The Stoneleigh Foundation’s Emerging Leader Fellowship cultivates the next generation of leaders advancing systems change to improve the lives of youth.
Donor Name: Stoneleigh Foundation
State: Pennsylvania
County: Bucks County (PA), Chester County (PA), Delaware County (PA), Montgomery County (PA), Philadelphia County (PA)
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 11/08/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Stoneleigh Foundation is seeking unique and well-developed applications from nonprofit, academic, and public sector organizations interested in hosting an Emerging Leader Fellowship project that focuses on the prevention or reduction of gun violence in Philadelphia through the lens of the youth justice, health (including behavioral health), education and/or child welfare systems or that addresses the social-ecological underpinnings contributing to gun violence.
The Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellowship is a two-year, full-time, hands-on position for early career professionals. Fellows work collaboratively with a host organization and the Stoneleigh Foundation to execute a project that advances the missions of these organizations and enhances Fellows’ professional skills and leadership development.
To that end, the Foundation is seeking project proposals that focus on the prevention or reduction of gun violence in Philadelphia through the lens of the youth justice, health (including behavioral health), education, and/or child welfare systems or that address the social-ecological underpinnings contributing to gun violence. Projects may address one specific system/focus areas or cut across several.
The types of projects the Foundation will consider include, but are not limited to:
- Projects that emphasize a public health and/or policy change approach to gun violence prevention and/or research that evaluates the impact of related programs.
- Projects that explore the neighborhood-based and social and ecological variations of gun violence and how this context influences firearm violence and its effects.
- Community-level gun violence prevention projects that are evidence-informed, trauma-focused and create a shift in social environments and nurture healthy social and emotional development for young people.
- Projects that meaningfully engage and center the perspectives and voices of communities and individuals with lived experience of gun violence and its effects.
- Projects that identify and address the primary drivers of gun violence.
- Projects that explore and address motivations and barriers to gun ownership and possession among youth.
- Projects that incorporate perspectives across disciplines and develop new and unique approaches for gun violence intervention and prevention.
Examples of project ideas across focus areas could include:
- Youth Justice: An initiative for legal system-involved young people that provides emotional, social, and other supports; helps youth graduate out of legal supervision; and minimizes recidivism.
- Health/Behavioral Health: An initiative that improves how a school system identifies and responds to the behavioral health needs of young people to prevent gun carrying or usage.
- Education: An initiative that addresses the built environment for young people and/or contributes to a safe environment in school settings (ex: after school, weekends, and/or summer).
- Child Welfare: An initiative that increases child welfare organizations’ ability to identify protective factors that mitigate the impact of gun violence exposure and improve healthy transitions to adulthood.
- Social-ecological: An initiative that examines the impact of trauma-informed green spaces on the ability of young people to play and socialize safely.
Fellowship Period
The 2025-2027 Emerging Leader Fellowships will begin on September 9, 2025 and continue through September 8, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following types of organizations working in Greater Philadelphia are eligible to apply:
- Academic institutions (e.g., research centers, academic research hospitals, universities)
- Nonprofit organizations (e.g., legal services providers, advocacy organizations, other service providers)
- Public sector agencies (e.g., local/state government agencies, school district, district attorney’s office, judiciary)
- Organizations must propose an idea for a discrete project to be carried out by an Emerging Leader Fellow. Fellows typically create change by:
- Advocating for policy and practice improvements
- Conducting applied research
- Advancing new approaches to service delivery
- Employing legal advocacy strategies
- Shaping and advancing narrative change
- Building coalitions and partnerships.
For more information, visit Stoneleigh Foundation.
