INSIGHT
A Love Note to the PEAK Community
For PEAK President and CEO Satonya Fair, philanthropy’s work begins and ends with love. However, as she shares here, moving the field forward requires us to lean into a few hard truths, focus on people-centered change, and take collaborative action in order to realize equity and opportunity for all.
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BOARD ELECTIONS
Announcing the Nominees for PEAK’s Board of Directors
On March 1, every PEAK member will receive their ballot for our 2024 board elections. Cast your vote to affirm the outstanding leaders who will help lead PEAK over the next three years. Get to know our nine board candidates today by reading their bios.
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ANNUAL CONVENING
PEAK2024 Virtual Registration Closes Soon
Join philanthropy colleagues at PEAK2024 through our virtual experience. Preview the complete agenda, featuring live streaming of three keynotes and 10 breakout sessions. Plus, you’ll have on-demand access to all streamed content via the app—both during and following the convening.
Registration closes on March 8.
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TEAM NEWS
Welcome, Alberto, and Congratulations to Caitlin and Jesse!
We are delighted to welcome Alberto Espinoza, who joins the knowledge and learning team as knowledge and learning manager. We're also thrilled to announce that Caitlin McDanels has been promoted to senior marketing and experience manager and Jesse Rhodes to senior publications manager.
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PEAK Is Hiring
We are seeking two new team members to help PEAK and our members lead the way in transforming philanthropy:
Associate Editor
Partnerships Manager
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COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Strategic Shifts in Our Peer Networks
In the spirit of emergent learning, PEAK formed peer groups in 2021 to offer members more ways to connect with one another. After taking time to reflect on the impact of our groups and listen to and learn from our member and volunteer leaders’ feedback, we are pleased to share how we are reimagining our peer groups to best serve the needs of our members as our organization continues to evolve.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
PEAK Is Platinum Again
Year after year, PEAK maintains Candid’s Guidestar top recognition—joining the less than one percent of Platinum Seal-certified nonprofits who are demonstrating a commitment to transparency and sharing results.
Foundations can earn seals too! Congratulations if your organization is already certified, and if not, we challenge you to spur the change we want to see in having more funders commit to transparency.
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Welcome, New Organization Members
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
Ashland Community Health Fund
Center for Culturally Responsive
Engagement at MPHI
Delaney Data Empowerment
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Geneva Global
Healthy Lakewood Foundation
HRJ Consulting
Patricia Kind Family Foundation
The Seybert Foundation
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Our Gratitude
Thank you to Stephanie Duffy, Kelli Rojas, and Ursula Stewart for their individual contributions.
Our thanks to PEAK2024 sponsors, including akoyaGo, Annenberg Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Archstone Foundation, BDO, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Foundation, Fluxx, GivingData, Grantbook, ImagineCRM, JustFund, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, Marguerite Casey Foundation, National Park Foundation, NPact, Resilia, reSolved, ServiceNow.org, SmartSimple, and WizeHive.
Interested in supporting PEAK2024? Explore our Supporting PEAK2024 Guide and contact [email protected].
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PEER LEARNING
Announcing Our Second Mentorship Pilot Program
We are delighted to announce the second iteration of our PEAK mentorship pilot program, in collaboration with PEAK New England!
The PEAK New England mentoring program seeks to bring together a group of mentors and mentees who have diverse lived experiences both within and beyond the workplace. The program will focus on cultivating peer learning within pairs of mentors and mentees, as well as a cohort and include opportunities to grow your professional network with other program participants. The second pilot begins July 15 and will run for 12 months.
We are excited to apply the learnings we gained in 2022 from our first successful pilot program in partnership with PEAK Northeast to this next phase. While this pilot is limited to our New England Chapter, PEAK is continuing to explore creative ideas to bring coaching and mentorship to our broader community throughout the year.
We’d like to thank the PEAK New England Chapter leadership team who are coleading this pilot program with us!
If you have questions regarding the mentorship program, please reach out to Senior Community Engagement Manager Altinay Cortes at [email protected].
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Peer Network Spotlight
PEAK offers members diverse peer spaces for learning, sharing, and evolving in our thriving chapters and peer groups. 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. Stay up to date on upcoming meetings by checking PEAK’s events calendar.
Our chapters have been hard at work facilitating knowledge sharing opportunities for members. To help prepare members for attending PEAK2024, both PEAK Midwest and PEAK Northeast each hosted sessions this month where they shared tips and advice for making the most of your time during the convening. And for all chapter and peer group members, we’ll soon share a full PEAK2024 meeting schedule online and in the convening app.
In addition, PEAK Southwest hosted their first knowledge swap where members offered support to one another in helping each other stay focused on achieving their 2024 goals. Throughout the year, they will send reminders to check in with each other year to catch up on how they’re progressing on their goals.
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PEAK in Community
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.
Last month, President and CEO Satonya Fair participated in the United Philanthropy Forum's annual CEO Winter Gathering, where CEOs from issue-focused, regional, and national philanthropy-supporting and -mobilizing organizations convened to align on priorities and ensure they are informed on each other's goals for the year, and to celebrate Dave Biemesderfer on his retirement.
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Chief Strategy Officer Betsy Reid contributed “PEAK's Disability Pledge Inclusion Journey” to Disability & Philanthropy Forum’s annual report, which chronicles our learnings and progress as well as champion greater sector participation in this critical work to advance equity (see pages 25–26).
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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:
- Senior Research Associate | Democracy Fund, Washington, DC
- Associate Consultant, Evaluation and Learning | TCC Group, Philadelphia, PA
- Program Director-Community Engagement, Chesapeake | The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment, Remote
- Senior Program Officer | Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts, New York, NY
- Grants Manager | Third Plateau, Remote
- Vice President of Talent and Culture | Missouri Foundation for Health, St. Louis, MO
- Philanthropy Associate | Maine Community Foundation, Portland, ME
- Grants Coordinator, Biomedical Research | Health Resources in Action, Remote
- Grants Specialist | East Bay Community Foundation, Oakland, CA
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