Grants Managers Directors Circle visits Montgomery. Participate in PEAK’s salary survey. The strategic value of grants managers. Careers at PEAK.

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** INSIGHT
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** Grants Managers Directors’ Circle Visits Montgomery for a Leadership Learning Journey
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Daniel Weinzveg shares highlights from the fall Grants Managers Directors’ Circle retreat in Montgomery, Alabama, which focused on skill-building sessions around allyship, and immersive experiences to help them nurture organizational cultures of compassion.
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** CALL TO ACTION
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** Take PEAK’s 2023 Salary Survey
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Having current salary data is critical to empowering members of our community to effectively advocate for workplace practices as well as salaries and benefits for themselves and their teams. With those goals in mind, please participate in this 10–15 minute survey and encourage colleagues to do the same. Thank you in advance for being a part of this important benchmarking effort!
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** SPONSORED INSIGHT
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** Roles Grants Managers Play in Strategy Reviews
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GivingData’s Roberto Cremonini details how, as analysts and storytellers, grants managers play a critical role in driving organizational strategy.


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** ANNUAL CONVENING
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** PEAK2024 Updates
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Early registration continues, and we’ll be sharing more details about our schedule in next month’s edition.

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** Welcome, New Organization Members
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Ability Central
Bearman Consulting
Living Cities
Marine Tenure Initiative
Van Beuren Charitable Foundation


** TEAM NEWS
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** We Are Hiring!
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We’re excited to announce that we are seeking two new team members to help PEAK and our members lead the way in transforming philanthropy:

Associate Editor
Programs and Knowledge Manager
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** Peer Network Spotlight
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PEAK offers members diverse peer spaces for learning, sharing, and evolving in our thrivingchapters ([link removed]) andpeer groups ([link removed]) . Each month, we showcase the meaningful programming and networking taking place in these volunteer-led spaces and how the PEAK team is supporting their work.

Fall is here, and chapters are mixing and mingling in person! PEAK Northeast hosted their second Rise and Dine event of the year at The Commonwealth Fund where new members met up for some networking over breakfast. Over on the West Coast, PEAK Southern California met in person for the first time since 2019 with the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles hosting a morning filled with learning and connection. We’d like to send an extra-special thank you to our gracious hosts!

PEAK Northern California brought in Ability Central for a virtual session filled with practical tips, tools, and guidelines funders can implement to ensure that their grant application processes are accessible to people with communication disabilities.


** Our Gratitude
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Thank you to Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for the matching gift and to Adam Sanders for the individual contribution.


** Upcoming
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November 28
SPONSORED WEBINAR
The Path to Centering the Applicant Experience (Blackbaud) ([link removed])

November 30
CHAPTER MEETING
Reigniting Your Career Spark (PEAK Delaware Valley, PEAK Mideast, and PEAK Minnesota) ([link removed])

December 4
CHAPTER MEETING
Chapter Member Town Hall (PEAK Southeast) ([link removed])

December 5
CHAPTER MEETING
Brainstorm Session for 2024 (PEAK Southwest) ([link removed])

December 7
CHAPTER MEETING
From 10,000 Feet: Staffing trends in the nonprofit sector after COVID-19 (PEAK Greater Washington, DC) ([link removed])

December 13
PARTNER EVENT
Disability & Philanthropy Forum: Celebrating Disability Across Philanthropy (CDAP) ([link removed])

December 14
CHAPTER MEETING
Salem Monthly Coffee Hour (PEAK Pacific Northwest) ([link removed])

December 21
CHAPTER MEETING
Monthly Coffee Hour (PEAK Pacific Northwest) ([link removed])

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** PEAK in Community
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Here’s the latest on how PEAK is engaging with member organizations, partners, nonprofits, and allies in advocating for transformative change and leading the way in advancing equitable and effective grantmaking practices.

Hosted by the National Council for Family Philanthropy, Partnerships Director C. Davis Parchment moderated a panel discussion with Yvonne Belanger from the Barr Foundation and Brenda Solorzano from Headwaters Foundation on developing intentional, high-quality listening practices that do not burden nonprofit partners while generating genuine feedback loops.

President and CEO Satonya Fair and Programs and Knowledge Director Lita Ugarte Pardi attended Philanthropy Southeast’s annual meeting, Moving Forward Together: Committed to Southern Communities, in Montgomery, Alabama. In addition to connecting with PEAK members and introducing many more to PEAK, Satonya and CommunityBuild Ventures founder Natasha Harrison spoke to the incoming cohort of Hull Fellows, Philanthropy Southeast's leadership program. Satonya also partnered with Kaki Friskics-Warren of the Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund to lead a session focused on executive transitions, “Beyond Succession Planning: How to Prepare for a Graceful Exit.”

Chief Operating Officer Dolores Estrada keynoted AZ Impact for Good’s annual Transform Arizona event, speaking about PEAK’s philosophy of courage in practice.

Senior Programs and Knowledge Manager Vanessa Elkan presented at Wisconsin Philanthropy Network’s 2023 conference in Milwaukee on PEAK’s Steward Responsively Principle. She spoke on how funders can reframe risk and recalibrate their vetting processes to make grantmaking more transparent, trust-based, and nonprofit- and community-centered.

Peer Group Specialist Rafael Torres (at left) participated in the Grantmakers in the Arts conference in Puerto Rico.

Chapter Specialist Dionne Thompson was selected to participate on the planning committee for the United Philanthropy Forum 2024 conference.


** CAREER SUPPORT
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** The Latest on PEAK’s Job Board
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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:
* Program Associate, Child and Family | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA
* Communications & Storytelling Officer | Woods Fund Chicago, Chicago, IL | Hybrid
* Content Development Associate | Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Remote
* Grants Manager | Health Resources in Action, Remote
* Grants Manager | Hawthornden Foundation, New York, NY
* Hawthornden Brooklyn Site/Residency Director | Hawthornden Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
* Grants & Data Assistant | Burton D. Morgan Foundation, OH

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