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PEAK Grantmaking

Principles
Equity
Advocacy
Knowledge

This is what PEAK stands for.
Our community of 8,000 grants professionals leads the way in advancing equitable, effective grantmaking practices. Together, we are transforming philanthropy.
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PEAK’s Principles have been instrumental in informing the changes we’ve recently made to our grantmaking practices. They are ‘North Stars’ we follow when evaluating new practices, and they challenge us and philanthropy as a whole to do better and provide a road map to make much-needed changes.

Kyrstin Thorson-Rogers, Director of Grants Management
Proteus Fund
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I’ve met amazing leaders dedicated to improving grantmaking processes. I have grown both personally and professionally and have made friendships that will last a lifetime. I can always count on the PEAK community to lend an ear, provide a resource, and share successes and challenges in a welcoming environment.

Tara Havlicek, Program Manager
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation

The context in which the sector operates is getting increasingly complex, and engaging with these complexities is not optional. PEAK’s cutting edge Principles work is helping the field build the competencies to operate, be relevant, and be effective in our evolving philanthropy ecosystem.

Kelly Brown, Founder and Principal Consultant
Viewpoint Consulting
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What can we do to lean into innovation and adaptation? I read CONNECT almost every day because I am challenged by the questions my colleagues are asking.

Josh Abel, Director of Grants Administration
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
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When I think about ‘why PEAK?’ and ‘why this community,’ it’s because I appreciate the impact we make with courageous ideas and courageous voices in expressing them. If we see something that needs to be changed, we do something about it.

Ursula Stewart, Grantmaking Industry Advisor
Salesforce.org
PEAK Cofounder

Reading in PEAK’s Journal about the experiences of practitioners that speak specifically to my own challenges and aspirations contributed to my sense of belonging in a sector that struggles with diversity.

TeQuion Brookins, Consultant
Guest Editor, PEAK Grantmaking Journal
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I count my PEAK colleagues as the peers, mentors, and friends who have helped me build a career in grants management. With its new strategy, PEAK will be instrumental in empowering both seasoned and emerging leaders as they seek to transform the sector.

Allison Gister, Director, Grants & Knowledge Management
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
PEAK Board Chair Emeritus
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PEAK has always been a leading voice in guiding grantmaking professionals to engage in and advocate for best practices in the field. I am so excited to see how our community will continue to transform the philanthropic sector through centering equity in practice and witnessing what we can achieve together as our community continues to grow in both size and impact!

Adriana Jiménez, Director of Grants Management
Resources Legacy Fund

We Learn, Share, and Evolve Together

Opportunities abound for PEAK members—from our online discussion forum to community conversations, chapter meetings, peer groups, learning cohorts, and annual convening. Our growing resource collection provides in-depth practical tools to support practice change. Weekly insights delve into a range of core grantmaking topics. And our Journal takes a deep dive into the critical issues facing philanthropy—challenging us all to rethink norms and transform practices.
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