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A Case Study in Participatory Grantmaking: RSF Shared Gifting
Contains 2 Component(s)Session materials from PEAK2019.
Session materials from PEAK2019.
For eight years, staff members at RSF Social Finance have employed a participatory grantmaking method called “shared gifting.” Shared gifting invites community members to provide wisdom or exercise full decision-making authority in almost every aspect of grantmaking. RSF has applied shared gifting to its own grant funds and has used variations of shared gifting in partnerships with individual donors and with a family foundation. Other groups have tried shared gifting on their own, using the RSF Shared Gifting toolkit. With almost a decade of experience under their belts, RSF grant managers share the benefits and challenges of using a participatory grantmaking framework.
Participants will learn about:
Various ways to infuse participatory options into the grantmaking process
Benefits and challenges of using participatory models
Partnering with donors, grantmakers, and community entities with alternative models
Kelley Buhles
Senior Director, Philanthropic Services
RSF Social Finance
Kelley leads the Philanthropic Services Program at RSF Social Finance. She has cultivated the Shared Gifting participatory grant program and led RSF’s effort to make visible the role of gift in our economic system. Kelley also plays a key role in coordinating RSF’s Integrated Capital approach to financing. Previously, she served on the board of the Haight Ashbury Food Program and coordinated the Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition. She graduated from San Diego State University with a BA in anthropology.
Ellie Lanphier
Program Manager, Philanthropic Services
RSF Social Finance
Ellie manages the day-to-day operations of RSF Social Finance's Philanthropic Services program including coordinating and supporting Collaborative administration, co-leading the Shared Gifting program, and overseeing the Seed Fund and Flow Funding activities. Previously, Ellie was Program Outreach Associate for the Climate and Energy Funders Group at the Biodiversity Funders Group. She received a BA in Arts (Strategic Communication) and Spanish from The Ohio State University.
Grants Management Professional Competency Model
Cross-Cutting Competencies
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in grantmaking practices.
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Better Outcomes and Collaboration: Houston My Brother's Keeper Pilot Study
Contains 2 Component(s)Session materials from PEAK2019.
Session materials from PEAK2019.
Many of society’s important issues are best addressed collectively, by actors that span the public, private, academic, and philanthropic sectors. Yet the data necessary to facilitate collaboration between these actors are often inaccessible, inconsistent, or unreliable. The challenge to collect and integrate data prevents organizations from having a complete picture of their work and the work of others, limiting their ability to improve community outcomes. These constraints are particularly debilitating for traditionally underserved communities. The My Brother’s Keeper Equity Intelligence Platform (MBK-EIP) builds President Barack Obama’s efforts to improve societal outcomes for boys and young men of color. Led by Bloomberg Associates, with technological support by BrightHive, the MBK-EIP pilot works in Houston, Oakland, and Chicago. The pilot sites serve as sources of data and as testbeds for identifying design needs and technical requirements for the data platform.
Participants will learn about:
Using a data trust, which is a cross-sector collaboration committed to sharing data, aligning metrics, and working together to solve a critical, societal issues
Using technology to structure and coordinate collaboration
Opportunities to link similar work in other cities and across the country
Facilitating data sharing through data governance or data-sharing agreements that also build collaboration among members
David Goodman
VP of Ecosystem Development
BrightHive
David Goodman, Ph.D., is the vice president of ecosystem development at BrightHive, a public benefit company that helps organizations, networks, & communities securely and responsibly link their data to enhance their impact, empower individual and collective decision making, and increase equity of opportunity. David uses his knowledge, experience, and relationships in the public, private, philanthropic, and academic sectors to identify opportunities to develop and deploy cross-sector data collaboratives, or data trusts. Prior to BrightHive, David was the director of impact at Fluxx, the director of evaluation & learning at the Houston Endowment, managing director of data governance for Teach For America, researcher for Edvance Research, and a researcher for the Texas Education Agency. David earned a Ph.D. in political science from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and holds a B.A. and an M.A. in political science from California State University, Northridge.
Grants Management Professional Competency Model
Cross-Cutting Competencies
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in grantmaking practices.
- Process and Change Management: Plan and monitor processes efficiently and effectively and manage change as needed to contribute to grantmaker's strategic goals and grantee's success.
- Technology Management: Apply technology solutions to grantmaking to support grantmaker applicant, and grantee success.
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Budget Tools as Aids in Strategic Planning
Contains 1 Component(s)Session materials from PEAK2019.
Session materials from PEAK2019.
As grantmakers, we’re in the business of giving away money. As nonprofits, we have a mandate to fulfill our mission. One of the most critical constraints to both is our grantmaking budgets. Engage in a discussion about grant budget constraints and using tools for addressing those constraints to support strategic planning, right-size initiatives, and manage staff and grantee expectations.
Participants will learn about:
Budget scenario planning and using it to support organizational planning
Applying budget planning methods shared in the session to their own work
The effect of multi-year grants on projected grant budgets
Tamika Holman-Ricks
Grants Management Associate
William Penn Foundation
Barbara Scace
Director of Grants Management
William Penn Foundation
Samantha Shain
Database Administrator
William Penn Foundation
Based in Philadelphia, I am passionate about harnessing the power of technology and automation for social impact. I have 2 Salesforce certifications and serve on the board of Amplify, an organization dedicated to uplifting underrepresented voices to become fearless technology leaders in the Salesforce ecosystem. When I'm not automating core business processes at the William Penn Foundation, you can find me blogging about spreadsheets for social justice (www.TheDataAreAlright.blog), creating fiber arts projects, and volunteering.
Grants Management Professional Competency Model
Cross-Cutting Competencies
- Financial Management: Implement financial policies and controls to ensure effective and efficient deployment of financial resources for grantmaking.
- Process and Change Management: Plan and monitor processes efficiently and effectively and manage change as needed to contribute to grantmaker's strategic goals and grantee's success.
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Data Privacy in the Post-Internet Age: A Facilitated Workshop
Contains 1 Component(s)Session materials from PEAK2019.
Session materials from PEAK2019.
Around the globe, more rigorous data privacy regulation is the trend. The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), adopted by the EU Parliament in April 2016, went into effect May 25, 2018. The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), approved June 28, 2018, will go into effect on January 1, 2020. Foundations and nonprofits are uncertain about the impact these and other laws will have on their work In addition, major technology companies’ mass migration to the “cloud” is likely to change the way civil society thinks about the ethics of data collection, data privacy, and data security. At a facilitated workshop, discuss frameworks for managing data and consider the effects the regulations are likely to have on foundations and nonprofits. Hear learnings from one foundation and from the field, and consider best data practices.
Participants will learn about:
Emerging privacy laws, such as GDPR and CCPA, with an eye toward promoting good data hygiene and privacy practices that position their foundations and grantees for the future
The relationship between data collection and protection practices
The ethics of data collection, notably how foundations can collect the information they need while protecting those they serve
Martha Lackritz-Peltier
Senior Counsel
TechSoup's NGOsource
As NGOsource’s senior counsel, Martha independently manages a portfolio of equivalency determination (ED) applications, including reviews, approvals, and certifications. In addition to all aspects of ED management, Martha works closely with NGOsource’s global network to ensure a streamlined and efficient ED process by managing and responding to inquiries and training. Prior to joining NGOsource, Martha worked at the law firm of Adler & Colvin, where she counseled nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations and donors, with an emphasis on international grantmaking, advocacy, corporate governance, and charitable solicitation. Prior to this, Martha clerked for the Honorable Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson, and interned for Nina Totenberg at NPR in Washington, D.C. She has authored numerous articles and blog posts on federal tax law regulations, nonprofit compliance, and international law. Martha holds a bachelor's degree from Brown University and a J.D. from UC Berkeley Law School.
Marla López
Grants Officer
Open Society Foundations
Kyle Reis
Senior Director
TechSoup
Grants Management Professional Competency Model
Cross-Cutting Competencies
- Ethics, Integrity, and Accountability: Act with integrity and accountability.
- Process and Change Management: Plan and monitor processes efficiently and effectively and manage change as needed to contribute to grantmaker's strategic goals and grantee's success.
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Embedding Equity Inside and Out: How to Dive In without Drowning
Contains 1 Component(s)Session materials from PEAK2019.
Session materials from PEAK2019.
Grants managers are often tasked with providing data and support for the strategies and evaluation processes popular in philanthropy at the time. Grants managers interested in equity and social change must understand where the potential for change exists in a process and how effective grants management can maximize that potential. This participatory session will explore three popular strategy and evaluation frameworks to discover how grants managers can enhance these approaches and create greater equity within their grantmaking and across their organizations.
Participants will learn about:
Strategy and evaluation approaches popular in contemporary philanthropy
Applying their experiences to analyze equity challenges and opportunities in these approaches
Shifting practice to maximize the potential of these approaches
Angela K. Frusciante, PhD
Principal
Knowledge Designs to Change, LLC
Angela K. Frusciante, MRP, PhD is founder of Knowledge Designs to Change, a strategic research and learning practice serving philanthropic organizations and the social sector. Using co-designed processes for engaged inquiry and strategic design, she works across staff, leadership and grantee and community constituents to identify and implement key knowledge practices.
Angela has over 20 years of experience in the social sector, dedicated to advancing equity and supporting individual and organizational potential. Prior to founding Knowledge Designs to Change, Angela served as the Graustein Memorial Fund’s first Knowledge Development Officer. She created and managed grant and contract investment related to organizational learning, management systems, program support, network learning and statewide university partnerships.
Angela believes in the power of the social sector to influence deep and systemic social change through knowledge building, civic design, and public work.
Grants Management Professional Competency Model
Cross-Cutting Competencies
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in grantmaking practices.
- Knowledge Management: Capture and apply knowledge to promote learning and improvement.
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Magnifying Your Impact by Maximizing Software
Contains 2 Component(s)Session materials from PEAK2019.
Session materials from PEAK2019.
Is your organization looking to leverage software to support your mission? Is your grants management system more of a hindrance than a help? Are you pondering a new solution to more efficiently facilitate your grantmaking? Integrated online software solutions are a powerful grantmaking resource when coupled with knowledgeable users. Participate in this power-packed, user-led discussion to learn more about cloud-based software options available today. Hear a panel of your fellow PEAK Grantmaking members share their recent experiences with grants management software conversions and outline the ways their new software solution has amplified their grantmaking. Panelists will address: (1) What they wish they’d known before they moved to cloud-based software; (2) The top software features they are leveraging and the impact on their grantmaking; (3) Selection and conversion. Come with your list of frustrations with your current software, and leave with inspiration and answers from this stimulating, interactive session.
Participants will learn about:
Improving grantmaking through software conversions
Using software efficiently to support grantmaking
Brad Ambelang
Program and Grants Associate
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
TeQuion Brookins
Director of Operations
McGregor Fund
Susan Clark
Director, Grants and Communications
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Susan has a keen interest in using technology, communications, and data to advance philanthropy and the non-profit sector. She is currently director of grants and communications at the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, where she also leads their emerging diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
An active member and volunteer of PEAK Grantmaking, she served as co-chair of the Midwest Chapter from 2009 to 2012. She was a 2017-18 Change Leaders in Philanthropy Fellow with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. Susan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in electronic media arts from DePaul University. She is the mother of a school-age son and is an avid photographer and kayaker.Sarita Michaca
Grants Manager
Citi Foundation
Sarita Michaca is grants manager at the Citi Foundation. She is responsible for the global grantmaking administration including application development, grant monitoring and due diligence, as well as information management, analysis and reporting to internal and external stakeholders and IT management. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2014, Sarita worked at a number of nonprofit organizations including the California Community Foundation and LA Caregiver Resource Center.
Sarita holds a Master of Public Administration and a BA in Psychology and French from the University of Southern California.Grants Management Professional Competency Model
Cross-Cutting Competencies
- Knowledge Management: Capture and apply knowledge to promote learning and improvement.
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The Future of Donor-Advised Funds
Contains 1 Component(s)Session materials from PEAK2019.
Session materials from PEAK2019.
The growth of donor-advised funds has significantly affected charitable giving throughout the country. To some, donor-advised funds exert an outsized influence on local giving: Popular programs, like the arts, receive support while less popular ones, like prison reform, do not. Donor-advised funds are criticized for low payout rates. Yet these funds disburse approximately 20 percent of their assets annually—higher than the 5 percent rate private foundations are required to give each year. How can public charities and community foundations find a balance between their missions and the wishes of donor advisors? Find out.
Participants will learn about:
Why endowments matter
The value of a strong mission statement or grantmaking strategy in working productively with donor advisors
Educating donors on community needs that may not be popular areas for giving
Drivers behind the push for payout rules
Shermane Bilal
Senior Manager, Grants and Funds
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Shermane has more than 20 years of experience in family philanthropy, nonprofit management, fiscal sponsorship and grants administration at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. As senior manager of grants & funds, she oversees RPA's grants administration unit and manages the grantmaking programs of individual donors, collaborative charitable giving vehicles, and the Marilyn M. Simpson Charitable Lead Trusts. She is also responsible for the content and development of RockLinks, a quarterly publication created exclusively for the Rockefeller family by RPA. Shermane currently serves on the board of directors of the Dropbox Foundation. She's also served on the Board of the Arab-American Family Support Center; Program Committee of Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families; Association of Black Foundation Executives; and the Increasing and Diversifying Philanthropy Committee of the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers.
Elizabeth Donohue
Grant Administrator
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Liz joined the Sponsored Projects and Funds team in April 2014 and is responsible for processing grant recommendations on behalf of RPA’s donor-advised fund and sponsored project clients to grantees around the world. She partners with the Advisory team and serves as a resource for due diligence and compliance questions, ensures procedures reflect grantmaking best practices, and works to improve the grants management database.
Liz graduated from Fordham University with a B.S. in Business Administration and is pursuing a Masters of Public Administration at Baruch College. She was on the Steering Committee for the New York Regional Chapter of PEAK Grantmaking for 3 years and presents at the annual conference. She is on the Young Professionals Board of Back on My Feet New York City, an organization devoted to empowering individuals experiencing homelessness through running. She is a proud Brooklynite and an avid long-distance runner.Ashley Hezel
Grants Manager
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Ashley joined The Pittsburgh Foundation in 2016 as the grants manager and is responsible for the oversight and management of the granting process of the foundation. This process includes shepherding grants from proposal to payment/declination and closure and working collaboratively across the multiple departments and constituents with a deep understanding of the needs of grantees, donors, and other stakeholders to ensure that those perspectives are incorporated in the grants process.
Ashley has almost 15 years of experience working in project, finance and grant management. Before joining the foundation, she worked for the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, in various project and finance management roles. She earned her master’s in public and nonprofit management from the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and a bachelor’s in business management from Belmont University.
Liza Lagunoff
Director, Grants Budgeting
The New York Community Trust
Maggie Murphy
Grants Manager
The New York Community Trust
Colin Richardson
Director of Grants Administration
The San Francisco Foundation
Grants Management Professional Competency Model
Cross-Cutting Competencies
- Strategic Management: Promote organizational mission and goals and inspire colleagues to achieve them.
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Why Curiosity Matters
Contains 1 Component(s)Session materials from PEAK2019.
Session materials from PEAK2019.
Do you consider yourself a curious person? Do you encourage those you work with to stay curious? Curiosity can change the way we work. Why? New research shows that curiosity is vital to an organization’s performance. Examine how to nurture curiosity throughout your organization and translate it into success in grantmaking.
Participants will learn about:
Results from the 2019 Curiosity in Grantmaking survey
The benefits of curiosity for grantmakers
New ways to foster curiosity within organizations and careers
Erin Pinkus
Research Scientist
SurveyMonkey
Erin Pinkus is a currently a research scientist at SurveyMonkey. She has spent several years with AARP’s State Research Department working primarily on telephone and mail surveys for state level issues impacting people ages 50+. She has also worked for the County of Orange on criminal justice reform research and evaluation projects. Erin has a Masters in Psychology from American University and earned both a Bachelors in Psychology and in Criminology at UC Irvine.
Nichole Vine
Content Marketing Manager
SurveyMonkey
Nichole first joined the SurveyMonkey Sales Development team in 2015, channeling her background in journalism and sales to connect with customers and understand their goals. After hearing hundreds of customer stories and talking to nonprofits across the globe, Nichole decided to move into content marketing where she could tell the stories of organizations making a true impact in the world. As the content marketing manager today, Nichole continues to interact with Apply customers on a daily basis to collect insights, feedback and stories from our most trusted users.
Grants Management Professional Competency Model
Cross-Cutting Competencies
- Communications: Listen to others and communicate effectively.
- Strategic Management: Promote organizational mission and goals and inspire colleagues to achieve them.
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Aligning Investment Strategy and Grantmaking Operations
Contains 1 Component(s)Sessions materials for PEAK2019.
Sessions materials for PEAK2019.
Private foundations often sit on endowments, giving them security and the ability to make grants to causes aligned with their missions. However, the investment arms of foundations frequently are treated as separate units rather than as strategically aligned partners. Over the last two years, the Helmsley Charitable Trust has worked across its grants management, investment, finance, and program departments to better align its investment strategy and grantmaking operations. While the Trust has more work to do, staff have learned that integrating these functions can lead to positive impacts for grantees and the issues about which a mission-driven organization cares.
Participants will learn about:
The interrelatedness of investment and grantmaking portfolios
Improving grantmakers’ work through increased communication and collaboration
Tools to start integrating investment and grantmaking at their foundations
Christopher Percopo
Director of Grants Management and Special Program Operations
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Christopher Rapcewicz
Director of Risk and Investment Operations
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Grants Management Professional Competency Model
Cross-Cutting Competencies
- Strategic Management: Promote organizational mission and goals and inspire colleagues to achieve them.
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Another Way: Exploring New Tools to Simplify and Streamline Your Work
Contains 1 Component(s)Session materials from PEAK2019.
Session materials from PEAK2019.
Right now, you may be getting work done through workarounds, backward connections between systems, elaborate hacks, or alternative methods that are time-consuming and not always exactly right. What if there was another way—an integrated, collaborative, and streamlined approach to get work done? Consider GivingData features that can help you work in more efficient and streamlined ways.
Participants will learn about:
Tools GivingData is building to support new ways of working
New approaches to work from other funders
Challenges and alternative solutions
Roberto Cremonini
Senior Partner
GivingData
Roberto Cremonini is a senior partner at GivingData where he leads the Strategic Services Team. Before joining GivingData, Roberto founded Cremonini Consulting Network and worked with foundations and nonprofits to help them assess and improve their grantmaking, knowledge, learning, and evaluation practices. Between 2003 and 2010, Roberto was Chief Knowledge & Learning Officer at the Barr Foundation where he managed the team responsible for strategy, evaluation, communications, and Information Technology. Roberto is a former trustee of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), the Cambridge Community Foundation, and José Mateo Ballet Theatre. He received his MS in electrical engineering, summa cum laude, and his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Bologna. He holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Alfred Gracombe
President and Founding Partner
GivingData
Grants Management Professional Competency Model
Cross-Cutting Competencies
- Process and Change Management: Plan and monitor processes efficiently and effectively and manage change as needed to contribute to grantmaker's strategic goals and grantee's success.
