Foundation for Self Leadership
2020 ANNUAL REPORT

Never before have we better understood the importance of leading from Self, with curiosity and compassion for ourselves and each other.

Thanks to steadfast and generous support from the IFS community, your Foundation for Self Leadership continued its endeavor to advance inner peace through IFS even (and especially) during a pandemic and historically turbulent year.

Members of the IFS community like you made this possible—some through shared expertise and volunteering, others through philanthropic support for timely initiatives. As a community, you provided leadership for new programs like innervention; you helped incubate and launch the Healing Corps; you sponsored IFS Gallery 35 in the 12th November issue of OUTLOOK; and you funded a new scientific study and expanded access to the IFS Model.

Donors

ANNUAL GIVING

Thanks to the following individuals and organizations who made charitable donations during 2020, we are that much closer to bringing IFS to the world.

See what these gifts helped accomplish last year.

* Cornerstone Partners have committed their support for three consecutive years. Learn more.

DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS

Last year, numerous donors directed funds to the Foundation for Self Leadership from the following sponsors.

Jewish Communal Fund

Fidelity Charitable San Francisco Foundation

Schwab Charitable U.S. Charitable Gift Trust

TRIBUTE GIFTS

We gratefully received donations in tribute to the following individuals during 2020.

IN MEMORY OF

Frieda Goldman

Rabbi Glaser

IN HONOR OF

Jeanne Catanzaro, PhD

Julie Clark

Rhoda Coleman

COVID Healthcare Workers

Gertrude Dubin

Toufic Hakim, PhD

IFS Schools Program

Brandon Kelly

Kenneth

Karen Locke

Theodore Imanuel Parsont

Deliah Rosel

Richard Schwartz, PhD

Elizabeth Seeger

Volunteers

The following individuals supported the Foundation’s work last year as volunteers. We are deeply grateful for the time and talent they contributed to outreach programs and operational projects. We thank them.

The Foundation for Self Leadership makes every effort to provide a complete and accurate list of donors and their professional credentials. If we have inadvertently omitted or misprinted your listing, please accept our sincere apologies and contact us at Outreach@FoundationIFS.org. We will endeavor to make any pertinent changes to the web-based version of the report.

Contributors’ Circle

Sarah B. Stewart, PsyD, PLLC, IFS Institute Lead Trainer

I came into the field of psychology through a study of trauma and the phenomena of dissociation. So, the concept of multiple personalities was always there for me.

During an IFS retreat at Maya Tulum with Dick (Richard Schwartz, PhD,) and Barb (Barbara Cargill, MA, ADTR), I found IFS was the missing piece that pulled together my understanding. The spark of Self, interconnected with all beings, made sense to my experience of the world. It spoke to me deeply as a clinician, and a social justice and environmental activist.

Yet, for ideas to be accepted in psychotherapy, you have to have the scientific research to back it up. I think about the study by Nancy Sowell, MSW, LICSW. (Note: This study was the basis for the IFS Model inclusion in the SAMHSA, National Registry of Evidenced-Based Programs and Practices in 2015. Learn more at FoundationIFS.org/research/empirical-evidence.)

I also believe in how much IFS gives us tools to work within ourselves and interpersonally, and that this is key to creating a fairer and more just world. When I learned about the work that Frank Anderson, MD, and the Foundation for Self Leadership was doing to fund research, I decided to support it. As a social justice advocate and an IFS Trainer, I also support the Foundation because of its efforts to make the Model accessible to all, not just those with the resources.

The Foundation’s work is close to my heart and so I give as generously as I can. I structured my donation as recurring monthly payments because that gives the Foundation a dependable stream of support to do its work. It’s not really about budgeting my finances as much as it is about wanting to give in a way that helps. That makes me feel like a true partner in the mission.

Learn more about recurring gifts: FoundationIFS.org/support/cornerstone-partners.

Why do you support the Foundation’s work? Help inspire others by sharing your story. Please contact Barbara Perkins, MA, Senior Associate Director for Development & Communications, at Barbara@FoundationIFS.org.

What We Accomplished Together in 2020

In addition to the Foundation’s continued efforts to engage with members of the community around incubating IFS-related ideas and projects, here are a few 2020 Foundation accomplishments that are worth singling out:

Funded the second year of a second IFS in Schools pilot project:

In 2019, the Foundation funded a two-year Self leadership development program for teachers, staff, and administrators at three schools in the Hartford, Connecticut area (USA). The program has continued through the pandemic and provided educators with invaluable inner resources to meet the moment.

$80,000 USD

Produced community-facing workshops and resources in response to urgent societal needs during COVID-19:

IFS practitioners partnered with the Foundation on several free, virtual programs—innervention, Legacy Burdens of Racism, The ABC’s of Healing with Nature, Healing CorpsTM—for those seeking inner strength, calm, and hope during a time of unprecedented crisis.

$15,000 USD

Implemented new and ongoing initiatives with lean infrastructure:

The Foundation continues to operate through a small team of dedicated staff and volunteers, demonstrating agility during a time of great opportunity and threat.

$134,640 USD or 18% of total expenses

Launched a randomized clinical trial on IFS as a treatment for PTSD, and with opioid use:

With 2/3 of the funding in-hand, an extensive research study began last summer at the Harvardaffiliated Cambridge Health Alliance Community Mental Health Center, Massachusetts (USA). The research will assess the effects of an IFS protocol for trauma and take a closer look at IFS as a treatment for individuals with PTSD and comorbid substance abuse disorder. Learn more..

$325,000 USD

Built community through communications and outreach:

The Foundation manages an expansive website, IFS writings database, and select social media platforms, and produces OUTLOOK magazine and OUTLOOK Shorts. These networks enable us to share information, showcase IFS-related stories and people, and deepen connections within the IFS community.

$40,000 USD