Stoneleigh Fellow Vincent Reina and his Housing Initiative at Penn colleagues have published a new interactive report that explores what it might look like if…
Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow Karissa Phelps joins the Creating a Family podcast to discuss kinship caregivers and hidden aspects of the foster care system. Kinship…
Stoneleigh Fellow Sangeeta Prasad spoke to Arnold Ventures about how community supervision can drive mass incarceration. Nicole Wisen spent 17 months in an Atlanta jail…
Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard is featured by Temple Now for her Fellowship to change the narrative on gun violence reporting in Philadelphia. As a trauma…
Stoneleigh’s 2019-2021 Emerging Leader Fellows recently hosted a virtual panel and authored an article for Youth Today reviewing ways the COVID-19 pandemic has impact families,…
Stoneleigh Fellow Vincent Reina is featured by CBS Evening News for co-authoring a report on landlords in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brandie…
Stoneleigh Fellow Nadia Dowshen and her PolicyLab colleagues have published a new issue brief that highlights the lifesaving aspects of gender-affirming care for transgender and…
Stoneleigh Fellow Sangeeta Prasad, in collaboration with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Emerging Adult Initiative, developed a resource directory for justice-involved Emerging Adults. In order…
Stoneleigh Fellow Sangeeta Prasad, in collaboration with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Emerging Adult Initiative, developed a guide for prosecutors to support informed decision-making for…
Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard joined Healing Hurt People and Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier on WHYY’s Radio Times to speak on the connections between the…
Stoneleigh Fellow Vincent Reina and his colleagues have published a new research study investigating the connection between structural repairs to homes of low-income owners and…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca joined Philadelphia Children’s Alliance for “Pink Shackles,” a conversation about girls and young women who have been sexually abused, and…
Sign Up for Our Newsletter
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.
