INSIGHT
Exploring the Future of Grants Management
In these highlights from the inspirational closing panel to PEAK’s 2022 Annual Membership Meeting, Satonya Fair, Josh Abel, Rachel Kimber, and Rebecca Van Sickle examine how the profession of grants management has grown in scope and stature and where they see the field going in the next 25 years.
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Presenting Our 2021 Annual Report
It was a year full of turmoil, heartbreak, and immense need. It was also a time when PEAK Grantmaking rallied our community around a call to action: How can philanthropy do better?
Explore what we accomplished together, as we reflected on PEAK’s first 25 years and embarked on our next chapter.
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GOVERNANCE
Introducing Our 2022–23 Board of Directors
The election results are in, and we are thrilled to welcome Eusebio Díaz to the board, along with returning members Elsa Chin and Ify Mora. Executive committee cochairs are Allison Gister and Miyesha Perry. Thank you to all 16 of our amazing board members for your leadership and service in the year ahead!
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SPONSORED INSIGHT
Adjusting the Grantmaking Process to Address Equity and Inclusion
Foundant spoke with a number of its clients and learned how they examined and changed their grantmaking processes to help increase access to funding for the communities experiencing the most significant inequities. Here’s how you can do it too.
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PEER GROUPS
Welcome, Grants Management Directors’ Circle
This month, we welcome the Grants Management Directors’ Circle to the PEAK community! This community of practice for senior-level grants management leaders at large funders provides an informal, confidential venue for peers to learn and share, encourage honest dialogue, and support collective leadership development.
Participation is exclusive to PEAK Organization Members with a public commitment of more than $2 billion and total annual giving of more than $100 million.
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PEER GROUPS
Participate in Our Equitable Grantmaking Community
Join this dedicated community of practice alongside PEAK colleagues who have committed to operationalizing equity in their organizational grantmaking practices and now want support in actualizing them. Group members commit to attending three meetings each year, championing accountability practices, and working collaboratively to produce change.
This group is open to PEAK Organization and Consultant Members. Registration closes on June 30.
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SURVEY
Add Your Perspective to the Next Journal
How do you put what you’ve learned into practice? What do you wish organizational leaders would do to create better learning environments? What words of wisdom would you offer a peer to help them continue their own learning journey?
We want to hear your insights and advice on learning cultures and processes to feature in the next edition of Journal. Your participation is instrumental in creating a fulsome picture of individual and organizational learning across the sector. We hope to hear from you!
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Welcome, New Organization Members
Baszucki Family Foundation
The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation
The Eleven Consulting
General Mills
Poetry Foundation
Resources Legacy Fund
United Way Fox Cities
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Our Gratitude
Thank you to Borealis Philanthropy’s Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund for the unrestricted grant.
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CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT
Trust-Based Philanthropy 201
PEAK Northern California and PEAK Rocky Mountain collaborated to lead an engaging discussion where grants management professionals shared how they used the principles of trust-based philanthropy to change practices at their organizations. This event featured the perspectives of Stupski Foundation’s Malila Becton-Consuegra and Daniel Oviedo, San Francisco Foundation’s Brandi Howard, General Service Foundation’s Elaine Mui, and Zellerbach Family Foundation’s Patrick Taylor. Each panelist shared how their organization began the journey and where they are now. Watch the recording and learn from your peers to help move this work forward.
Kudos to PEAK Northern California and PEAK Rocky Mountain for leading the way!
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CAREERS
The Latest on PEAK’s Job Board
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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Here are a few current opportunities:
- Program Manager, Lutheran Disaster Response-US | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Remote
- Program Coordinator | The California Wellness Foundation, Oakland, CA
- Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial and Operations Officer | Oregon Community Foundation, Portland, OR
- Grants Officer | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA
- Grants Manager | Perigee Fund, Seattle, WA
- Regional Program Officer, South | Schott Foundation for Public Education, Remote
- Early Childhood Education Data Analyst (Milwaukee Succeeds) | Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Milwaukee, WI
- Communications Manager | Pacific Foundation Services, San Francisco Bay Area
- Grants Analyst | The Klarman Family Foundation, Boston, MA
- Sr. Associate, Elections & Voting | Democracy Fund, Washington, DC
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