Stoneleigh Fellow Sara Kruzan recently published a memoir featured by the New York Times. By age 11, Sara Kruzan had endured terrible abuse. Her mother…
Stoneleigh Board Member Stacy Holland is executive director of a nonprofit changing its name to Elevate 215 and focusing on modernizing Philadelphia schools’ learning experience.…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Nan Feyler spoke to The Philadelphia Inquirer about the lessons legislators can learn for COVID from community leaders who have worked on…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk wrote for Billy Penn about the young people who may not show up in Philadelphia’s counts of those who experience homelessness…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk covers the challenges that young adults can experience when seeking stable housing in Next City. By January of last year, then…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Julie Cousler Emig leads the Pennsylvania School-Based Health Alliance, which recently received a $2.8 million grant from the state’s COVID-19 Public Heath…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Sangeeta Prasad authored an op-ed for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange about the need for more reparative justice in youth and criminal…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk authored an article for Billy Penn covering the recent release of and reception to a Philadelphia City Council special committee report…
Stoneleigh Board Member and former Fellow Kevin Bethel spoke to Chalkbeat Philadelphia about the growing impact of gun violence on students, schools, and communities. Philadelphia…
Stoneleigh Fellow Nadia Dowshen has published a new blog post for PolicyLab that explores the opportunities and challenges telehealth provides for delivering gender-affirming care. As…
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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.
