Announcing the 2023 Lark Awardees
The Durfee Foundation has announced the 2023 recipients of the Lark Awards. Durfee’s Lark Awards support the collective care and well-being of staff at small Los Angeles-based nonprofit organizations with deep ties to the community. Each organization will receive $30,000 to spend as they see fit to meet the needs of their staff for replenishment. […]
Announcing Leadership Transitions at the Durfee Foundation
Dear Colleague, We have big news! The Durfee Foundation will be going through two leadership transitions in the coming year. We are excited to share our plans with you. Carrie Avery, board president and staff member, will be leaving her position at the end of 2023. Executive Director Claire Peeps will depart in June 2024. […]
Announcing the 2023-2024 Sabbatical Fellows
The Durfee Foundation announced today its 2023-2024 class of Sabbatical Fellows. In an effort to replenish the stores of energy and inspiration for our community’s most treasured leaders, the Sabbatical program offers awardees’ organizations a total of $75,000 each. This includes $60,000 for awardees to travel, reflect or otherwise recharge in whatever manner they propose, […]
Announcing the 2023-2024 Stanton Fellows
The Durfee Foundation has announced the 2023-2024 recipients of the Stanton Fellowship. These six extraordinary Los Angeles-based leaders will explore responses to some of LA’s most pressing challenges. The Fellows and their inquiry topics are below. Doug Bond is the President & CEO of Amity Foundation, which is dedicated to improving the health and promoting […]
Announcing the 2022 Lark Awardees
The Durfee Foundation, which invests in extraordinary people who are making a better LA, is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of Lark Awards recipients. Durfee’s Lark Awards support the collective care and well-being of staff at small Los Angeles-based nonprofit organizations with deep ties to the community. Each organization will receive $30,000 to spend […]
Robert Sainz Elected to Durfee’s Board of Trustees!
Los Angeles, CA (February 28, 2022) – The Durfee Foundation announced that Robert Sainz, President and Executive Director of New Ways to Work, has been elected to serve on the Durfee Foundation’s Board of Trustees, effective January 1, 2022. “It’s a pleasure to welcome Robert Sainz to our Board of Trustees,” said Carrie Avery, President of the Durfee […]
Announcing the 2021-2022 Sabbatical Fellows
Thirteen LA community leaders awarded sabbaticals after going above and beyond during an unprecedented year Durfee Foundation more than doubles its Sabbatical Fellowship cohort size, hopes to shift nonprofit culture in the region Los Angeles, CA, July 1, 2020 // Downtown Los Angeles-based Durfee Foundation, which invests in extraordinary people who are making a better […]
Durfee Welcomes Nike Irvin and Leslie Ito as New Trustees
Los Angeles, CA (August 17, 2020) – Today, the Durfee Foundation announced that Nike Irvin, Managing Director of the Civil Society Fellowship, 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. “We’re so proud to welcome two outstanding […]