The Stoneleigh Fellowship provides accomplished leaders with multiyear funding to transform systems that serve youth.
Donor Name: Stoneleigh Foundation
State: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Addressing the challenges facing the community’s young people requires visionary leadership. It means bringing different systems together and advancing new ways of thinking about what is possible. That’s why we provide exceptional individuals with the time and space to undertake groundbreaking research, improve policies and practices, change the narrative, and fundamentally transform how youth are served.
Stoneleigh Fellows come from many disciplines and professional backgrounds and work to advance change in youth-serving systems, such as youth justice, child welfare, education, and health. The Fellows have included:
- Philadelphia’s Police Commissioner who expanded the city’s nationally recognized Police School
- Diversion Program to reduce youth arrest rates and prevent the collateral consequences of justice system involvement
- An attorney who worked within the School District of Philadelphia to create a comprehensive school safety strategy
- A researcher leading a five-year study on the health of young, child welfare-involved mothers and their children to identify strategies to break intergenerational cycles of abuse and neglect
- An emergency room doctor who replicated his hospital-based violence intervention model locally and nationally
Funding Information
The amount depends on the personal circumstances of each Fellow and project, awards typically range from $100,000 to $150,000.
Grant Period
2 or 3 years
Eligible Projects
Fellowship projects must have:
- An impact on policy and practice that affects young people in Philadelphia
- Buy-in from key systems and project implementation partners
- A clear theory of change and a work plan articulating goals and outcomes
- Concrete plans for ensuring sustainability
- Fellows advance change using one or more of the following approaches:
- Research: Generating new knowledge through applied research
- Policy: Changing how systems work to better meet the needs of young people
- Practice: Developing new approaches to program design and delivery, and expanding promising programs
Eligibility Criteria
- A demonstrated capacity to lead complex, multiyear projects.
- Strong existing relationships and knowledge about how systems work.
- A proposed solution to a policy or practice challenge that affects youth in Philadelphia.
- The ability to devote the majority of their professional activities to their project.
For more information, visit Stoneleigh Foundation.
