A Note of Gratitude

Without question, the greatest gift of the past year was being able to finally reconnect with our community in person. Between our annual convening, chapter events, peer group meetings, and gatherings hosted by our sector allies—combined with our deeply engaged online learning spaces—2023 felt like a continuous family reunion.

And the PEAK family continues to grow! Our team expanded to better support our community, which now includes some 8,000 professionals—a 2,000-person bump from where we were just two years ago. As a result, we are thankful to say that we have a deep network of thought partners, and we’ve collaborated with both individuals and organizations in many ways to innovate and advocate for equitable practices. We published a collection of resources to help members put our Steward Responsively Principle into practice. We brought the concept of emergent learning to the forefront through the Journal and at PEAK2023, inspiring us all to be curious, vulnerable, and collaborative learners. And looking ahead, we’re excited to unveil an expanded Journal next month that’s dedicated to our Learn, Share, Evolve Principle, publish a salary report in February, and to convene again in Seattle in March! It’s both heartening and humbling to have this level of support behind PEAK’s work to realize the full potential of philanthropy to drive equity and opportunity.

As we prepare to continue on our learning journey in the new year, PEAK’s offices will be closed from December 22 through January 2 so that we can take some much-needed rest. In the meantime, thank you so much for all you do to help make PEAK the close-knit community of philanthropy professionals that it is. The ways in which we come together give us great hope for what we can achieve—and we look forward to working with you in 2024.

Cheers!

Altinay, Betsy, Caitlin, Carolyn, Clare, Davis, Dionne, Dolores, Jesse, Kaitlyn, Kristen, Lita, Makayla, Mlyssa, Nichia, Rafael, Rahmirah, Sara, Satonya, Vanessa, and Zakiyah