The Durfee Foundation

Happy California Clean Air Day! The Durfee team is proud to join 500+ orgs in taking action to help clean the air in our communities. Take the Clean Air Pledge today and learn how you can do your part to bring clean air to the Golden State: https://cleanairday.org/pledge/ #CleanAirDayCA cc: Coalition for Clean Air

The Durfee Sabbatical Application is live and due on January 13, 2021. Back in March, Vu Le gave a shoutout to the Durfee Sabbatical Program in his newsletter Nonprofit AF, citing the countless benefits of relaxing and recharging for nonprofit leaders. You can read the full piece here: https://bit.ly/33hwdJK. Then go to our website to see how you can apply to our Sabbatical program and experience those benefits yourself: https://bit.ly/3llQZAe.

We're one month away from the last Springboard Fund cycle of 2020! If you're a recent start up organization or know of a recently launched nonprofit with an innovative approach to a community issue, the Springboard application deadline is October 7! https://durfee.org/our-progr/springboard-fund/how-to-apply/

Today, the Durfee Foundation announced that Nike Irvin, Managing Director of the Civil Society Fellowship (A Partnership of ADL - Anti-Defamation League and The Aspen Institute), and Leslie Ito, Executive Director of the Armory Center for the Arts, have been elected to serve on the Durfee Foundation’s Board of Trustees, effective 2021. The Durfee Foundation is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Its board, made up of a majority of descendants of R. Stanton and Dorothy Durfee Avery, started electing non-family Community Trustees in 2010 with the goal of obtaining a fresh perspective on Durfee’s operations and programs and increasing diversity. Welcome Nike and Leslie! Read our official press release here: https://bit.ly/2E2yOhF

ProjectQ is a Springboard Fund recipient that is sparking the spirit of the LGBTQIA+ youth of color they work with. Check out their story below to learn how this electrifying team uses haircuts to build community! #SpringboardFund #ProjectQ Good Pictures

We're looking forward to joining the @indianaphilanthropy #Philanthropy Leads virtual conference in June! Join Durfee's Carrie Avery plenary session "The Role of Trust in Philanthropy" to learn about #TrustBasedPhilanthropy Register for #IPACON20: inphilanthropy.org/conference

The Durfee Foundation has decided to postpone the deadline of the Sabbatical application. We are committed to relaunching the program after the current situation stabilizes. Please see the following message from our Executive Director.

We're seeing that #TrustBasedPhilanthropy is trending. What will it take to sustain it? Get insights from our Philip Li, Carrie Avery of The Durfee Foundation, ...+ Brenda Solorzano of Headwaters Foundation in a new Grantmakers for Effective Organizations blog post: https://www.geofunders.org/about-us/perspectives/138 See more

APPLY NOW, GO NEXT YEAR! As the situation with COVID-19 develops in LA County, the #DurfeeSabbatical is needed more than ever for nonprofit leaders who are doing critical work to protect our most vulnerable communities. During this stressful time when many nonprofits are on the frontlines, taking a Sabbatical next year will hopefully offer a reprieve from the current situation at hand. With the recent cancellations of events and travel, this might be the perfect time for you to contemplate applying. Guidelines & Application here: https://bit.ly/2VcGp3K

Last summer, high schooler Masooma Hasnain traveled from her home in Los Angeles to coastal Maine to participate on the Earthwatch expedition Climate Change: Sea to Trees at Acadia National Park as part of Durfee's Ignite LA Program. She explains what she and her teammates learned over their 10 days spent in Acadia and why this research is so important. Read her blog here: https://bit.ly/33p5v1D cc: Earthwatch #IgniteLA #StoriesfromtheField

Sabbatical alum John Maceri, Executive Director of The People Concern, explains the difference between a vacation and a sabbatical. Applications for the upcoming 2020-21 program are due April 15! Guidelines & Application here: https://bit.ly/2VcGp3K

"As I conducted the interviews and learned about the journeys of these amazing women, I was moved. I felt nurtured and uplifted by their stories. Stories of overcoming. Stories of leadership in action. I learned what motivated them in their work. I learned about the adversities they’ve faced." - Manal J. Aboelata of Prevention Institute interviewed women leaders in Los Angeles as part of her #StantonFellowship to know what they thought could be done to improve neighborhood conditions in LA's low-income communities and communities of color. Watch those interviews at: https://bit.ly/32CaHPh

We’re thrilled that the Durfee Sabbatical program was featured in this week's Nonprofit AF newsletter by Vu Le. In his latest post, he references Durfee's report "From Creative Disruption to Systems Change," citing the countless benefits of sabbaticals, including rejuvenating and retaining nonprofit leaders, increasing organizational capacity, and allowing for new thinking. If this change of pace might be what you need, visit our website to review the Durfee Sabbatical program guidelines and application. The application deadline is Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

Since its founding in 1997, the Durfee Sabbatical program has awarded more than 100 sabbaticals to outstanding nonprofit leaders in Los Angeles. Watch our Sabbatical alum share how the program has impacted them as Executive Leaders. Applications for the upcoming 2020-21 program are due April 15! Guidelines & Application here: https://bit.ly/2VcGp3K