CEO:CEO
How Skillman Reenvisioned Its Grantmaking by Centering Trust and Accountability
PEAK’s Satonya Fair and Skillman Foundation’s Angelique Power share how they each are leading by tying their practices to their values, generating inspiration and insight on how other organizations can cultivate trust-based relationships rooted in equity and mutual accountability with all stakeholders.
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PEAK2023
Big Announcements Coming Next Week
Our Baltimore convening is just two months away, and we hope you’ll be joining us. Look out for next week’s email where we’ll offer a sneak peek into what’s ahead—featuring keynote announcements and more! Space is limited, so reserve your place now. We’ll also open up registration to virtually attend select portions of the program.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
PEAK Meetings Are Back In Person
PEAK Grantmaking is committed to implementing the necessary guidelines to create a safe and comfortable environment for in-person gatherings and convenings. As of March 1, we have updated our in-person meeting guidelines, which cover PEAK2023, chapter and peer group meetings, and any other PEAK-hosted event. We’ll continue to require that registrants be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and agree to our terms and conditions. The honor system will be used to implement these requirements. We are committed to protecting the health of all PEAK meeting attendees and appreciate your cooperation!
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SPONSORED INSIGHT
The Future Is Now for Impact Measurement
Sustaining your impact measurement objectives can be challenging, but Exponent Partners shares how you can approach information systems design and data collection practices in support of the organization’s theory of change and vision for grant-fueled impact.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
PEAK is Platinum Again
PEAK has again 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! Congratulations if your organization is among them and, if not, we challenge you to spur the change we want to see in having more funders commit to transparency.
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PEAK Peer Network Spotlight
PEAK offers members diverse peer spaces for learning, sharing, and evolving in our thriving chapters and peer groups, which include caucuses, affinity groups, communities of practice, and working groups. Each month, we’ll showcase the meaningful programming and networking taking place in these volunteer-led spaces.
In late February, PEAK Minnesota led a discussion on how participatory grantmaking practices, like shared gifting and community voting to award grants, can help foundations better put their values into action. During this session, Noelle Harden, a University of Minnesota Extension educator, shared how some participatory grantmaking methods can advance democracy, equity, and other core values in foundation work.
And in early March, PEAK New England led their own discussion about participatory grantmaking and general operating grants. Two presenters, Dorot Foundation Senior Director of Programs and Strategy Naomi Orensten and Phīla Giving Chief Operating Officer Lauren Janus, shared real-life examples of how some foundations are using these methods in their grantmaking practices to raise community voices, engage community partners, and actively cede power to the nonprofits leading the work everyday.
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Welcome, New Organization Members
Amethyst Interactive
Denver Arts & Venues
First 5 Sonoma County
Foundation for Community Health
The Greater Clark Foundation
Opportunity Fund
Waco Foundation
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Our Gratitude
We extend our gratitude to partners who have committed to supporting PEAK2023: Annenberg Foundation, Arabella Advisors, Ascendium Education Group, Barr Foundation, BDO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, Bush Foundation, Foundant Technologies, Kim Foster Consulting, and May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust.
We also thank the van Beuren Charitable Foundation for the unrestricted grant.
Thank you to Brenda Asare (The Alford Group), Roberto Cremonini (GivingData), and Megan Selland (Wellspring Philanthropic Fund) for your individual contributions!
Explore the array of PEAK2023 support and sponsorship opportunities here.
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PEAK In Community
Here’s the latest on how PEAK is actively engaging with the larger philanthropic community and leading the way in advancing effective, equitable, and values-centered grantmaking practices.
President and CEO Satonya Fair and Senior Communications Director Betsy Reid joined several hundred sector colleagues at Foundations on the Hill, the annual policy advocacy gathering hosted by United Philanthropy Forum (UPF) in partnership with the Council on Foundations and Independent Sector. Highlights included briefings on the current legislative landscape, an exploration of opportunities for philanthropy and philanthropy-supporting organizations to help drive equitable solutions for nonprofits and communities, and the opportunity to connect with fellow advocates from across the country. Read UPF’s event recap here.
To kick off 2023, the PEAK Membership and Community Engagement team has been busy reconnecting with volunteers and members. Clare Larson, senior membership manager, and Nichia McFarlane, member outreach coordinator, have conducted 20 virtual orientation meetings with members interested in connecting to their benefits, including private foundations, community foundations, and corporate grantmakers. Altinay Cortes, senior community engagement manager, Rafael Torres, peer group specialist, and Sara Sanders, membership and community engagement director, worked with the full staff team to host orientations for chapter volunteer leaders and peer group cochairs. In total, over 100 volunteers participated and we are excited to support our volunteers in hosting meaningful, Principles-based programming this year to support members in becoming change agents to transform philanthropy.
Rafael also attended Florida Philanthropic Network’s Annual Summit in Orlando where he connected with local grants management professionals during the Grants Managers Affinity Group. We look forward to future collaborations between the affinity group and PEAK Florida chapter.
Satonya and Programs and Knowledge Director Lita Ugarte Pardi participated in the final gathering of the Equitable Evaluation Initiative’s Equitable Evaluation Framework™ Peer2Peer Collaboratory. Over the past 12 months, the cohort met six times to have focused conversations about how each of the participating organizations is approaching the Equitable Evaluation Framework™ and to reflect, support, and learn from each other as each organization operationalizes the framework. As we reflect on the experience, we will incorporate our learnings into what we bring to our PEAK community.
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CAREER SUPPORT
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:
- Civic Engagement / Reproductive Health Program Director | Katz Amsterdam Foundation, Remote
- Philanthropy Advisor | Rose Community Foundation, Denver, CO
- Capacity Building & Engagement Associate | Center for Science in the Public Interest, Remote
- Grants Manager | Skoll Foundation, Palo Alto, CA | Remote
- Associate Director of Grant Operations, Research Programs | American Diabetes Association, Remote
- Program and Grants Associate | Maine Health Access Foundation, Augusta, ME
- Finance and Investment Administrator | Maine Community Foundation, Ellsworth, ME
- Program Officer | Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation, Rochester, NY
- Grants Management Assistant | Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York, NY
- Grants & Database Administrator | The Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation, Baltimore, MD
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