Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Company: Funders for LGBTQ Issues
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: April 24, 2024
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Job Description:
After an exceptionally long, creative, and joyful partnership
with transformative leaders, The Durfee Foundation has embarked
upon planned leadership transitions and seeks a new Chief Executive
Officer (CEO). The CEO will lead a family- and community-oriented
organization that is primed to thrive in its next evolution.
Reporting to the Board of Directors - composed of multigenerational
family members and community members outside of the family - the
CEO will manage the foundation's small, dedicated team. The CEO
will bring personal commitment to and passion for gaining and
sharing knowledge, engaging deeply with community stakeholders, and
supporting nonprofit leadership across Los Angeles County.
THE FOUNDATION
The Durfee Foundation is a private family foundation that supports
individuals and organizations in Los Angeles County, with a special
emphasis on community development and nonprofit leadership. The
Durfee Foundation is named in honor of Dorothy Durfee Avery who,
with her husband, R. Stanton (Stan) Avery, established it in 1960.
Since that time, the foundation has awarded more than $35 million
in grants, primarily in the Los Angeles region.
Governed by a Board of Directors consisting of seven Family
Trustees and three Community Trustees, The Durfee Foundation
invests in people and possibilities in Los Angeles County, where
the foundation's history lies and where funding needs are great.
With assets of approximately $60 million and annual grantmaking of
approximately $2.9 million, Durfee is led by a dynamic staff of
four and supported by a strong team of core consultants.
Durfee embodies an authentic approach building trust-based
relationships with individuals and organizations that share ideals
of creativity, risk-taking, equity, integrity, fiscal care, and
continuous learning. Durfee nurtures deep connections by building
networks beyond traditional boundaries and identifying where the
greatest difference can be made. Partnership in building networks
that may leverage new opportunities is critical to Durfee's
culture.
Durfee is a patient grantmaker, recognizing that results often
unfold over time. Inspired by its founders, whose legacy of
openness and curiosity guides the foundation forward, Durfee
continually seeks new ways to meet the needs of the Los Angeles
community.
THE POSITION
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the CEO will have overall
strategic operational responsibility for Durfee's staff, programs,
and execution of its mission.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
Communications & Field Advocacy:
Planning & New Programs:
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal CEO candidate:
Durfee encourages interest by leaders who bring aligned expertise,
skills, and attributes which might include some of the following
Desired Qualifications and other relevant professional and/or lived
experiences:
LOCATION
This is a full-time position based in downtown Los Angeles
requiring deep engagement with local stakeholders. The ideal CEO
will currently live in the Los Angeles area with local knowledge
and roots. Candidates currently in other markets but with
experience and connections in LA may apply but must be willing to
relocate. Durfee trusts its team to do their jobs well from
wherever they may be and wants to ensure they have the tools and
support needed to do so. While great work can be done remotely,
Durfee also deeply values the time that the team has in-office
together and the CEO makes determinations about remote work
schedules with the team currently in-office typically four days a
week.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The anticipated annual compensation range is $260,000 to $330,000.
All candidates with the experience and skills to fulfill the role -
regardless of compensation history or background - are encouraged
to apply. The target starting salary for the CEO will be close to
the midpoint of the range at or near $295,000, commensurate with
experience. The comprehensive benefits package includes generous
health and dental insurance coverage; long-term disability and life
insurance; a retirement plan; vacation; sabbatical policy; sick,
parental, medical/disability, and other leaves; transportation
benefits and more.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS
Durfee is well-positioned to conduct a thoughtful, impartial, and
effective search. Durfee brought together a diverse set of family
board members of different generations and community members who
all love and know Durfee well to form a Transition Committee to
make essential decisions for the search and oversee the search
process. The Transition Committee - composed of three family board
members and four community members who are not eligible to apply
for the position - will conduct the first round of interviews and
select finalists to proceed to interviews with Durfee's Board. In
addition to its members, the Transition Committee receives
tremendous help and input from a trusted Transition Consultant who
is another Durfee fellow.
The Transition Committee's first task was to hire a search firm to
help conduct the search process. After a competitive process, the
committee selected Walker and Associates Consulting - a
California-based, BIPOC- and woman-owned strategic management
consulting and executive search firm that has been serving
foundations and nonprofits locally, regionally, and nationally for
30 years. Like Durfee, Walker is small, family run, and is known
for nurturing its networks and conducting its work with a high
degree of personal touch.
To apply, email a cover letter, resume, and list of three
references (references will not be contacted without advance
notice) to durfee@walkeraac.com by Friday, May 3, 2024 at 5:00 pm
PT. Use the subject line: CEO Application. Please submit PDF or
Microsoft Word files only, preferably with all materials in one
combined file. Resume review begins immediately.
Questions or Nominations? Contact Jeannine N. Walker, President and
CEO of Walker and Associates Consulting, at
jwalker@walkeraac.com.
The Durfee Foundation is an at-will equal opportunity employer who
recognizes that its work rests on the shoulders of Angelenos whose
courage, innovation, and lived experience are making LA a better
place. Durfee nurtures a culture of trust and inclusion in all
interactions, especially with people from historically marginalized
groups. Acknowledging the inherent power imbalance held as stewards
of financial resources, Durfee looks for opportunities to share
that power. Durfee strives to actively learn from, partner with,
and invest in leaders who are deeply rooted in the communities
served. Durfee does not unlawfully discriminate in the provision of
employment opportunities, benefits, or privileges; create
discriminatory work conditions; or use discriminatory evaluative
standards in employment, if that discriminatory treatment is, in
whole or in part, based on a protected classification under
federal, state, or local law. As such, Durfee welcomes individuals
of all races, religions, national origins, ethnicities, ages,
mental or physical disabilities, sexual orientation, gender
identities, marital status, veteran status, medical conditions,
formerly incarcerated people, or any other classification protected
by federal, state, or local law or ordinance to apply.
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