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Christian Peele
Chief of staff and head of strategic planning, ImpactAssets
Christian Peele is the chief of staff and head of strategic planning at ImpactAssets. She has worked for more than a decade in strategic operations in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. Most recently, she was special assistant to the president and deputy director of management and administration in the Biden-Harris White House, where she led personnel strategy. Peele previously led fundraising and philanthropic giving at the historic Riverside Church in New York and served as deputy director for White House Operations in the Obama-Biden White House. She holds a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University.
Lilly Endowment Inc. announces Exploring Christian Practices Initiative
The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith.
In this open and competitive initiative, the Endowment invites charitable organizations to submit proposals for grants of up to $2.5 million each that may be used for up to a five-year period to develop new and/or enhance existing programs that present promising strategies for advancing the aim of the initiative and provide compelling and thoughtful responses to its guiding questions. The Endowment anticipates awarding approximately 60 grants and announcing grant awards in December 2026.
The Endowment will host four virtual information sessions (February 17, 19, 24, and 25) to discuss the Exploring Christian Practices guidelines for submitting a proposal. An Interest Form and Letter of Interest are due March 25, 2026. Complete proposals are due May 18, 2026.
Learn More and register for information sessions