INSIGHT

Evolving Requires Avoiding the Traps of Ignoring, Hoarding, and Stagnating

LEARNING OPPORTUNITY

Assessing Financial Health Virtual Training Series

PEAK’s newest financial training series, developed in partnership with BDO, aims to build participants’ knowledge of fundamental financial health concepts. In addition, participants will learn how to develop more trusting relationships with nonprofit organizations throughout the grantmaking cycle by approaching financial review processes with a grantee-centered lens. Registration for all sessions is now open, and space is limited.

September 11
Understanding Grantee Financial Health and Financial Resilience

October 17
Understanding Nonprofit Organization’s Financials and the True Cost of Programs

November 7
Reframing Your Financial Vetting and Assessment Processes

TECH UPGRADE

New Member Database Update

Thank you for your grace and understanding as we transition to our new member database, Nimble AMS! We are excited that over 1,800 members have already activated their accounts to access CONNECT, the 2023 Grants Professionals Salary Report, and our many resources.

Haven’t logged in yet? Go to https://my.peakgrantmaking.org. For members who previously had an account with PEAK, click Forgot Password? to activate your account.

Join our Peer Networks! In our new system, members may join as many chapters and peer groups as they’d like. To do so, log into https://my.peakgrantmaking.org, click My Peer Networks on the left side panel, and then select the peer networks that you’d like to join. Once you’ve added yourself to a peer network, you can begin connecting with your peers.

Running into challenges? If you have any issues with Nimble AMS, please reach out to our team at [email protected] so we can troubleshoot. We appreciate your feedback as we continue to work to make this an amazing, seamless experience for you.

Weekly Reads

“People are so concerned with chasing grants and chasing the dollar that they sacrifice the needs of their community in order to maintain this legacy. Why do you need a nonprofit to exist for 80 years? If you’ve existed that long, you’re not addressing the problem that you set out to solve.” [more]
Sim Bilal, Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles, for The Chronicle of Philanthropy

“How can philanthropy better support nonprofits’ voter engagement efforts? While private foundations are limited when it comes to funding voter registration specifically, both public and private foundations can support broad-based voter engagement work done in a nonpartisan way. By funding and promoting nonpartisan voter engagement, philanthropy can ensure nonprofits have the resources, skills, and confidence needed to mobilize their communities.” [more]
Brian Miller, Nonprofit VOTE, and Matthew L. Evans, United Philanthropy Forum, for Candid

“In the years since we signed the Disability Inclusion Pledge, we have accelerated our disability justice learning and commitment, and we have much of which to be proud. We also have areas that require more work. We have learned that progress requires the commitment and effort of every department as well as a true partnership between leadership and Staff with lived experience. Changing policies and practices is a step in the right direction, but changing culture requires time and sustained attention.” [more]
John Palfrey, MacArthur Foundation

“Independent Sector, in partnership with Edelman Data & Intelligence, [has released their] fifth annual report of research findings that explores the nuances of trust in American nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. … [They] set out to conduct mixed methods research including a national survey of 3,000 American adults and qualitative discussion boards of 72 American adults. The research assesses the general population’s trust in the sector (philanthropy and nonprofits) and uncovers the factors that drive trust in the sector.” [more]
Independent Sector