
* Eliminating grantee financial reports ([link removed])
* Sharing professional development recommendations ([link removed])



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** Upcoming Events
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August 10
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August 15
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Expanding Access to Philanthropy: How do we move to action? (PEAK Delaware Valley) ([link removed])

August 16
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A Party to Enhance Equity in Philanthropy (PEAK Rocky Mountain) ([link removed])

August 17
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** Weekly Reads
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“For the most part, right now, it’s not financial capital issues that are keeping nonprofit leaders up at night; it’s human capital issues. Folks are exhausted and stretched as they strive to meet the needs of the communities they serve, while at the same time struggling with the day-to-day pressures on their teams and wondering how to keep their organizations and their people vibrant and strong.” [more] ([link removed])
Judy Belk, The California Wellness Foundation, for Center for Effective Philanthropy

“And by failing to fund the fight against ableism, progressive funders are failing to help build a truly progressive future. An accessible world, a world where we have power and liberation and dignity regardless of our disability status, is a world where all of us thrive. Workers. Black, Latiné, Indigenous, and AAPI folks. Women. LGBTQ people. Immigrants. Poor people. Families. Everyone.” [more] ([link removed])
Dom Kelly, New Disabled South, for Candid’s Philanthropy News Digest

“Trust-based philanthropy challenges us to focus on cultivating mutual accountability, establishing communication and relationships that allow for the grantee and funder to hold themselves accountable to one another. bi3 has shifted from ‘holding the grantee accountable’ to partnering with grantees to achieve a shared goal of improving health and well-being for all people.” [more] ([link removed])
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Why has nonprofit advocacy and public engagement declined over the past 20 years when both are needed more than ever? Independent Sector’s new research report, The Retreat of Influence: Exploring the Decline of Nonprofit Advocacy and Public Engagement, explores the significant drop in nonprofit advocacy. It also examines how nonprofit engagement in advocacy and lobbying interacts with other forms of nonprofit civic engagement. [more] ([link removed])

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