This week: Strategy matters. Sector reads. Trending on CONNECT. Upcoming events.

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Happy Friday, and say hello to the new PEAK Weekly, featuring the latest grantmaking insight, notable sector reads, what’s trending in our CONNECT community, and upcoming events. (Coming next week: an all-new PEAK Monthly newsletter!)
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** INSIGHT
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** Why Foundation Strategy Moves Slowly
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In grantmaking, eliminating unnecessary steps and streamlining processes is critical, but so is creating strategies that are responsive to evolving current conditions. Tackle these six common challenges to pick up speed.
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Connect with peers in our member-exclusive online community. Join this week’s trending conversations:
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Help a colleague out by sharing your advice:
* Feedback on GuideStar Pro from Candid ([link removed])
* Digital Asset Management (DAM) options ([link removed])
* Moving from Blackbaud's FIMS to Raiser's Edge NXT ([link removed])

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** Upcoming Events
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August 13 | Honolulu
CHAPTER EVENT
Hawai’i Grantmaker Meeting ([link removed])

August 22 | Online
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Streamline Data Collection to Improve Evaluation ([link removed])

August 22 | Denver
CHAPTER EVENT
Happy Hour (PEAK Rocky Mountain) ([link removed])

August 23 | Washington, D.C.
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Building Relationships with Grantees and Stakeholders (PEAK Greater Washington DC) ([link removed])

August 27 | Salt Lake City
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Meet-Up (PEAK Rocky Mountain) ([link removed])

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** Weekly Reads
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“Do we really want the political debate in this country to unfold as if there were only two sectors – business and government?” [more] ([link removed])
—Phil Buchanan, Center for Effective Philanthropy

“If you can’t name it, you can’t address it. We must actively name and refuse to accept racism any longer if we want to move forward and reflect the standards of freedom and democracy we believe we stand for." [more] ([link removed])
—Nicky Goren, The Meyer Foundation

“Stronger [funder] collaboratives all have a clear ‘primary investment thesis’ for how the collaborative will achieve impact beyond what individual funders can achieve alone.” [more] ([link removed])
—Stanford Social Innovation Review

“When you apply for a grant, you’re putting your hopes and dreams out into a really confusing and opaque system that’s going to judge them... Feedback calls are one way to treat those hopes and dreams with a bit more care.” [more] ([link removed])
—Mandy Ellerton, Bush Foundation, in GlassPockets by Candid.

Foundation giving in the United States is highly concentrated geographically, with nearly half of all grant dollars going to organizations in just three states. [more] ([link removed])
—PND by Candid.

This regional map could help foundations and charities figure out where cash infusions for different causes might help prop up needy groups. [more] ([link removed])
—Fast Company

“Now more than ever, it is imperative that philanthropy embrace immigration as a cross-cutting issue, transcend funding silos and make long-term investments in immigrant communities.” [more] ([link removed])
—Daranee Petsod, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, in NCRP

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