Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard spoke to WHYY about federal cuts to gun violence research and their potential impact on health and well-being in Philadelphia. Two…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk has published part 3 of his 3-part series in The Philadelphia Inquirer covering Philadelphia’s foster care system. The problems bedeviling Philadelphia’s…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk has published part 2 of his 3-part series in The Philadelphia Inquirer covering Philadelphia’s foster care system. In fall 2021, Tytianna…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk and his colleagues at Resolve Philly and The Philadelphia Inquirer have published a new article covering Philadelphia’s Community Umbrella Agency system.…
Stoneleigh Youth Advocacy Fellow Bree Hood spoke to Spotlight PA about the impact of injustices in Pennsylvania’s youth justice and foster care systems. Pennsylvania’s foster…
Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Oronde McClain was featured by the Association of Health Care Journalists for launching a new program to help journalists connect responsibly with…
Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow Oronde McClain spoke to Armed with Reason about his work to create the Survivor Connection and better equip survivors and journalists…
Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard and her peer trauma surgeon Elinore Kaufman have published an op-ed for The Guardian urging readers to support research to better…
Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard and her colleague Elinore Kaufman have published an op-ed for The Philadelphia Inquirer discussing the risk waning support for gun violence…
Stoneleigh Fellow and Inquirer Journalist Samantha Melamed has published an article covering the ongoing developments surrounding Pennsylvania’s Office of Advocacy and Reform as well as…
Our Youth Partners at Creative Resilient Youth were featured by Penn Today for collaborating with a Penn4C team to build an AI-supported platform designed to…
Stoneleigh Fellow and Inquirer Journalist Samantha Melamed continues her ongoing series on youth justice in Philadelphia with an article outlining the many factors underlying the…
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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.
