Plus: PEAK2021 save the dates + call for speakers. 2021 Affinity Groups. PEAK in community. Career opportunities. 

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** INSIGHT
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** DEI Capacity Building at Meyer Memorial Trust: Successes, challenges, and wisdom from grantees
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To support grantees in deepening their DEI practices, Meyer created a dedicated pool of technical assistance funds. Now four years in, with over $4 million in grants distributed, DEI Manager Carol Cheney shares takeaways on the program’s impact and effectiveness.
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** Save the dates
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Join colleagues May 4-13, 2021 to reconnect, strengthen our community, and examine and expand upon a pivotal and visionary year, PEAK's 25th in existence. Across two weeks, we'll explore how far the profession of grants management has come – its growing influence and responsibility, critical work in this moment to meet the challenges of our day, and evolving role as a change leader in philanthropy.

Registration opens in March. Fees will be $125 for contributing Organization Members, $225 for Individual Members, and $325 for non-members. (Note: Fees will return to normal rates for PEAK2022 in New Orleans, with registration opening in October.)


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Call for speakers
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Continuing our 25-year commitment to centering equity and community, we invite you to co-design PEAK2021 with us. Help us make this another can’t-miss learning experience for the PEAK community – and the best conference any of us will attend next year.

Deadline: January 12
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** Announcing our 2021 affinity groups
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This summer, we hosted two Community Conversations around the topic of racial equity, giving members the opportunity to come together and process their reactions to the racial and economic unrest in our communities. During those conversations, we heard your call to convene identity-based affinity groups and communities of practice based around advancing equitable grantmaking.

We are grateful to the small group of members who joined us this fall to help us develop affinity group and community of practice offerings for 2021. Early next year, we’ll recruit members to help lead these groups. If you’re interested in stepping up to lead, please reach out to .


** Welcome, new Organization Members
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Community Foundation for South
Central New York
Kerrie Blevins Consulting
PayPal
National Center for Family Philanthropy
The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower
Foundation
Tony Macklin Consulting


** PEAK scheduling note
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Our offices will be closed for an end-of-year break starting December 24, with staff returning January 4.


** PEAK in Community
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The latest news about our sector partnerships and how PEAK is advocating for more equitable grantmaking practices at conferences, convenings, and community conversations.

President and CEO Satonya Fair continued a busy schedule of meeting with sector leaders and partners to advance our call for more equitable grantmaking, including two meetings with Candid (one, as part of a consortium of philanthropy leaders urging changes in how we capture racial justice and racial equity grants), the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, BoardSource, Open Road Alliance, the National Center for Family Philanthropy and CHANGE Philanthropy.

Satonya also presented on Inclusive Grantmaking at the Hypertherm HOPE Foundation’s annual retreat. Hypertherm joined as an Organization Member this year and Stacey Chiocchio hit the ground running by extending this invitation for PEAK to support their efforts to advance equitable grantmaking practices.

Programs and Knowledge Director Melissa Sines presented a session entitled “Grantmaking has changed in the last six months... Will it stick?” at Philanthropy West Virginia’s annual conference.


** The latest on PEAK's job board
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Explore career opportunities from across our member community, now conveniently located under the Resources menu on the PEAK website. Searching for a new team member? Members are invited to add job postings at no cost: Simply login, complete a brief form, and your post will be added shortly.
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Current opportunities include:
* Grants Officer | Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York, NY
* Director, Grants Administration | CPB, Washington, DC
* Senior Foundation Accountant | Pacific Foundation Services, San Francisco, CA
* Grants Management Associate | Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, Phoenix, AZ
* Finance Coordinator | Disability Rights Fund, Boston, MA
* Grants & Systems Manager | TCC Group, New York, NY
* Associate Director of Bilateral Relations | Disability Rights Fund, Boston, MA, Remote

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