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** Our Latest Salary Report Is Here
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PEAK’s 2023 Grants Professionals Salary Report delivers comprehensive insights into compensation trends, benefits, and workplace practices based on the firsthand input of grants management professionals.

And thanks to the participation of more than 1,000 organizations throughout the PEAK community, we have distilled actionable information from our largest dataset to date to summarize current practices across the field. These insights are designed to help you to strategically make decisions on hiring, salaries and benefits, setting workplace practices, and evaluating employee growth opportunities.

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This resource is complimentary to Organization Members and available for a fee to others.


** TECH UPGRADE
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** PEAK’s New Online Experience Has Arrived
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We’re excited to officially launch our new association management system, Nimble AMS, which is based on the Salesforce platform. In addition to a single sign-on feature that will allow you to seamlessly go between all PEAK platforms, our new streamlined experience includes self-service capabilities and real-time website updates.

You should have received an email last week with instructions on how to set up your new account. In addition, it includes a list of upcoming dates when our team will be holding open office hours to address your questions, provide support, and celebrate this milestone moment. If you didn’t receive it or need support, please email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
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** GOVERNANCE
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** Welcoming Our 2024–2027 Board Members
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This spring, four volunteers departed PEAK’s board of directors, and we would like to offer deep appreciation to them for their six years of service: Steven Casey, We Mean Business Coalition; Allison Gister, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation; Tiauna George, Energy Foundation; and Jane Ward, National Park Foundation.

We’d also like to extend our gratitude to the volunteer leaders who stepped up to serve on PEAK’s board and were affirmed by membership this spring. This month, we welcome six new directors: David Bender, Pinellas Community Foundation; TeQuion Brookins, TeQuion Brookins, LLC; Tanisha Davis, Archstone Foundation; Tara Havlicek, Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation; Sarita Michaca, Tides; and Blanch Vance, The Grove Foundation. In addition, we welcome back three members for their second term: Josh Abel, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust; Janet Disla, The Nathan Cummings Foundation; and Teresita Maz, Healthy Places by Design. Together, they join 10 of their PEAK community peers to help PEAK realize its vision and mission. This year’s board is cochaired by Disla and Ify Mora, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies.
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** TEAM NEWS
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** Staffing Update
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Makayla Peterson (right), who came to us as part of Bowie State University’s Philanthropy Fellowship program, will complete her yearlong fellowship at PEAK this month. We thank her for spending the past year with us, both learning and contributing as part of our team.

This month, we also said farewell to C. Davis Fischer (left), and we want to express our deep appreciation for her many contributions to PEAK as partnerships director and best wishes on her career journey.


** MEMBERSHIP
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** Become a Sustaining Member
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Catalyze PEAK’s amazing community of change agents working to reimagine philanthropy through a Sustaining Membership ([link removed]) —an opportunity for Organization and Consultant Members to more deeply invest in PEAK by contributing funding above and beyond their membership dues. Learn more about this new membership tier, and if you are able to give above and beyond your current level, we thank you for your outsized support and demonstration of confidence in PEAK and our community.
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** JOURNAL
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** Our Fall Journal is Underway
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The next edition of PEAK Grantmaking Journal ([link removed]) will explore how grants management is a strategic driver for organizational impact and innovatively moving funding out into the community more effectively. To help us envision this issue, we are pleased to welcome four volunteer leaders from our community (from left): Indya Hartley, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Kelly Hayashi, The Heising-Simons Foundation; and Bonnie Rivers, The JPB Foundation, have joined us as guest editors and Kelli Rojas, Rose Community Foundation, is our board liaison. We look forward to sharing the Journal with you this fall.


** 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.

PEAK peer networks are ready to start the summer with insightful learning and sharing opportunities. During PEAK New England’s May hybrid chapter meeting (above left), YW Boston President and CEO Beth Chandler discussed how to move forward in challenging times that threaten diversity, equity, and inclusion. She encouraged attendees to remove stereotypical language from job descriptions and support policies that advance diversity. Technical Product Manager Kyle Renninger presented as well on adopting equity-centered artificial intelligence practices. If you would like to participate in this ongoing conversation and share resources, sign up ([link removed]) for PEAK’s dedicated forum on CONNECT.

PEAK Northeast hosted “Building Your Grants Management Handbook,” featuring a presentation the importance of documenting grants management policies and procedures to ensure stability and how knowledge silos pose risks to foundations, copresented by Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Finance and Administration Manager Amanda Lefer, and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants Manager Irene Williams.

PEAK Delaware Valley (above right) organized a successful after-work networking event at the Chancery Market in Wilmington, Delaware, which provided a wonderful opportunity for attendees to deepen their connections and build meaningful relationships within the regional community.


** 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.

At EPIP’s annual conference, Learning and Events Specialist Kristen Craig and Peer Group Specialist Rafael Torres joined President and CEO Satonya in delivering “Leading From Your Seat,” a session where they each shared tips from their emergent learning playbooks on how to apply a leadership lens to one’s work and how to address the challenges many encounter to find their path to inclusion at the decision-making table.

Satonya joined Georgia Center for Nonprofits CEO Karen Beavor for a June webinar where they discussed the issues that are top-of-mind for funders, how they approach those issues, and what nonprofits can do to adjust how they engage funders so that they can find common ground, build stronger relationships, and create new opportunities.

Satonya delivered a keynote address at the Bowie State University Philanthropy Initiative’s commencement ceremony. Over the past year, Satonya has also been a guest lecturer in Bowie State’s Philanthropy Fellowship program, a continuing partnership between the university, PEAK, and ABFE to help graduate students of color prepare for leadership roles in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors.

Nonprofit Financial Commons—a peer community where nonprofits can share information on how to act strategically on their financial models—welcomed Dolores as a guest speaker in its webinar series on the implications of different business models. Here, she spoke on PEAK’s work to cultivate a vibrant member community and we evolved our infrastructure over time to continuously support our community.

PEAK has joined an Independent Sector-led coalition of nonprofits and philanthropic organizations in signing on to this letter ([link removed]) asking Congress to provide $4–$8 million in funding for the Bureau of Labor Statistics to include nonprofit workforce data in the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. While quarterly wage data is available to most other sectors, reporting on the nonprofit sector is only released every five years, depriving our economy’s third largest employer of the ability to nimbly respond to trends, better work with policymakers, and equitably support a corps of employees.

Senior Knowledge and Learning Manager Vanessa Elkan, Knowledge and Learning Manager Roberto Espinosa, Chief Strategy Officer Betsy Reid, and Senior Publications Editor Jesse Rhodes attended GEO’s 2024 National Conference in Los Angeles. The event, hosted in partnership with Philanthropy California, featured speakers from across the social sector who inspired attendees to reenvision philanthropy.


** 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:
* Executive Assistant, Office of the President | Democracy Fund,
Washington, DC
* Senior Data Quality Manager | Candid, Remote
* Grants Administrator | Wilburforce Foundation, Seattle, WA
* Philanthropic Initiatives Coordinator | Rose Community Foundation,
Denver, CO
* Grants Assistant | The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Oakland CA
* Assistant to the President | Maine Community Foundation, Ellsworth, ME,
Portland, ME

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