Fundraising Fridays
via Zoom CAJoin local colleagues in philanthropy for this informal, virtual time to check in with one another, ask questions, and get advice on fundraising matters.
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Building Strong Teams: How to Avoid & Resolve Five Common Dysfunctions
via Zoom CAU.S. employees spend about 2.8 hours per week dealing with conflict; costing organizations an estimated $359 billion in lost productivity, operational effectiveness, and employee morale and well-being. Leaders who constructively […]
Celebrating 10 Years of Growth at Leichtag Commons
Leichtag Commons 441 Saxony Road, EncinitasDecember 20, 2022 marked ten years since Leichtag Foundation closed escrow on the former Ecke Ranch, now Leichtag Commons. A few weeks after we took ownership of the property in […]
Black, Jewish and Queer. These three identities weave the fabric of who I am, but it took a long time to believe that they could exist together.
Lee and Toni Leichtag established the Leichtag Foundation in 1991 following the sale of their business. Lee and Toni were lifelong entrepreneurs with a passion for innovation and for supporting talent. They believed that only with big risk comes big reward. Both born to families in poverty, Toni to a single mother, they strongly believed in helping those most in need and most vulnerable in our community. While they supported many causes, their strongest support was for young children and the elderly, two demographics who particularly lack voice in our society.
Lifelong Baltimoreans, Rabbi George and Alison Wielechowski and their sons, 11-year-old Lennon and 9-year-old Gideon, are more than pursuing the good life in Southern California. Having moved to San Diego more than three years ago, they are fulfilling a lifelong dream.
You would think that as the executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride, Fernando Zweifach López Jr., who uses the pronoun they, has done all the coming out they possibly can. A queer, non-binary individual who has worked for many years on civil rights issues, López also speaks openly and often about their father’s family, Mexican-American migrant workers who tilled the fields of rural California.
Stacie and Jeff Cook understand commitment. They live it.
