Colearning across organizations. PEAK2023 Call for Ideas. Welcomes and congrats. PEAK in community.

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** INSIGHT
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** Colearning Across Organizations: How two grants management leaders supported each other’s
learning journeys
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Ford Foundation’s Jim Gallagher and Arnold Ventures’ Justine Palacios share their story of how a seemingly unlikely emergent learning collaboration helped them to each take a fresh look at how they lead the grants management function within their organizations.
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** ANNUAL CONVENING
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** PEAK2023 Call for Ideas
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Cocreate PEAK2023 with us! As planning gets underway to reunite in Baltimore next May, we invite you to join us in envisioning a new kind of annual convening experience and emergent learning journey. Start by reviewing our Call for Ideas ([link removed]) to see the innovative ways we’ll be gathering. We’re eager to hear your ideas for sessions that will illuminate our Learn, Share, Evolve Principle ([link removed]) , lift up stories and insights from across the PEAK community, and explore ways that members are leaning into each of our Principles to be activated change agents in transforming philanthropy.

The deadline for proposals is January 18.
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** Register for PEAK2023 at Our Best Rates
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Sign up your team to benefit from our early registration rates: $1,000 for Organization and Consultant Members, $1,150 for Individual Members, and $1,300 for nonmembers.

Space will be limited, and rates go up after January 31.
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** ANNOUNCEMENT
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** Welcome to Uche, Nichia, and Rafael
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This month, we are excited to announce three new PEAK staff members in three new roles that will deepen support for our member community. Join us in welcoming (from left to right) Uche Ajene ([link removed]) , as associate communications director; Nichia McFarlane ([link removed]) , as member outreach coordinator; and Rafael Torres ([link removed]) , as peer group specialist.
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** SPONSORED INSIGHT
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** Tap Into the Power of Your Data
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Fluxx shares how using grantmaking intelligence tools can streamline how you collect and interpret data so that you can tell accurate and meaningful stories about your impact and influence the future of giving.

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** CONGRATULATIONS
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** Cheers to our Grants Management 101 Class of 2022!
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This year’s GM101 ([link removed]) cohort completed their final session last week. Over the past five months and nine sessions, participants explored the fundamentals of grants management, the philanthropic sector, and equitable, effective grantmaking practices.

We’d like to extend our deepest thanks to this year's cohort advisors Jennifer Burran, Adriana Jiménez, Adin Miller, Ursula Stewart, and Patrick Taylor; to PEAK’s Dolores Estrada, Satonya Fair, and Lita Pardi for stepping in as advisors; to guest speakers Josh Abel, Dan Gaff, Amy Coates Madsen, and Jennifer Pedroni; and to our series sponsor, NGOsource.


** SELF-CARE
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** PEAK’s End-of-Year Break
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At PEAK, we are committed to living our values not just through our work, but by also prioritizing self-care and wellness. So, we’ll end the year by taking a deep pause for our staff by closing PEAK offices from December 22 through January 2, and we look forward to reconnecting with you in the new year!


** CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT
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** Building Relationships, Growing Networks, and Navigating Career Pathways with PEAK Chapters
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PEAK chapters have grown tremendously this year! During this time of growth, many chapters are expanding their programming and making space for more frequent and deeper peer connections. Now more than ever in PEAK’s history, members are able to tap into regional conversations on a wide range of topics and share resources through the abundant virtual opportunities offered by chapters.

After a year brimming with high-quality and meaningful programming, our chapters have much to celebrate. So if you haven’t already, be sure to check out the events page ([link removed]) for opportunities to join in on some end-of-year fun and give yourself one more chance to connect with a colleague.

Kudos to every PEAK chapter for leading the way!


** Our Gratitude
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Thank you to the Walter & Elise Haas Fund and The Community Focus Fund via The Chicago Community Trust for their unrestricted grants.

Thank you for the personal GivingTuesday contributions from Janet Disla (The Nathan Cummings Foundation), Timothy Robinson (Lumina Foundation), Satonya Fair (PEAK Grantmaking), Christopher Percopo (The Leona M. and Harry B. Charitable Trust), Jim Gallagher (Ford Foundation), Margaret Egan (Egan Consulting), Steve Casey (We Mean Business Coalition), and Josh Abel (Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust).


** Upcoming Events
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December 15
CHAPTER MEETING
Monthly Coffee Hour (PEAK Pacific Northwest) ([link removed])

December 15
MEMBER EVENT
2022 Volunteer Appreciation Happy Hour ([link removed])

January 12
CHAPTER EVENT
Salem Monthly Coffee Hour (PEAK Pacific Northwest) ([link removed])

January 18
CHAPTER EVENT
Book Talk: Inclusion on Purpose by Ruchika Tulshyan (PEAK Midwest) ([link removed])

January 19
MEMBER EVENT
PEAK Consultant Member Town Hall ([link removed])
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** SOCIAL MEDIA ALERT
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** PEAK on Twitter
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PEAK Grantmaking is alarmed by the effects of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. We are actively monitoring reports of harmful, hateful content and disinformation spreading on the platform and changes in policy and staffing that signal declines in the company’s commitment to upholding community standards, moderating content, and supporting accessibility.

Twitter has served as a valuable forum to connect the PEAK community, now with nearly 7,000 followers, and it provides a unique platform for real-time sharing around our convenings. We are nevertheless concerned about doing business with a company whose values don’t align with ours. For now, we will keep the PEAK Twitter profile live while we evaluate whether to continue on the platform. If you have concerns or questions, please reach out to Senior Communications Director Betsy Reid at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

As an alternative, we invite you to follow PEAK on LinkedIn ([link removed]) and engage with our community there.


** PEAK in Community
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Enjoy 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 represented PEAK in many spaces over the last month. At the Council of Michigan Foundations 50th annual conference, Satonya presented alongside Integer’s Sandra Swirski and Exponent Philanthropy’s Paul Daugherty where they took a post-election, future-focused look at regulatory changes that will impact nonprofits and communities at the local, state, and federal levels. Satonya moderated a session at Independent Sector’s virtual Upswell conference with Candid’s Ann Mei Chang and MacArthur Foundation’s John Mohr, where they lifted up strategies to advance equity throughout the grantmaking lifecycle. She also presented for Blackbaud's 2022 learning series, focusing on PEAK’s Steward Responsively Principle ([link removed]) and how the sector can cultivate relationships that build trust which should help manage, rather than avoid, risk. Her last stop for 2022 was the Mission Investors Exchange
conference, which took deep dives into equity, climate and environmental justice, community resilience, and the future of impact investing.

Programs and Knowledge Director Lita Ugarte Pardi and Partnerships Director Davis Parchment coled a session about using data to assess a funder's grantmaking practices to Grantmakers for Western Pennsylvania and the PEAK Mideast chapter. The pair took attendees through exercises designed to examine their grantmaking processes in order to identify points where they can reduce the burden on applicants and ways to gather intel from applicants to improve their relationships.

For Philanthropy Northwest’s Philanthropy 101 learning series, Community Knowledge Manager Chantias Ford led the session on grantmaking fundamentals, sharing tools and techniques to identify bias and embed equitable grantmaking practices throughout the lifecycle, and helping participants identify their areas of influence to make change at their organizations.


** CAREER SUPPORT
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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.

Here are a few current opportunities:
* Grants Assistant | The Henry Luce Foundation, New York, NY
* Communications Associate, Programs | Schott Foundation for Public Education, Remote
* Grants Manager | The James Irvine Foundation, Los Angeles or San Francisco, CA
* Director of Finance and Operations | JustFund, Remote
* Administrative & Grant Services Coordinator | Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Palm Harbor, FL (Tampa Bay)
* Program Associate, Global Domain | GHR Foundation, Remote
* Program Operations Director | Bush Foundation, St. Paul, MN
* (Senior) Counsel and Vice President | The Build Up Companies, Remote
* Analytics Manager | Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, Indianapolis, IN
* Senior Programs Manager | Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

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