FOUNDATION FOR SELF LEADERSHIP
EIN 20-1318139 · Scholarships & Student Financial Aid (B82)
What they do
SEE STATEMENTTHE FOUNDATION for SELF LEADERSHIPS PURPOSE is to FOSTER GREATER EMOTIONAL, RELATIONAL and SOCIETAL HEALING and WELLBEING - LEADING to A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD - THROUGH THE PRACTICE of SELF LEADERSHIP AS IDENTIFIED BY IFS. THE FOUNDATION FUNDS INDEPENDENT, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH of THE EFFICACY of IFS AS A TREATMENT for PTSD, SUBSTANCE ABUSE and OTHER CONDITIONS. THE FOUNDATION INCUBATES INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS of THE SELF LEADERSHIP MODEL IN REAL-WORLD CONTEXTS (E.G., EDUCATION, HEALTH, EMERGING and EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP). THROUGH VARIOUS COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS, THE FOUNDATION HOSTS DIALOGUES ON CULTIVATING HOPE, COMPASSION and RESILIENCE. THE FOUNDATIONS OPERATION and PROGRAMS ARE ENTIRELY FUNDED BY CHARITABLE GIVING FROM MEMBERS of THE EXTENDED IFS COMMUNITY.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2007
- Location
- PO BOX 3776, OAK PARK, IL 60303-3776
- County
- Cook
- In care of
- % RICHARD C SCHWARTZ