As part of its Youth Partnership Spotlight Series, the Stoneleigh Foundation hosted a webinar with leaders from Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project for a conversation about building…
Stoneleigh Fellow Shay Bilchik recently joined other youth justice transformation leaders for a webinar hosted by Child Trends and the Coalition for Juvenile Justice to…
Stoneleigh Fellow Brandy Blasko spoke to Chalkbeat Philadelphia about her work to evaluate Philadelphia’s relatively new Youth Violence Reduction Initiative, which provides support directly to…
Former Emerging Leader Fellow Kate Vengraitis spoke to CNBC about ongoing pitfalls for recipients of Supplemental Security Income as the Social Security Administration increases benefit…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk and his Resolve Philly colleague Julie Christie have published a new article for The Philadelphia Inquirer on the city’s Department of…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Raj Jayadev spoke to PBS News Hour about participatory defense as a tool to address mass incarceration. Raj Jayadev is a MacArthur…
Current Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard was featured by WHYY for receiving a National Institutes of Health grant to study the impact of media coverage of…
Former Emerging Leader Dijonee Talley spoke to CT News about New Haven, Connecticut’s new P.R.E.S.S. initiative to support individuals reentering the community after incarceration. A…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Naomi Goldstein and her Drexel University colleague Amanda NeMoyer published an article for The Conversation on the implementation and outcomes of Philadelphia’s…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Meredith Matone was interviewed by The Philadelphia Inquirer as she takes on her new role as the director of CHOP PolicyLab. Maternal…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow and current Board Member Kevin Bethel was featured by The Philadelphia Inquirer in a story about his career before being selected as…
Former Emerging Leader Fellow Liam Spady was featured by Temple University’s College of Public Health magazine in a story about his life and work to…
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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.