How McKnight is driving equity in grantmaking practices. Trending on CONNECT. Weekly reads.

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** INSIGHT
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** McKnight's Moves to Drive Equity in Grantmaking
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The McKnight Foundation's Kara Inae Carlisle, Stephanie Duffy, and Na Eng dive into their new Equity in Action report and detail how the organization is operationalizing the Principles for Peak Grantmaking to best live its values.
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** PEAK2022
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** Call for Proposals
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Co-create PEAK2022 with us! We invite you to submit your proposal for a session that will illuminate one of this year’s four learning pathways which represent what PEAK stands for: Principles, Equity, Advocacy, and Knowledge.

We need your energy and insight to make our 2022 conference another can’t-miss experience for the PEAK community and the best conference any of us will attend next year!
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Join this week’s trending conversations:
* Learning about international grantmaking ([link removed])
* Sharing thoughts on language and naming beneficiary communities ([link removed])
* Approaching proposals and reports with an equity lens ([link removed])

Help a colleague out by sharing your advice:
* Allocating foundation budget to outreach expenses ([link removed])
* Allowing salary recovery on grants ([link removed])
* Transitioning from project/program-based granting to general operating grantmaking ([link removed])

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** Upcoming Events
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October 25
PEER GROUP
VIRTUAL MEETING
PEAK Accountability & Action for Allies Affinity Group Meeting ([link removed])

October 26
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Overlooked, Underserved, and Missing: How to mainstream LGBTQ funding and increase equitable giving (PEAK Florida) ([link removed])

October 27
PEER GROUP
VIRTUAL MEETING
Oral and Alternate Reporting Working Group Case Study Session ([link removed])

October 27
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Data Health and Integration for Foundations: Business Imperatives ([link removed])

October 27
PEER GROUP
VIRTUAL MEETING
Policies, Procedures, and Manuals—Oh My! (PEAK Small Foundations Affinity Group) ([link removed])

October 27
PEER GROUP
VIRTUAL MEETING
PEAK Black Caucus Networking Session ([link removed])

November 8
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Grants Management Professionals as Change Agents (PEAK Pacific Northwest) ([link removed])

November 9
PEER GROUP
VIRTUAL MEETING
Corporate Social Responsibility Technology Platforms (PEAK Corporate Grantmakers Affinity Group) ([link removed])

November 17
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Measuring and Sharing your Organization’s Social Impact ([link removed])

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** Weekly Reads
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“The Building Movement Project’slatest report ([link removed]) sheds light on the added challenges involved in executive transitions where a person of color is taking over leadership from a white executive director. The report is based on interviews with [executive directors and] CEOs of color, their white predecessors and board members, and documents how even when organizations were intentional about recruiting a new leader of color, the incoming BIPOC leaders inherited organizational dynamics that were trickier than they could have anticipated. This report. … shows how unprepared our sector is for the impending wave of executive transitions.”[more] ([link removed])
Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, Building Movement Project

“Most philanthropic organizations take pains to carefully design and redesign their mission, strategy, and programs. Yet, few invest time in improving their daily operations to deliver on plans to meet their strategic goals. … Improving operations processes has become even more important with the development of emergency programs and social justice funding, which have required an increased level of responsiveness even as the volume of grant applications has significantly increased.”[more] ([link removed])
Lee Kuntz, Innovation Process Design, for PND by Candid

“Philanthropy has paid little attention to influencing tax systems. That is a missed opportunity given the importance of tax in enabling countries to deliver on development priorities and tackle inequality. With a generational shift in tax reform underway worldwide now is the moment to engage, mobilize smart funding and have a major impact.”[more] ([link removed])
Michael Jarvis, Transparency and Accountability Initiative, and Savior Mwambwa, Open Society Foundations, for Alliance

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