We Love Philly provides holistic transformative educational experiences and career readiness programs for high-school aged young people with the goal of encouraging them to stay…
Stoneleigh Youth Partnership Grant Partner We Love Philly is part of a recent statewide effort to expand what’s known as pre-apprenticeships, which provide job training…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk authors an article in Spotlight PA on pending statewide legislation that would end the practice of Pennsylvania counties diverting Social Security…
The Stoneleigh Foundation hosted a webinar about youth-led restorative and transformative justice in practice. The event featured a presentation on how Collective Climb is leveraging…
The Project Philly BOLT (Build Our Lives Together) is an organization that works to cultivate, support, and empower grassroots leaders to drive community-led change and…
Our partners at Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Advocacy Program spoke to The Philadelphia Inquirer about their new report featuring young people’s experiences with mistreatment inside…
David Irizarry is a Stoneleigh Fellow with the Philadelphia Police Department. In this role, he is addressing youth gun violence by strengthening the role of…
Stoneleigh Visiting Fellow Lauren Fine has published a new report on her Participatory Action Research with a small group of young adults (aged 18-24) with…
Stoneleigh Fellow Sangeeta Prasad is featured in a press release by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announcing a new unit serving young adults aged 18…
Stoneleigh Fellow Sangeeta Prasad spoke to The Philadelphia Tribune about the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office’s efforts to reduce probation supervision and improve public safety. […]Krasner…
Stoneleigh Fellow Sangeeta Prasad joined District Attorney Larry Krasner for a press conference to announce a new set of probation policies, developed in partnership with…
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.