Gratitude Wall

Field building benefits from many types of engagement and contributions.  Thank you to: (more to come)

Temelio for commissioning a discussion about knowledge practice as it relates to grants management technology. (2026)

Stephanie Lucas for testing out our share practice form and being the first to share a resource (2026)

Steve Sonleiter for building our first KPE website (2026)

Kristen Craig for co-designing our first KPE session (2026)

Ari Kramer, Kristen Craig, Beth Jones for jumping in as our inaugural field building guides (2026)

Ari Kramer and Sherella Williams for sharing their practice at PEAK conference (2026)

The over 50 people who participated in PEAK’s knowledge survey; the over 25 people who took part in insights groups; the almost 140 who expressed interest in and over 80 who attended incubation sessions; the over 30 who participated in the incubation survey,  and the many colleagues who took part in one-on-one conversations, attended sessions about knowledge work, and who gave input and beta-tested the knowledge design course — all of whom helped shape what KPE would look like (2023-2026)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for sponsoring a series of incubation sessions that led to the KPE. (2025)

Blackbaud for commissioning a series of resources about knowledge work and grantmaking (2023-2025)

PEAK Grantmaking for commissioning a knowledge opportunity scan to better understand knowledge work in the field. (2024)

Kara Straun, Dan Darbandi, Brad Rourke for exploring knowledge work in philanthropy in a virtual session with the Council on Foundations. (2022)

PEAK Grantmaking for making space for presentations about Knowledge work in the sector (2018, 2019)

Foundation Review for publishing an early article about the practice of knowledge development in a private foundation. (2014)

Council on Foundations Career Pathways Leadership program for acknowledging knowledge development as a leadership function. (2013)