{"id":759,"date":"2026-10-08T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/?page_id=759"},"modified":"2026-10-23T22:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:17:16","slug":"sustainability-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/sustainability-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--f8be7ac4-4d93-4182-be1d-7c6b33aaf484\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Ambitiously Small<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--f8be7ac4-4d93-4182-be1d-7c6b33aaf484\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>sustainability fund<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--54fc743a-e12f-4de5-b904-08970b510134\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In 2020, with an anchor gift of $250,000, the Board of Trustees established the Ambitiously Small Sustainability Fund.\u00a0 Today, this fund has investments worth over $875,000.\u00a0 These resources make it possible for Los Encinos School to remain a small school where everyone knows each other; where we honor diverse perspectives, cultures, and experiences, and value equity, inclusion, and justice; where cooperation and friendship span all grades; where students feel both safe and excited to take risks and try new things.<\/p>\n<p>As a school devoted to the power of small, we accept and embrace the challenges to staying true to our mission.\u00a0 Donors to the Ambitiously Small Sustainability Fund share the LES vision and have partnered with the school to provide stabilizing capital that can be invested for growth and accessed as needed for \u201cbig-picture priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper preset--module--divi-button--default_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-button--default\" href=\"https:\/\/losencinosschool.org\/make-your-gift-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"\ue089\">Donate to Ambitiously Small<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--54fc743a-e12f-4de5-b904-08970b510134\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The founding donors to this fund include current parents, alumni families, Board members, Faculty members, friends of Los Encinos, and private foundations.\u00a0 The School and Board welcome donors to join our efforts in preserving the Los Encinos way so that the powerful advantages of a small school will be available for future generations of children.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--54fc743a-e12f-4de5-b904-08970b510134\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>With Appreciation to Our 2025-2026 Donors:<br \/><\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>Catherine Bridge<br \/>Disney<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-image--default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losencinosschool.org\/sustain\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ambitiouslysmall.jpg\" alt=\"Ambitiously Small - Sustainability Fund\" title=\"Ambitiously Small - Sustainability Fund\" width=\"1000\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ambitiouslysmall.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ambitiouslysmall-980x967.jpg 980w, https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ambitiouslysmall-480x474.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-900\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper preset--module--divi-button--default_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_1 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-button--default\" href=\"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/beyond-the-red-gates\/\" data-icon=\"&amp;\">next page: looking beyond<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-759","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1287,"href":"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/les.school\/annual-report-2526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}