By Daily Press staff
She tripled revenue through grant-making, added a fund that supports lesbian and gay projects, and launched a democracy-building low-income voter registration and mobilization program.
But beginning in January of 2006, the executive director of the Liberty Hill Foundation, Torie Osborn, will step down from her position of the past eight years. She will serve the organization in a part-time capacity.
“Torie Osborn has expanded and strengthened every aspect of Liberty Hill’s work,” said Lanny Gertler chair of the Liberty Hill Foundation’s board of directors. “Because of her outstanding leadership, Liberty Hill is recognized nationwide as one of the country’s philanthropic institutions to watch.”
Liberty Hill grants support for social change rather than social services, consistent with its motto “Change, not charity.” The Los Angeles Times called Liberty Hill Foundation “the most effective organization of its type in the country.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 9, 2005. Read the original PDF.