Empowering the next generation of Black professionals in philanthropy. #PEAKis25 highlights. PEAK is Platinum. Member shout-out. Chapter spotlight.

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** INSIGHT
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** How ABFE Is Speaking Truth, Cultivating Black Leadership, and Driving Change
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In our latest CEO:CEO interview, PEAK’s Satonya Fair and ABFE’s Susan Taylor Batten discuss the evolution of philanthropy-supporting organizations and what today's leaders can do to empower the next generation of Black professionals in philanthropy.
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** #PEAKis25
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** Reflecting on Progress Made and the Work Ahead
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Across our 25th year—and at events like yesterday’s CEO panel with Satonya Fair, Darren Walker, Rip Rapson, and Marcus Walton—we’ve been lifting up the many ways that the PEAK community has been leading the way to operationalize equity in philanthropy.

Celebrate, explore, and dream big with us as we embark on PEAK’s next chapter—starting with the latest additions to our 25th anniversary microsite:
* Watch this short video ([link removed]) with Ashley Clark, Roland Kennedy, Jr., and Dan Gaff speaking about the pivotal, strategic role of grants management in driving equitable grantmaking.
* Read about the evolution of grants management systems ([link removed]) as a transformative tool for grants managers.
* Explore a timeline of key milestones ([link removed]) in our 25-year journey!
* ICYMI: Watch Satonya’s conversation with founding members ([link removed]) Ursula Stewart and Margaret Egan about why PEAK is so special to them and their aspirations for our next 25 years.

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** MEMBER SHOUT-OUT
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** Now is the Moment: Piper Trust redirects its pandemic investment returns to grantees
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PEAK board co-chair Gary Romero is the director of grants management at the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, which on Monday awarded $123 million in grants to 71 surprised Arizona nonprofits in a Trustee initiative—the Now is the Moment Grants Commemoration. The funds represent all of the wealth Piper accumulated from its investments during the past 15 months and ranks as the largest single-day grant initiative in the state's history.
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PEAK is Platinum
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PEAK has earned Guidestar’s Platinum Seal of Transparency, joining the fewer than one percent of nonprofits with Guidestar profiles at the Platinum level who are demonstrating a commitment to transparency and sharing results.

Private foundations can earn seals too: As of late 2020, 1,512 had also earned one, with 369 at the Gold or Platinum level. Congratulations if your organization is already wearing Platinum. If your organization is not there yet, we challenge you to spur the change we want to see in having more funders commit to transparency.
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** CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT
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** PEAK Mideast's Mentoring on Managing Conflict
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Last month, PEAK Mideast hosted Constructive Conflict: Unlock Your Jedi Skills to Deal with Drama ([link removed]) . Maribeth Saleem-Tanner, executive director of Community Food Initiatives, led a discussion about how to get comfortable with engaging in workplace conflict and self-advocacy. Participants left feeling better prepared to set appropriate boundaries and expectations in the workplace and navigate evolving roles and new possibilities for remote and hybrid work.

Kudos to PEAK Mideast: Continue leading the way!


** Salary Information Now Included on PEAK’s Job Board
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We've added a salary field to our job board ([link removed]) , providing member organizations the opportunity to include a salary range upfront for potential candidates. PEAK includes salary information in our own job postings—living our values ([link removed]) of equity and transparency—and we encourage members to join us.


** Welcome, new Organization Members
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POISE Foundation
Pivotal Ventures
Western Colorado Community Foundation


** Upcoming Events
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September 16
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Monthly Coffee Hour (PEAK Pacific Northwest) ([link removed])

September 21
PEER GROUP
VIRTUAL MEETING
Tech and Data Futurists Marquee Session ([link removed])

September 21
CHAPTER WEBINAR
#FixTheForm Together: Exploring the true power of grant writers and grants managers as change agents (PEAK Minnesota) ([link removed])

September 23
PEER GROUP
VIRTUAL MEETING
PEAK Small Foundations Affinity Group Coffee Hour ([link removed])

September 23
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Fundamentals of Data Health and Integration for Foundations ([link removed])

September 28
PEER GROUP
VIRTUAL MEETING
PEAK DEI Learning and Support Community of Practice: Start Where You Stand and Start Where You Can ([link removed])

September 29
PEER GROUP
VIRTUAL MEETING
Corporate Social Responsibility Technology Platforms (PEAK Corporate Grantmakers Affinity Group) ([link removed])

September 30
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Time to Upgrade: Lessons on when and how to successfully switch your grants management system ([link removed])

September 30
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Collecting and Using Demographic Data to Drive Equity (PEAK Mideast) ([link removed])

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** 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.

PEAK and EPIP partnered on a three-part career series that kicked off with A Leader Salon on Career Journeys in Philanthropy ([link removed]) . In addition to Satonya Fair moderating a conversation with Lourdes Inga, TeQuion Brookins, and Eusebio Diaz about how they each built their careers, attendees engaged in breakout discussions to talk about the challenges of pursuing professional pathways in philanthropy.

PEAK accepted an invitation to join the Knight Foundation’s programmatic and grant staff to dig into PEAK's Narrow the Power Gap Principle. Chantias Ford led a lively discussion while Knight colleagues elevated opportunities for them to further enhance their engagements with nonprofit partners. What was so impressive was the deep relationships the staff have with their grantees and the ways in which they act as equal partners with their grantees. Our thanks to Roshell Rinkins, who has been a wonderful partner in connecting PEAK with the Knight teams, and we look forward to future engagements.

PEAK presented to the Colorado Department of Human Services procurement team to discuss why diversity, equity, and inclusion are important in the procurement process. This engagement included an opportunity for the staff to review their initial efforts to update their practices and generate ideas for new ways to engage with vendors and nonprofit partners with an equity lens.

PEAK participated in a United Philanthropy Forum session to discuss how to host and engage action-oriented communities of practice. We shared our own efforts to date, what's worked, what hasn't, and what new ideas we're germinating to improve engagement in these forums. It was a wonderful opportunity to hear what peer organizations are doing and grappling with, as the Forum seeks new ways to bring members together around an issue and harness how the group then creates their own ideas for practice change.


** CAREERS
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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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Current opportunities include:
* Grants Manager | The Harvey L. Miller Family of Foundations (at The Benida Group), Buffalo Grove, IL
* Administrative Assistant, Grants Management | Helmsley Charitable Trust, New York, NY
* Network Officer, Philanthropy | Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Remote
* Learning and Evaluation Officer | Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, Rochester, NY
* Program Assistant for Latin America and The Caribbean, (LAC) | National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, DC
* Technology Services Associate | The Oregon Community Foundation, Portland, OR
* Associate Program Officer | National Academy of Sciences, Gulf Research Program, Washington, DC
* Senior Consultant, Philanthropic Services- Nationwide | BDO FMA, Malvern, PA
* Grants Intake Coordinator | The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA
* Associate Manager, Grants Administration | Overdeck Family Foundation, New York, NY

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