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Emerging Leader Fellowship

Applying for an Emerging Leader Fellowship

ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP

The Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellowship is a two-year, full-time, hands-on position for early career professionals. Fellows work collaboratively with a host organization and the Stoneleigh Foundation to execute a project that advances the missions of these organizations and enhances Fellows’ professional skills and leadership development. The Fellowship provides salary, benefits, and a stipend for professional development. See our Frequently Asked Questions for more information.

We are pleased to announce six new Fellowship opportunities for early career professionals.

Combating Crime Guns in Philadelphia

The Fellow will work with Brady United to increase public understanding of the supply-side issue of gun violence and apply pressure on local leaders, elected officials, law enforcement, and the gun industry, with the goal of holding problematic gun dealers accountable and reforming bad industry actors in Philadelphia.

Application Deadline: March 21 (Closed)

Enhancing Service Provision and Access for Survivors of Violence

The Fellow will work with Healing Hurt People at Drexel University’s Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice to enhance understanding of the needs of survivors of violence and their access to services, with the goal of fostering broader utilization of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program services.

Application Deadline: April 7 (Closed)

Comprehensive Holistic Solutions for Youth Gun Violence Prevention

The Fellow will work with the Health Promotion Council to conduct a community mapping assessment and audit of the organization’s violence prevention youth programs and collaborate with youth peer coaches to ensure programming is trauma-informed, evidence-based, and youth-centered.

Application Deadline: April 7 (Closed)

Capturing Healing Through Community Resilience

he Fellow will work with the Kingsessing Heals Community Resilience Center to develop a comprehensive, culturally responsive evaluation framework for the organization’s Community Resilience Model programming. The evaluation will combine quantitative metrics with qualitative data, including community narratives, oral histories, and participatory action research.

Application Deadline: April 4 (Closed)

Fostering Youth-Designed Community Engagement

The Fellow will work with The Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University to develop and implement a youth-led gun violence prevention program design model. The project will address gun violence prevention organizations’ youth recruiting challenges by supporting the development of programming that truly meets the needs of the next generation.

Application Deadline: March 24 (Closed)

Building Community Power and Resilience in Fairhill-Hartranft

The Fellow will work with The Village of Arts and Humanities to develop and execute a community organizing and power-building strategy, with the goal of increasing safety in the Fairhill-Hartranft neighborhood and reducing the need for carceral involvement in the community.

Application Deadline: April 1 (Closed)

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Who We Are

The Stoneleigh Foundation was founded in 2006 by John and Chara Haas to improve the life outcomes of our community's youth. We meet our mission by awarding Fellowships to exceptional leaders who advance change in the systems that serve these young people.

Our Priorities

We seek to improve the life outcomes of our community’s youth by advancing change in the systems that serve them. Because we believe that youth are best served when systems work together to holistically address their needs, Stoneleigh prioritizes work designed to strengthen coordination between or among these systems.

Our Projects

We award two types of projects that catalyze change within, alongside, and outside of youth-serving systems. Our Fellowship Projects enhance how systems work together, improve practice, shift narratives, and generate new knowledge through action-oriented research. Our Youth Partnership Projects support youth-centric organizations that build the leadership and advocacy skills of young people.

Advancing The Field

We are pragmatic and have a bias toward action. We advance the field by hosting public events, publishing policy-relevant research and reports, and elevating the work of our Fellows and grantees in the media.

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We award two types of Fellowships to exceptional individuals who work within and alongside youth-serving systems to catalyze change. Our Fellows undertake projects that enhance how systems work together, improve practice, and generate new knowledge through action-oriented research.