Explore the latest grantmaking career opportunities on PEAK's Job Board, including new openings at Department Administrator, Grants Management Her most recent research with John Higgins examines how perceptions of power enable and silence others is the subject of their new book, Speak Up: Say what needs to be said and hear what needs to be heard. Michelle Greanias, American Nurses Foundation, Pooled Funds, Donor Collaboratives, Collective Action Funds: Navigating compliance in donor partnerships Thank you to NOLA nonprofits Ash Cultural Arts Center, Junebug Productions, Dancing Grounds, and filmmakers Jason Berry and Lily Keber for partnering with us. Power your grantmaking with an equitable solution, connect with and learn what other grantmakers are funding, or grow your grantee network through a constantly evolving database of more than 6,000 historically excluded and chronically underfunded organizations. In addition to this presentation, PEAK chapter leaders will give an update on the state of the chapter and allow time for networking. Do you consider yourself an ally who would benefit from a judgment-free space where you can engage with your colleagues in open, honest, and sometimes uncomfortable discussions about allyship? Here, she will share her expertise on how data practices can advance equity. ET. This will be an informal discussion among founding and newer members to explore the future direction for the working group, to uplift emergent leaders, and share insights and lived experiences with launching alternate reporting practices. Kelsey Andersen, Citi Foundation We especially encourage members who have not been able to join a coffee hour in a while to join us and challenge everyone to build their network. The SCAN Foundation, Hannah Murray Betsy Leondar-Wright, Class Action, Tying Financial Practices to Values: Risk, accountability, and trust PEAK Pacific Northwest | Building Connections and Networking in the Pacific Northwest Scholarship applications are due by March 2, 2022. We hope to hear from you soon! Join us for a critical conversation with Aiko Bethea and Megan Reitz to learn more about what psychological safety is and the foundational role it plays in fostering trust, wellness, and relationship-building. Nikki Brown-Booker, Borealis Philanthropy Well spend the first part of the session in one-to-one and small group networking and discussion breakouts. Through daily social and networking events, colleagues connected at our opening reception, newcomers orientation, speed networking sessions, social hour, and volunteer reception, and join in a virtual field trip to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Courage in Practice: Implement better grantmaking practices and amplify your impact. Thaddeus Squire, Social Impact Commons, Understanding Grantee Financial Health in Todays Context Do you wish you could talk with peers about our unique position in the sector and all the little things nobody else seems to understand? Speaker Program Manager, Rebuild Texas Fund PEAK President and CEO Satonya Fair, JD works closely with the board and staff to articulate and implement a vision for the future of PEAK, ensuring a values-driven approach in which equity, diversity, inclusion, and an awareness of power dynamics is central to the craft of philanthropy. Join us to explore how this deep analytics solution lets you organize, optimize, adapt, and enable giving programs faster than ever before with a hands-on approach to understanding and exploring your data. Sponsored by May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust and GivingData. Participants may avoid the $50 cancellation fee by transferring their registration to a colleague or peer with the same membership level or by electing to apply their conference fee to a future paid event within the same calendar year. Whether you are new to philanthropy or are a seasoned pro, join us to create new connections and reconnect with old friends. This scene from Water Virtual Redux tells the story of one persons harrowing escape to freedom. Since PEAK2022 is virtual, there are straightforward ways to ensure your voice or likeness will not be recorded. Badertscher will share her perspective of how grantmaking philanthropy has changed, and yet not changed that much, since the early twentieth-century. Gail Fuller, Disability & Philanthropy Forum
Throughout the week, were hosting a slate of social and networking events where you can meet and reconnect with colleagues, relax and unwind, and enjoy some fun and games! ET. Batten came to ABFE after more than 25 years of leadership experience in both the private and public sectors. Womens Foundation of the South. PEAK Rocky Mountain | Virtual Game Break Philanthropy.io, Leena Jones To secure your spot, please complete our PEAK2022 Online Sponsor & Exhibitor Commitment Form. Meet Fluxx CEO Kristy Gannon and Cofounder and Chief Development Officer Kerrin Mitchell to discover how the Fluxx platform helps funders grow their grantmaking and impact in our global communities. SmartSimple | Data Protection and the Right to Erasure Request Tracker Speaker Grants Management Associate Foundant Technologies | Discover How to Create and Maintain Resilient Processes With Foundant GLM Stay for the prizes! All past and present PEAK Grantmaking volunteers are invited to celebrate together at this NOLA-themed happy hour. Fallon Peterson, The Nord Family Foundation KD Maynard, VentureWell, Enacting Your Values Through Your Grants Management System Stephanie Cook, The San Diego Womens Foundation Join us to learn about PEAK, connect with other members, and hear advice on how to navigate and maximize your PEAK2022 Online experience. Landscape of Integrated Software for Community Foundations. Learn how funders partner with Resilia to enable trust-based capacity-building programs for grantees, prioritizing those doing grassroots work and serving marginalized communities. Tuesday, March 22 | 10:3011:45 a.m. Come find out at Catchafire and learn how we utilize human-centered technology and a deep talent pool of volunteers to bring equity, collaboration, data-measured impact, and funder-grantee trust to nonprofit communities in real time. Afro-Caribbean music closes the National Day of Racial Healing Concert. PEAK Greater Washington, DC | Ceding Decision-Making Power to Communities through Participatory Grantmaking Fluxx | Powering the Grantmaking Community Sputnik Moment | We Make Salesforce Take Off For You Submittable | The Applicant POV on How Submittable Reduces Burden bit.ly/3c5ZIq8. In this presentation, youll discover how GivingDatas functionalities support budgeting, planning, and relationship tracking to help funders streamline and remain agile in meeting the urgent needs of the communities they serve. Ria Pugeda and Kendra Allen from if, A Foundation for Radical Possibility will share how they implement participatory grantmaking in which Black people and people of the global majority who live at the sharpest intersection of race-, class-, and gender-identity-based systems of oppression decide on the grants. Traditional dance and drumming opens Ash Cultural Arts Centers Art of the Black Experience event. PEAK SoCal is delighted to partner with Janet Camarena, senior director of candid learning, C. Davis Parchment, Director of partnerships, and Laia Gri, director of data discovery, from Candid, for an abridged version of their Monday session Grants and Data Management as Change Management. Ryan Rodriguez, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, PEAK Southern California | Grants and Data Management as Change Management Accountability & Action for Allies Caucus Meeting Consultant Elsie Thomson, Foundant Technologies, Funders Against Burnout Jobs Competitive spirit optional. Homecoming Project is a community-based storytelling performance series from Junebug Productions that connects culture and progressive social change through engagement with communities that have been historically oppressed and exploited. Please contact Clare Larson with questions at clare@peakgrantmaking.org. Stephanie LaFroscia, San Antonio Area Foundation Jennie McLaurin, National Association of Community Health Centers Thursday, March 24 | 1:301:50 p.m. Join Solutions Engineering Manager Diana Anyango for a demo focused on the applicant perspective. Tuesday, March 22 | 3:003:20 p.m. Laura Kimura, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Advancing Social Justice and Equity Through Fiscal Sponsorship The Centers iconic exhibitions feature the papers and artifacts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the history of the US civil rights movement; and stories that speak to the current struggles for human rights around the world. Catherine Bryan, First Nations Development Institute ET. Diane Grossman, Sheltering Arms Foundation Join your PEAK Southwest colleagues for our informal networking session. The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, which opened in 2014, is a museum and human rights organization in Atlanta that inspires people to tap their own power to change the world around them. Bring your favorite beverages and snacks, connect with your peers, meet new colleagues, and get ready for a fun NOLA scavenger hunt. Rachel Kimber, Arcus Foundation. JustFund is a community of values-aligned funders who care about reimagining what philanthropy is and what it can be. Victoria Flint, Mat-Su Health Foundation We hope to hear from you soon! We will also discuss the survey results from our last sessions evaluation in addition to brainstorming ideas for speakers and case studies for our next meeting. Michelle Kauhane, Hawaii Community Foundation Tuesday, March 22 | 4:004:20 p.m. ET. Barrett will chat about where we started just over 10 years ago, our mission as a social purpose organization, and our vision for our contributions to the sector. Will you recommend changes to your grant practice or policies as a result of what you learned? We will also explore priorities for our second year as a community of practice. Paul Masiarchin, Minnesota Council on Foundations This session provides foundations with concrete strategies for increasing the use of their grantee report, site visit, and storytelling data for grantmaking and monitoring, evaluation, and learning purposes. This will be a unique, judgment free space to look back, look forward and build a community of colleagues to support your growth and development in a small foundation. With recent developments around data protection, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, the Massachusetts Data Protection Act, and the EU General Data Protection Regulation, its more important than ever to ensure that constituent data is protected and that their rights are respected. Demographic data collection has been a major topic of interest for the DEI Learning and Support Community of Practice. The Humane League Grant Specialist Ricshawn Adkins Roane, Weissberg Foundation NOLA Time: Episode 9 The Wege Foundation, Jennifer Katell
ET. @taprootfound shows how funders that connect their nonprofit partners with skilled volunteers can help to break down racialized funding barriers and create more sustainable and successful organizations. Tuesday, March 22 | 3:305:00 p.m. Join our conference session to hear from one of our respected and seasoned colleagues, Episcopal Health Foundation Chief of Staff Eusebio Daz as he shares insight into the changing landscape in philanthropy for Latinos through his own experiences, successes, and challenges.