New Principles release: Driving Equity with Demographic Data. A 25th anniversary blowout. Cocreate PEAK2022 with us!

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** NEW RESOURCE
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** Driving Equity With Demographic Data
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While data can illuminate the impact of your grants, working with the information you collect also comes with complex challenges. Open to the community, this new action planner—the latest release in our Drive Equity suite of resources—offers a primer to help funders address the fundamental questions with four action steps that you can take to drive equity through your data-collection practices.

Coming in early 2022: a set of member-exclusive how-to guides with in-depth guidance.
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** #PEAKis25
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** Join Our Community Celebration, Get a Little Special Something
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On December 2, take a break to join colleagues for some joy and self-care and to envision where philanthropy, grants management, and PEAK are going—plus, get a limited-edition 25th anniversary sticker set! We’ll celebrate our members and volunteers, hear about aspirations for the future from peers across the sector, and enjoy a fun networking happy hour with fellow PEAKies.
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** Look Back at Milestones in PEAK’s 25-year history
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* Watch our latest video (http://) on the power of PEAK's community ([link removed]) . Members Jina Freiberg, Kelly Costello, and Suki O’Kane talk about finding their people, centering on equity, and making deep connections with peers.
* How many PEAK (and GMN) conferences have you attended? Read about the 16-year history of our annual gathering ([link removed]) !
* From the first GMN all-day workshop way back in 1999 to GM101, our salary survey, and so much more, we’ve been championing career development for grants management professionals ([link removed]) as their roles have evolved.

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** SPONSORED INSIGHT
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** An Equity Checklist For Your Grantmaking Efforts
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Organizations frequently overlook grant applications when trying to eliminate discriminatory practices. WizeHive has created a handy checklist to help you ensure that equity is embedded in every step of your process.

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** NOW OPEN
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** Register early for PEAK2022
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Sign up your team now to benefit from our best rates: $200 for Organization and Consultant Members, $300 for Individual Members, and $400 for nonmembers.
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** EXTENDED DEADLINE
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** Call for Proposals
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Cocreate PEAK2022 with us! 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. Extended deadline: November 24.
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** JUST OUT
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** Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities
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Announcing an array of options to support and participate in PEAK2022 Online—through sponsorship of keynotes and session blocks, our community reception, scholarships, and making the program accessible to all attendees. Demonstrate your commitment to equitable grantmaking and the PEAK community of change agents by supporting PEAK2022!
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** MEMBER SHOUTOUT
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** Funders Join Landmark Push to Fight Climate Change
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Several PEAK Organization Members are among the 17 funders ([link removed]) that pledged at COP26 to support Indigenous and local communities in combating climate change: Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Christenden Fund, The David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Nia Tero Foundation, Oak Foundation, Sobrato Family Foundation, and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

These organizations are partnering with the governments of Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. Collectively, they plan to invest $1.7 billion into these efforts.


** CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT
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** Finding LGBTQ Funding Solutions With PEAK Florida
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Approximately 18 million LGBTQ adults live in the United States, but for every $100 awarded by US foundations, only 28 cents support LGBTQ issues. Last month, PEAK Florida and a panel of Equality Florida staff and funders led a discussion about solutions, tools, and best grantmaking practices and policies that minimize bias, promote inclusion, and increase LGBTQ equitable giving within philanthropic institutions. Watch the session on-demand here ([link removed]) .

Kudos to PEAK Florida: Continue leading the way!


** Welcome, New Organization Members
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North Star Impact Group
Roundhouse Foundation
The Broad Foundation
The Community Foundation of
Muncie & Delaware County
United Way Suncoast


** Our Thanks to…
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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for the general operating support.

Our members Allison Gister, Jina Frieberg, and Josh Abel for your personal contributions.

Barr Foundation and Public Welfare Foundation for matching gifts.


** Upcoming Events
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November 18
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Monthly Coffee Hour (PEAK Pacific Northwest) ([link removed])

November 18
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Planning Our 2022 Programs (PEAK Rocky Mountain) ([link removed])

November 30
PEER GROUP
VIRTUAL MEETING
Cafecito Hour: Gratitude (PEAK Latinx Caucus) ([link removed])

December 2
NATIONAL WEBINAR
PEAK 25th Anniversary Celebration of Community ([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.

At Philanthropy Northwest’s The Future is Forward virtual conference, PEAK’s Satonya Fair gave a presentation designed to help participants understand the importance of transparency and communication when collecting demographic data to maximize insight, impact, and equity. She also moderated the closing panel, which featured philanthropy leaders who are moving funds to racial justice and systems change, redefining grantee partnerships, centering community voices, and transforming the role of funders as a result.

At Blackbaud’s bbcon 2021, Satonya joined Greater Washington Community Foundation CEO Tonia Wellons for a session on how the current state of grantmaking and foundation practices have changed throughout the past year in the face of the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice.

Satonya joined a Council of Michigan Foundations panel with Sandra Swirski of Urban Swirski & Associates and Independent Sector’s Jeff Moore to talk federal policy and actionable advocacy, helping to frame the many ways equity is being defined and advanced at various policy levels.

The PEAK membership team met with Philanos, a national network of women's giving circles, to discuss ways that we can collectively drive equity in the ever-evolving sector of philanthropy.

Satonya hosted the opening plenary for Philanthropy West Virginia’s First Attempt in Learning (FAIL) Festival. This high-energy panel, designed to celebrate failure as a mark of innovation, risk-taking, and learning, featured Paul Daugherty of Philanthropy West Virginia, Cathy McAlister, Highmark Foundation, and George Montgomery, Jr. of the African American Philanthropy in Action Giving Circle.

PEAK’s Chantias Ford hosted a tailored three-part learning series for United Way Greater Atlanta, a new PEAK Organization Member. The sessions introduced PEAK resources and combined information from PEAK's Grants Management 101 program with best practices for equitable grantmaking, including increasing flexibility, streamlining application processes, and shifting reporting requirements; plus opportunities for internal assessment and reflection, and actionable next steps to move towards equitable grantmaking.


** 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:
* Grant Operations & Finance Associate | Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Atlanta, GA
* Director of Giving Operations | Genentech, South San Francisco, CA
* Program Associate, Community and Opportunity | Heising-Simons Foundation, Los Altos, CA
* Regional Manager, Community Partnerships | The Colorado Trust, Colorado (multiple locations)
* Grants Program Manager | Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment, Milwaukee, WI
* Vice President of Community Impact | Rose Community Foundation, Denver, CO
* Grants Management Systems Administrator | Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY
* Scholarships Manager | Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
* Grants and Project Management Associate | Helios Education Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
* Program Officer, Philanthropy Grantmaking – Effective Philanthropy Group | The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, CA

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