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Who We Are

Our Approach

We award 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. By investing in individuals, we are cultivating the leadership and ideas that can have long-term impact in the Greater Philadelphia region and beyond.

We award two types of Fellowships to policymakers, researchers, and practitioners:

Stoneleigh Fellowship

The Stoneleigh Fellowship provides accomplished leaders with multiyear funding to transform systems that serve youth.

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Emerging Leader Fellowship

The Emerging Leader Fellowship cultivates the next generation of leaders advancing systems change to improve the lives of youth.

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We believe youth-serving systems are most effective when they:

  • are responsive to the unique needs of each young person
  • collaborate and coordinate their activities
  • adopt culturally competent, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate approaches
  • incorporate best practices and recommendations from evidence-based research
  • recognize structural inequalities and design policies and practices to dismantle them
  • value and use data to inform decision-making

Vision | Mission | Values

We envision a society in which every young person, regardless of circumstance, has the opportunity to thrive. Our mission is to improve the life outcomes of our community’s youth by advancing change in the systems that serve them, including youth justice, child welfare, education, and health.

Individuals

We believe in the power of individuals to effect social change.

Action

We are pragmatic and have a bias toward action.

Expertise

We respect the expertise and experience of our systems partners and the young people they serve.

Collaboration

We collaborate with our Fellows to solve problems and shape strategy.

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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.

Our Priorities

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.

Our Projects

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.

Advancing The Field

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.

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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.